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Robert Koorenny

Upper Columbia Conference literature ministries coordinator

By Robert Koorenny

  • Thousands of Books Shared During UCC Youth Rush

    August 31, 2016, by Robert Koorenny
    "I had a young man stop at my house” wrote Mrs. C, a Spokane, Wash., resident who was visited this summer by one of the 30 young people participating in Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) Youth Rush. “He handed me a small booklet titled Happiness for...
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  • Youth Rush Summer Changes Lives

    August 27, 2015, by Robert Koorenny
    “Youth Rush has changed my life completely,” says Emilie Carr, a high school senior from Yakima, Wash., who was participating in her first summer of the annual student colporteur program in Upper Columbia Conference (UCC). “I now understand how im...
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  • 2014 Marks a Successful Year for Youth Rush

    September 11, 2014, by Robert Koorenny
    About seven weeks through her experience at Youth Rush, Ina received a phone call from a young lady who lives in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The lady, only 22 years old, had donated for The Great Controversy several weeks before. “I’ve been reading that...
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