Spirituality Committee chair: Ken CrawfordMembers: Gary Brown, George Gainer, Dale Milam, Dan Serns, Keith Waters, Dan WisterWe have often mistakenly assumed that spiritual growth is a natural process that is caught and not taught. Therefore, we will be intent... Read more
Leadership Committee chair: John LoorMembers: John Gatchet, Keith Hallam, Fylvia Kline, Ken Knutsen, Sharon SearsonThe challenge: It's increasingly difficult to obtain and retain high-quality leadership within Adventist educational institutions.We are recomm... Read more
JULY Did You Know? Because this section doesn't amount to much without its page design, it is not available here. You can see the Did You Know? page for this month by looking in the print edition of GLEANER or by clicking on the PDF version. To get to the PDF versio... Read more
Adventist Education Statistically the Best Choice North Pacific Union educators and administrators were recently given a preliminary report on a major study of 30,000 students in Adventist schools across North America. As a part of a three-year study of grades 3 through 9 and 11, the students wer... Read more
Picture Perfect Marie Carswell Sees a New Picture of Jesus It’s her first time to be interviewed.Marie Carswell sits nervously on her couch in her studio apartment, the window open behind her and a slight breeze flowing in and out. The videographers make the final lighting adjustments, power up the camera... Read more
The Vegetable Way In recent years, vegetarianism has become increasingly popular in the United States and abroad. In fact, about 6 million U.S. adults follow a vegetarian eating plan as a healthier approach to diet and nutrition, according to the American Dietetic ... Read more
Impact Your World Rebecca had not been in an Adventist church for 20 years. Feeling the need to reconnect with the Lord and the church, she began attending the Everett (Washington) Forest Park Church and had been there only a few months when she saw the bulletin in... Read more
The End is Just the Beginning The first chapter of "Momentum" closed recently in Auburn, Washington, where the end of the story is just the beginning.Church growth brainstorming sessions last year spilled over into the North Pacific Union Conference-sponsored mission trip to B... Read more
Re·birth June Smith loves to help others and is involved with a number of organizations. For example, she helps with several outreach activities for the military since she grew up in a military family and experienced firsthand the sacrifice that our countr... Read more
