Suicide Leap Moves Students to Action Near the beginning of the school year, a woman who suffered from depression perched on the railing of the Ship Canal Bridge in Seattle.Traffic stopped, while rescue teams attempted to persuade her not to jump. Some frustrated drivers close to the ... Read more
A Redhead’s Reverie In New York An alarm clock buzzed. Denying the morning, I threw my sleeping bag over my head. The clock continued to buzz.Facing reality, I slowly poked my head from under my haven of darkness and groggily opened my eyes, halfway.The blurry world that greeted... Read more
Washington Introduces Executive Committee Members At its recent quadrennial constituency session, Washington Conference delegates appointed members with a variety of skills, experience, and occupations from throughout the Conference to four-year terms on the Conference’s Executive Committee.These... Read more
Irrigon Members Rejoice as Membership Grows Members of the Irrigon, Ore., Church, a small-town congregation on the Columbia River, began praying last summer for six new members in the next 12 months.Their prayers have been answered, with members to spare.Mary HajekMary Hajek had attended a ... Read more
Blue Mountain Television Earns Telly Award Blue Mountain Television’s new show, “Escape,” has been honored as a finalist in the 2002 Telly Awards competition.“Jerry,” the pilot episode of “Escape,” received a bronze finalist Telly in recognition of outstanding non-network TV programming. T... Read more
Village Church Dedicates Digital Cameras Ten-plus years ago, a seed was planted in the hearts and minds of pastors and parishioners of the College Place, Wash., Village Church—an idea that has developed into Village Church Television (VCTV) Ministries.Each week, an all-volunteer technica... Read more
Prayerful Fifth-grader Writes Top Essay Yakima Adventist Christian School’s Spring Week of Spiritual Emphasis was led by students in grades 7-10, who shared their personal Christian experiences and led song services.As part of the program, students in grades 4-10 were asked to write ess... Read more
Spokane Junior Academy to Relocate After much prayer and counsel, Spokane Junior Academy’s (SJA’s) board and constituent church members have voted to move their campus.Last November, SJA bought a 32-acre track of land about two miles from its current facility, west of the city in a... Read more
Camp Meeting Theme Honors Those Who Sacrifice All “Scars and Stripes Forever” was this year’s theme for the Upper Columbia Conference annual Camp Meeting, in College Place, Wash., June 12-15.While pointing to the price Jesus paid to redeem the world from sin, the theme also encompassed a special ... Read more
