September/October 2019 About this issue: Nearly 60,000 experienced the 2019 International Pathfinder Camporee firsthand in August. Experience it for yourself through photos and stories in the September/October Gleaner feature. Feature You Are Chosen August 22, 2019 | Youth | Anthony White Explaining the International Pathfinder Camporee to someone who has never attended can be a challenge. Imagine combining summer camp, Vacation Bible School and camp meeting into one event. Then throw in more than 50,000 youth and adult volunteers ... Read Online | Download PDF (8.71 MB) Others Relationships Beyond Mere Words I’ve seen it on social media and heard it via concerned phone calls — a growing urgency among those seeking a church that makes a tangible difference in this increasingly polarized culture. This urgency is not only shared by many of our members, b... Read more The Egyptian Plate My father, Victor Duerksen, turns 101 years old this September. Overall, he’s in good health and has a positive outlook. He lives in his own place, and the home-care worker who comes in several hours a day has become a good friend. Yet, when I was... Read more World Leaders Get Firsthand Look at NPUC For the first time in recent memory, representatives from the leadership teams of the Seventh-day Adventist world church divisions are touring the territory of the North American Division (NAD). They’re tourists with a purpose, seeking to understa... Read more NPUC Early Childhood Education Leaders Gather for Workshop The North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) hosted a two-day workshop for more than 50 early childhood education (ECE) directors, lead teachers and school principals June 24–25, 2019, in Ridgefield, Wash. They came from every local conference of the... Read more An Encounter With Jesus I grew up in a Christian home. My parents were active in church, and they gave me every opportunity to build a strong relationship with Jesus. But as a teenager I began to drift from God. Read more Servants of the Sanctuary, Part 2 The world doesn’t need the Bible Answerman as much as it needs the good Samaritan. Read more Speaking Truth in Love The art of thoughtful dialogue is fast becoming a lost commodity among us. Considering opposing viewpoints is increasingly distasteful to many. Read more News Relating to People Relacionándonos con Otros ER Navigators Bring God's Love to Slavic Community Alaska Is 'The Place' Reaching Out With Cookies and a Wood Pile Wrangell Church Receives Community Services Grant Ontario Church Burns Mortgage Fort Belknap Hosts Native Gathering Small-Church Vision Brings Big Hope to Big Timber Kids Enjoy 'More Precious Than Gold' Montana Pathfinder Fair 2019 Church Growth Proves Thrilling World Leaders Get Firsthand Look at NPUC NPUC Early Childhood Education Leaders Gather for Workshop Oregon Adventist Stories: Pastor Sam Oregon Adventist Stories: Behind the Scenes Gladstone Camp Meeting Focuses on 'Loving Well' Take Me to the Water Woodland Church Celebrates Graduates Plubell Elected Oregon Conference VP for Finance Member Makes Potholders for Cuba His Travelers Connect Kids to Jesus Balancing the Law and Love in Coeur d'Alene Pendleton, Pilot Rock Churches Welcome New Pastor Keeping Student Debt Low: What WWU Is Doing, What You Can Do CBFM Explores Ways to Integrate Biblical Studies With Concerns Facing the Church Washburn Paper Addresses Analysis of Ancient Inscriptions Samoan Adventists Say, 'Show Me Your Way, Lord' Prayer Creates Memorable Camp Meeting Moments Children’s Leaders Take Digital Tour Jesus Changes Lives in Port Orchard Summer Camp Adds Emotional Support Role Washington Veterans Home Ministry: Bloom Where You Are Planted Retired Couple Named Community Heroes
Relationships Beyond Mere Words I’ve seen it on social media and heard it via concerned phone calls — a growing urgency among those seeking a church that makes a tangible difference in this increasingly polarized culture. This urgency is not only shared by many of our members, b... Read more
The Egyptian Plate My father, Victor Duerksen, turns 101 years old this September. Overall, he’s in good health and has a positive outlook. He lives in his own place, and the home-care worker who comes in several hours a day has become a good friend. Yet, when I was... Read more
World Leaders Get Firsthand Look at NPUC For the first time in recent memory, representatives from the leadership teams of the Seventh-day Adventist world church divisions are touring the territory of the North American Division (NAD). They’re tourists with a purpose, seeking to understa... Read more
NPUC Early Childhood Education Leaders Gather for Workshop The North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) hosted a two-day workshop for more than 50 early childhood education (ECE) directors, lead teachers and school principals June 24–25, 2019, in Ridgefield, Wash. They came from every local conference of the... Read more
An Encounter With Jesus I grew up in a Christian home. My parents were active in church, and they gave me every opportunity to build a strong relationship with Jesus. But as a teenager I began to drift from God. Read more
Servants of the Sanctuary, Part 2 The world doesn’t need the Bible Answerman as much as it needs the good Samaritan. Read more
Speaking Truth in Love The art of thoughtful dialogue is fast becoming a lost commodity among us. Considering opposing viewpoints is increasingly distasteful to many. Read more