Ministry Retreats Foster Community and Leadership The Washington Conference uses ministry retreats as a time for community building, spiritual development and training — for people of all ages. Here are a few highlights from those offered this fall.Introducing a New DirectorThe annual women's and... Read more
Big Picture of Ministry The holidays offer a time to invite family and friends to special events hosted by your church or school. Share the Reason for the season!Discover more:washingtonconference.org Read more
Winlock Hosts Mini Camp Meeting The Winlock (Wash.) Church opens their vast property each August to host a mini camp meeting.This year, Lincoln Steed, Liberty Magazine editor; Stephanie Carter, attorney; and Eric Williams, pastor, spoke about "Religious Liberty: Yesterday, Today... Read more
Students Impact Orcas Island More than two hundred and sixty junior high and high school students from six Adventist schools located across Western Washington arrived on Orcas Island in late September for the first-ever school community impact service event.Service event lead... Read more
AAA Students Select New Vision, Mission Statements Auburn Adventist Academy students, faculty and parents, along with Washington Conference pastors and leaders, met in Auburn, Wash., for a vision and mission day in mid-October."Vision propels us and pushes us to keep working," says Samir Berbawy, ... Read more
Former Smoker Helps Others Breathe Free For several years, Lui Teulilo was a heavy smoker. Now smoke-free for 20 years, Teulilo shares his experience and encourages others with a tobacco addiction to break free.Recently, Teulilo, a member at the Bonney Lake (Wash.) Church, worked with t... Read more
Church Cheers 'Pink' Walkers At 6 a.m. sharp on Sabbath morning in late September, a group of members from the Everett Forest Park (Wash.) Church set up refreshment tables, a prayer tent and a large pink balloon arch over Federal Avenue.Two hours later, the first of more than... Read more
Deckers Experience Realities and Rewards of Mission Work Transformation Life Center in Olympia, Wash., and Auburn City Church, in Auburn, Wash., were recently privileged to have former pastoral couple Tom and Gladys Decker and their children, Trei and Alexi, visit their "home churches" to share a day of... Read more
Youth Rush Students Experience God on the Frontlines Nineteen young people knocked on 100,000 doors in Western Washington this summer as part of the Youth Rush literature evangelism program. The student literature evangelists distributed 11,170 books and saw God at work each and every day during the... Read more
