Tilting Toward the Son At 5:50 a.m. Pacific time on Jan. 2, 2021, people across the Northwest experienced a special annual phenomenon. At that precise moment, we reached our closest approach to the sun for the year. This point in Earth’s orbit around the sun is called “... Read more
From Where I Stand: Angry Me Last week I was heading to pick up a camera I had taken in for servicing. I found myself lost in thought as I drove south on Interstate 5. My inner musings were rudely interrupted as a white sedan cut in front of me and proceeded to swerve back an... Read more
Sweet Home Ministries Thrive Despite Pandemic The Sweet Home Adventist Church has been alive and well during the pandemic. Despite all the social distancing guidelines, God is showing us how to do what we can, with what we have, where we are and how to still meet all the regulations. So what ... Read more
Idaho Conference Camp Meeting 2021 Camp Meeting 2021 is coming! After a year of being quarantined and restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope we will have some form of in-person camp meeting. Camp meeting is planned to be on the campus of Gem State Adventist Academy June 8–12.... Read more
'Days of Celebration' Event Goes Online The first Sabbath of a new year is significant for the black church families in the western Washington region who gather to celebrate unity, reconciliation and new beginnings. Read more
God's Closet Spreads Winter Warmth In August 2020 we wrote about how we operated God’s Closet in the face of COVID-19. When October arrived, we began thinking about our November God’s Closet event. Nothing had changed as far as the pandemic was concerned. Should we offer another ev... Read more
Seattle Fil-Am Unites in Prayerful Ministry Churches all around the globe experienced sudden shifts in ministry last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges the Asian/Pacific churches experienced, their pastors and members were led by the Holy Spirit to move forward wi... Read more
Albany Youth Commit Their Lives to Jesus Sabbath, Jan. 2, 2021, was a special day of joy and celebration for the Albany Church. Not only was the year 2020 behind it, four of their younger members had chosen to be baptized. Barry Taylor, Albany Church pastor, had been studying the Bible w... Read more
GC Session Postponed Again For the second time in 10 months, members of the global Seventh-day Adventist Church's executive committee have voted to postpone the quinquennial session of the denomination, originally scheduled for late June 2020, due to challenges arising from... Read more
