Auburn Enrollment Spurred by Scholarships About 300 students were registered at Auburn Adventist Academy (AAA) by Aug. 25, leading to expectations for about 310 students this year, up from 305 at this time last year.“When gauging enrollment success, the biggest blessing this year was with... Read more
Liberty by the Lake “Butch” Otter (center), US Congressman for Idaho District #1, greets Diana Justice, North Pacific Union Conference Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (NPUC PARL) associate director, and her husband, Harry, at a July rally in Hayden Lake, Idaho. ... Read more
Moses Lake Enjoys New School Building Only six months after breaking ground for a new school in March 2001, Moses Lake, Wash., members were able to begin using their partially completed 40,000-square-foot building.To make it all possible, they donated approximately 2,000 man-hours, wo... Read more
California Youths Discover UCC "Mission Field" Fifteen youths and young adults from the Roseville Adventist Church in California discovered a worthy mission field this summer in the Upper Columbia Conference. Read more
Patriotism Keys Troy Community Dinner Women in the small Adventist church of Troy, Idaho, recently hosted 88 at their congregation’s Annual Community Dinner.Coordinators and hostesses chose a post-Sept. 11 patriotic theme and used prize-winning patriotic quilts (created by members Dar... Read more
Umapine Celebrates 25 Years Fifty charter members planted a new Adventist Church in Umapine, Ore., in 1977, and on July 12 and 13, the now-90-member congregation celebrated its 25th anniversary.The congregation serves the Umapine area in the Walla Walla Valley with weekly Sa... Read more
Cookies Retreat Centeru Dedicated Sabbath, Aug. 24, was a big day in the Upper Columbia Conference and North Pacific Union.Polly’s Place Ministries of the Northwest held a dedication ceremony for Cookie’s Retreat Center, a Christ-centered healing retreat for women and children who... Read more
Cedar Creek Baptism During worship services at the Cedar Creek Church in Washington, members were blessed as Mindy Lorraine Nogle was baptized by Pastor Marty Jackson. Nogle’s grandparents and other relatives attended the special service. • Read more
Faithful Landscapers After 23 years of landscaping and maintaining the Gladstone Park Adventist Church grounds, Ervin and Vadah Dunn have retired. They were honored during a church potluck with a special cake and testimonies by friends and family. There, the Dunns wer... Read more
