Journey to Bethlehem Brings South Hill and Community Closer God blessed our Journey to Bethlehem, with more than 3,000 guests attending,” says Nancy Engle, director of the event for South Hill Church in Spokane, Wash., Dec. 7–9. “We had a talented team, and God multiplied our efforts," says Engle.Journey t... Read more
Adventists and Baptists Join to Help Needy in Athol More than 175 people in Athol, Idaho, enjoyed a candlelight Christmas dinner and program the day before Christmas. The event was a joint effort planned by the Athol Adventist Church and the local Baptist church. Members from both churches worked t... Read more
Upper Columbia Academy Performs at the Fox Theater More than 1,300 people attended the Upper Columbia Academy's annual Christmas concert Dec. 15, 2007, held this year in the Fox Theater in Spokane, Wash. The performance, Gloria, featured the concert band and various instrument ensembles, the full ... Read more
Students Sing With Symphony Rogers Adventist School Singing Scholars performed with the Walla Walla (Wash.) Symphony Orchestra in celebration of the orchestra's 100th anniversary. The orchestra commissioned composer Gwyneth Walker to write a composition for the children's ch... Read more
Irrigon Community Service Leader Decides to 'Retire' After 20 years Leone Poulson, Irrigon, (Ore.) Church community service leader, 90 years old, has decided to "retire."Soon after re-affirming her Adventist faith, Poulson became a member of the Irrigon Church and, in 1987, took over community servi... Read more
Yard Sales Raise Money for Inchelium Church "One man's junk is another man's treasure." Certainly these words could apply to the two yard sales the Inchelium Church held in Kettle Falls and Colville, Wash. in May and September 2007.Sales from items donated by church members came to more tha... Read more
Hayden Lake Dedicates Church, Burns the Mortage Five years and five months after their official groundbreaking, the Hayden Lake Church held a church dedication service and burned the mortgage. In a congregation whose development can modestly be described as "remarkable" this marks another excit... Read more
Cornerstone Christian Play Shows True Meaning of Christmas A heartwarming musical program presented December 2007 by students at Cornerstone Christian School, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, showed us once again the true meaning of Christmas.“No Phibbin’ Mephibosheth,” a story of a lonely crippled boy with no place... Read more
Constituency Session Survey Part 3Church Growth Early church days saw vigorous growth. However, today, we are seeing our growth plateau or, in some cases, decline. Here are some trends which concern our UCC leaders.1. Eighty to eighty-five percent of Adventist churches (in North America) are no... Read more
