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
Two Pastors Ordained in Upper Columbia Conference Two pastors were ordained to the gospel ministry in Upper Columbia Conference in December 2020 and January 2021. Read more
'All Is Well' at CCA Each year at Cascade Christian Academy in Wenatchee, Washington, students and staff plan church service programs to share with their six constituent churches. With the various pandemic restrictions that have come to pass over the last eight months... Read more
Arlington Church Turns COVID Challenges Into Opportunities As 2020 drew to a close, we at the Arlington (Washington) Church reflected on the challenges and opportunities God has allowed us to experience. Like so many small churches, the introduction of COVID-19 has raised many problems and, as we are find... Read more
Godly Men 'Forged' at Retreat Summit Northwest Ministries in Post Falls, Idaho, advertised their "Forged" men’s gathering at Camp MiVoden as “a retreat for men who don’t go to retreats.” That tagline was effective in bringing together close to 60 guys from all across the North... Read more
Kids ‘JAM’ in Pleasant Valley Pleasant Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church in Happy Valley, Oregon, has started a new program to reach out to our youth and children in these difficult times of coping with ever-changing restrictions and rules for in-person meetings. Thus the Ki... Read more
