Clark Fork Church Members Make Christmas Mission Trip to Mexico In late December 2020, despite all the odds of it happening, Clark Fork Seventh-day Adventist Church members James Hunt and Yvonne Eller Hunt took off from Idaho for a two-week mission trip to Mexico. They flew to Cancun and were picked up by a lo... Read more
Springfield Creates COVID-Safe Kid Connections COVID-19 meant online church at first and then no children’s Sabbath School classes, even though members could gather at church in limited ways. “How can we get our families and especially our children involved in church?” Lutz Binus, Springfield ... Read more
9 Ways Washington Churches Pivoted in 2020 One year later: How have churches in western Washington pivoted to continue the mission in a pandemic? Read more
UCC Holds Successful Online Women’s Retreat In what is now the norm, the annual Upper Columbia Conference Fall Women’s and Young Women’s Retreat became a virtual event. However, with more than 600 streams of the event, more individuals were able to be blessed by this event than in any “norm... Read more
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
