Mission and Outreach

Dear Coronavirus

April 09, 2020

Lives are disrupted, damaged or lost. Economies devastated; plans destroyed. The pandemic of 2020 will never be forgotten. But what if, in the midst of fear and anxiety, we stand united, around the world, with a message of hope.

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Unusual Times Spawn Infectious Creativity

April 09, 2020

“One of our young adults in our group recently attended a suicide prevention awareness event for her psychology degree, and they talked about these signs that say things like, ‘Don’t give up’ and ‘You are worthy of love.’ She suggested that we put...

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Sharing God's Love With Coats

April 07, 2020, by Carl Parker, Carl Parker

How will people learn about the love of Jesus? Only as they see His love demonstrated by those who love Him. This is what People to People Ministries is all about: sharing God’s love.

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Fighting Back Against Social Distancing

March 26, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

Practicing social distancing can make us sick too. Here are seven ways you can fight back against loneliness and isolation.

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Sheltering in Him

March 19, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

The past week has been similar to watching a train wreck, difficult to watch but impossible to turn away from.

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1918 Influenza Excerpts

March 19, 2020

The 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic as it was called was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It spread worldwide during 1918–1919 and is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with th...

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Being a Christian During Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 13, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has given us all a lot to think about. Matt Whitman, Christian YouTuber from the The Ten Minute Bible Hour channel, shares how at moments, he feels an impulse to retreat from everything, and in other moments he ...

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Virus Reality Check

March 05, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

My wife walked into a grocery store yesterday. She was greeted with people cautiously avoiding each other as they walk down aisles stripped of all paper products. Staples like flour, rice and dry beans were completely sold out as well.

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It Doesn't Have to End This Way

March 03, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

You’ve seen it. You may have even watched it happen around you. Many of our churches are shrinking and aging. Walk into almost any Adventist church, and one can easily see the absence of young people. There is no denying this reality.

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Jesus, Ellen and Our Common Cause

March 02, 2020, by Denis Fortin

Adventists have a fundamental belief on the topic of Christian unity. In 2017, three months were dedicated to Sabbath School study on unity in Christ. This core belief makes all the more surprising the reaction to Giovanni Caccamo, the Italian pas...

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Understanding Ecumenism and What Really Happened in Bologna

March 01, 2020, by Denis Fortin

In the last couple of weeks a story has been spread on social media about an Italian pastor in the city of Bologna in northern Italy, Giovanni Caccamo, who signed an ecumenical charter as a representative of the Seventh-day Adventist church. He al...

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Eden’s Pantry Opens

February 29, 2020, by Kiersten Ekkens

Each Tuesday and Thursday, more than 100 Walla Walla University students visit the new Eden’s Pantry at the University Church. Since December 2019, Eden’s Pantry has provided nutritious food at no cost to students in need.

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