Week of Prayer Sets Students on Fire UCA has 13 Baptisms to begin the school year Tears of joy and love flowed through out the final Friday meeting of Upper Columbia Academy’s Fall Week of Prayer. Many students huddled in a tight circle on the stage praying with each other for strength, encouragement, and forgiveness. Several s... Read more
Camp Chelan has a great year. Someone has said, "The best ministries are the ones where God moves so quickly that you feel you’re running at full speed just to keep up with Him." This is how the Camp Chelan ministry has gone this year.There have been far too many amazing exper... Read more
Bonners Ferry Couple Recognized For Years of Vietnamese Support Eileen and Jay Lantry of Bonners Ferry (Idaho) recently received special recognition from the Vietnam Seventh-day Adventist Mission for their more than 30 years of dedicated support.The Lantrys first became interested in Vietnam over thirty years ... Read more
Every Newly Baptized Member Has a Story Four people convicted by the Holy Spirit to take a stand for their Lord were baptized on Sept. 18 at the Bonners Ferry Church. Each has a story. Susan Selbicky shared her story with me.Susan was raised a Catholic and attended church regularly. Whe... Read more
Colville Couple Puts Music on the Menu for a Worthy Cause Where in the world can you enjoy a first-class meal with a dash of soprano and a side of a men's quartet?For two years now, Barry and Shelley Bacon have hosted in their Colville, Wash., home an event called "Music on the Menu." With the help of ch... Read more
The Longest Table University Church Celebrates Community in a Biblical Way At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2, a team of 18 people set up folding tables on 4th St., covered them with plastic tablecloths, put up numbers and placed settings for more than 176 tables stretched two blocks, and with seats for 1,408 people. The c... Read more
Pathfinders Endure Showers at Camp Fife More than 700 Pathfinders from all parts of the Upper Columbia Conference attended the annual Pathfinder Camporee Sept. 17–19. During the event, hundreds of young people made commitments to follow Jesus and 91 Pathfinders requested Bible studies t... Read more
Ritzville Cooking School Attracts Community Members of the Ritzville (Wash.) Church were excited to see a big turnout at their Healthy Helper cooking school. They've held cooking schools in the past, but have never seen the community come out in such force.The town of Ritzville has a popula... Read more
Parrables and Witnessing With Puppets Aleida Quick, a teacher, loves to use puppets in her teaching. Two years ago, she helped the students make marionettes for the Christmas program. She has many animal puppets she uses for calendar time and story times. She wanted to expand her coll... Read more
