Youth

Take a Tour of the Oshkosh Camporee Grounds

June 13, 2019

Pathfinder clubs from around the Northwest and beyond will make the journey to Oshkosh, Wis., this August for the 2019 International Pathfinder Camporee. Veterans of the camporee know all about Oshkosh, but what if this is the first time you or yo...

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PAA Gospel Choir is a Spiritual Experience

May 23, 2019

Drechelle McCray goes beyond normal expectations for an Adventist academy teacher. Beyond her regular duties at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), she makes time for an activity that has increasingly attracted a host of students — the PAA Gospel Ch...

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Teens Get to Know Christ at Teen Retreat

May 22, 2019, by Traci Carothers

It was a long drive from Pendleton, Ore., to Camp MiVoden overlooking Hayden Lake outside of Hayden, Idaho. Leaders and teens with the Pendleton Pathfinder Club piled into two cars to head up for Pathfinder Teen Retreat, Jan. 26–28, 2019. As it wo...

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Rockwood Adventurers Camp In

May 16, 2019, by Laurel Rogers

Rockwood Church’s Adventurer Club leader Emiley Kelley came up with a creative way to take her club camping during the spring without hassling with unpredictable weather. Instead of heading to the woods or the beach, the Rockwood club had a family...

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Spring Student-led Week of Prayer Challenges CCA Students

May 13, 2019, by Julie Savino

Cascade Christian Academy (CCA) in Wenatchee, Wash., held their annual student-led week of prayer during the week of April 22–26, 2019. Both junior high volunteer speakers and high school class chaplains chose their respective themes, which were “...

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2019 Northwest Summer Camp Dates

May 09, 2019, by Anthony White

Alaska Conference

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A Dream, Some Cookies, and a New Outlook on Life

May 09, 2019, by Andrea Jackson

Roseburg Junior Academy (RJA) students recently learned that, although they have always been taught not to judge a book by its cover, most people actually do, in fact. RJA has an amazing 10-acre campus located in one of the best neighborhoods in R...

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Boise Valley Goes to Camp Ida-Haven for Outdoor School

May 04, 2019, by Gerry Essink, Gerry Essink

For the first time, Camp Ida-Haven in McCall, Idaho, hosted Outdoor School for the Boise Valley Adventist School sixth graders. Known to area campers as the place “where the fun never ends,” Camp Ida-Haven will now also be known to Boise Valley Ad...

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NW Pathfinders Excel at NAD Level Bible Experience

May 02, 2019, by Steve Vistaunet

Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) teams from around the North Pacific Union fared well in this year's North American Division (NAD) event, held April 26–27 in Rockford, Ill. Ten PBE teams from the Northwest traveled to Rockford to join nearly 100 ...

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A Vision for Young Disciples

April 30, 2019, by Steve Vistaunet

First a story: An overwhelmed teacher and a small group of overactive grade-schoolers led to an epiphany of sorts. After all, what child wouldn’t jump at the chance for a full day of recess? So, while their harried teacher leaned wearily against a...

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Three Oranges Save $100 for VBS

April 24, 2019, by Jim John

As the camp meeting team loaded eight totes of Vacation Bible School (VBS) crafts, fresh fruit and warm clothes onto the baggage scales at the Anchorage International Airport, one of the totes was 3 pounds over the 50-pound limit. “You’ll need to ...

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5160 Proves Unforgettable

April 20, 2019, by Lynette Goude

The phone rang in the church office one cold February afternoon. I picked up the receiver on the third ring to hear a frantic voice of a teen on the other end: “Ms. Lynette, I need your help. I’ve lost my cell phone, and I need to use your phone t...

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