Baptism Becomes Witnessing Opportunity When 11-year-old Beth Ann Dobson came to live in Northport, Wash., last fall she didn't know what was in store for her life. She only came to spend six months with her great aunt and uncle due to family difficulties.Soon Dobson began to enjoy the ... Read more
UCC Hispanic Camp Meeting Sharing the Mission The Upper Columbia Conference Hispanic Camp Meeting, July 17–18, in College Place, Wash., featured speakers Robert Folkenberg Jr., UCC president; Ramon Canals, NPUC vice president for Hispanic ministries; Aldo Joel Perez, union secretary in Cuba; ... Read more
Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting With nearly a hundred people in attendance during the week and more than 400 on the weekend, Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting, in Republic, Wash., is a growing family camp meeting."The family atmosphere is what we like the most about Sheridan Meadows... Read more
Seeing Jesus Through Children's Eyes A Vacation Bible School, Creation Camp, was recently held on the reservation near Plummer, Idaho. Diana Pierce, VBS coordinator, says, "Native Americans already believe in the Creator so that was our starting point." There were nearly 50 Native Am... Read more
Blue Mountain TV Takes Second Channel Digital Blue Mountain Television's Channel 21, located atop Pikes Peak, Ore., is no longer broadcasting in analog, following the July 19 transition to a digital signal.The viewer-supported Christian broadcaster's analog transmitter went dark at 9 a.m. Sun... Read more
Equally Yoked More than two hundred years of marriage and service The three Gerking siblings count over two hundred years of marriage between them. With that kind of record, Marjie, Darlene, and Duane owe a lot to the solid foundation laid by their parents.It all began when an adventuresome young lady came west ... Read more
Crossw@lk Youth Lead River Rescue The weekend of June 7 was like the previous three — Sunday river rafting with the Wenatchee (Wash.) Adventist Church youth group also known as Crossw@lk. The rafting trip was different in one way though: participants rescued four rafters whose boa... Read more
From Mexico To Wapato A Mission Trip Takes a U-Turn When the Walla Walla City Church’s mission trip to Mexico fell through this spring, little did they know what God had in store for them.“We had planned to return to Nogales, Mexico, where we built a church in December of 2007,” says Mark Etchell, ... Read more
Post Falls Hosts Memorial Day Service Major Andrew C. Pak, senior Protestant chaplain of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, at Fairchild Air Force base in Spokane, Wash., was the keynote speaker for a special Memorial Day weekend at the Post Falls (Idaho) Adventist Church. Pak is a graduate... Read more
