January 2009 About this issue: Feature Active for Life January 01, 2009 | Don Hall When the nation's top health experts picked the ten most important behaviors Americans could do to improve health, their first recommendation was, "Increase the proportion of people who engage regularly, preferably daily, in moderate physical acti... Download PDF (4.13 MB) More Features Active for Life People of all ages, shapes, sizes and abilities can benefit from regular physical activity. As you choose to become more physically active, here are guidelines to help you succeed.Some activity is better than none.Start slowly. Choose activities y... Read more Active for Life People of all ages, shapes, sizes and abilities can benefit from regular physical activity. As you choose to become more physically active, here are guidelines to help you succeed.Some activity is better than none.Start slowly. Choose activities y... Read more Active for Life My motivation for exercise is to stay healthy and to run long-distance events for as many years as possible. If I don't keep up the training, that next marathon is not going to be fun, and fun is important! God made me a walking (now running), tal... Read more Active for Life My motivation for exercise is to stay healthy and to run long-distance events for as many years as possible. If I don't keep up the training, that next marathon is not going to be fun, and fun is important! God made me a walking (now running), tal... Read more Active for Life When the nation's top health experts picked the ten most important behaviors Americans could do to improve health, their first recommendation was, "Increase the proportion of people who engage regularly, preferably daily, in moderate physical acti... Read more Others Did You Know - January 2009 The Green BibleAs concerns for the environment grow, a new version of the Bible seeks to help readers trace environmental themes through scripture. Printed in soy-based inks on recycled paper, The Green Bible uses green ink to highlight over 1,000... Read more Certainty in Uncertain Times EDITOR'S NOTE: Max Torkelsen II was elected president on November 19, 2008, to replace Jere D. Patzer, who died on October 26, 2008. Read more about Torkelsen in the FYI section of this issue.Even a cursory look at the landscape of our lives and t... Read more Did You Know - January 2009 The Green BibleAs concerns for the environment grow, a new version of the Bible seeks to help readers trace environmental themes through scripture. Printed in soy-based inks on recycled paper, The Green Bible uses green ink to highlight over 1,000... Read more Things I've Learned I don't often tout this fact, but I was an early advocate of gender equality. My chubby 3-year-old fingers turned page after page of our family's heirloom photo album, blue ballpoint pen in hand. The irreplaceable, stern visages therein, male and ... Read more FYI - January 2009 NPUC Welcomes Torkelsen as PresidentThe North Pacific Union Conference is pleased to welcome Max Torkelsen II as NPUC president. Torkelsen fills the position left vacant since the death of Jere Patzer, former president, in Oct. 2008.Torkelsen and ... Read more ¿Deseas Estudiar la Bíblia Conmigo? ¿Cómo haces para encontrar personas que deseen estudiar la Bíblia? Le pregunté a un hermano quien me contó que tenía más de 50 personas estudiando la Bíblia con él. "Muy fácil," me dijo, "yo oro a Dios a Dios, salgo de mi casa y le pregunto a las ... Read more Certainty in Uncertain Times EDITOR'S NOTE: Max Torkelsen II was elected president on November 19, 2008, to replace Jere D. Patzer, who died on October 26, 2008. Read more about Torkelsen in the FYI section of this issue.Even a cursory look at the landscape of our lives and t... Read more New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness! New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness!Last year my children and I resolved to adopt every whale, sponsor all the freeways, and scale Everest in our "spare" time. We planned to take on global correspondences, train for extended marathons and fi... Read more FYI - January 2009 NPUC Welcomes Torkelsen as PresidentThe North Pacific Union Conference is pleased to welcome Max Torkelsen II as NPUC president. Torkelsen fills the position left vacant since the death of Jere Patzer, former president, in Oct. 2008.Torkelsen and ... Read more Things I've Learned I don't often tout this fact, but I was an early advocate of gender equality. My chubby 3-year-old fingers turned page after page of our family's heirloom photo album, blue ballpoint pen in hand. The irreplaceable, stern visages therein, male and ... Read more ¿Deseas Estudiar la Bíblia Conmigo? ¿Cómo haces para encontrar personas que deseen estudiar la Bíblia? Le pregunté a un hermano quien me contó que tenía más de 50 personas estudiando la Bíblia con él. "Muy fácil," me dijo, "yo oro a Dios a Dios, salgo de mi casa y le pregunto a las ... Read more New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness! New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness!Last year my children and I resolved to adopt every whale, sponsor all the freeways, and scale Everest in our "spare" time. We planned to take on global correspondences, train for extended marathons and fi... Read more News Russell Appointed President and CEO of Adventist Medical Center Palmer Church Members Help Couple With New Roof Thanksgiving Miracle Blesses Juneau School Caldwell Church Grows Through Baptisms Veterans Visit Timberline School Plant Refuses to Grow on Sabbath Heritage Group Seeks Stories and Memorabilia Vale Pathfinders Conduct Induction and Investiture The Experience Becomes a Church Seniors Show Leadership Mount Ellis Recreates the Wild West Newberg Youth Baptized Prineville Church Growing A CNA and a Baptism Grants Pass Boys Have Poems Published PAA Adopts a Class Oregon Adventurers Take on Global Mission Up, Up, and Away Students Wear Pink Columbia Classics Unite Young Detainees Find Faith WWVA Holds Week of Prayer Northwest Family Tradition in Medicine Continues Giants Still Roam the Earth Milton-Stateline School God Squad Brings Light to the Community Academy Wins Physical Fitness Award UCC Schools Cooperate to Promote Christian Education Upper Columbia Academy Students Camp and Survive New Community Service Director Gets Right to Work Orient Group Starts Church Chewelah Church Has Lots to Celebrate Walk-a-thon Benefits Goldendale Pregnancy Center Goldendale Pathfinders and Adventurers Active Rice for Cambodia Brings Food, Hope Experts Share Strategies For Healthy Marriages Evangelism Momentum Builds PSAA Seniors Start New Music Ministry Whidbey School Counts Miracles AAA Faculty Honored in Parade World News Briefs - January 2009
Active for Life People of all ages, shapes, sizes and abilities can benefit from regular physical activity. As you choose to become more physically active, here are guidelines to help you succeed.Some activity is better than none.Start slowly. Choose activities y... Read more
Active for Life People of all ages, shapes, sizes and abilities can benefit from regular physical activity. As you choose to become more physically active, here are guidelines to help you succeed.Some activity is better than none.Start slowly. Choose activities y... Read more
Active for Life My motivation for exercise is to stay healthy and to run long-distance events for as many years as possible. If I don't keep up the training, that next marathon is not going to be fun, and fun is important! God made me a walking (now running), tal... Read more
Active for Life My motivation for exercise is to stay healthy and to run long-distance events for as many years as possible. If I don't keep up the training, that next marathon is not going to be fun, and fun is important! God made me a walking (now running), tal... Read more
Active for Life When the nation's top health experts picked the ten most important behaviors Americans could do to improve health, their first recommendation was, "Increase the proportion of people who engage regularly, preferably daily, in moderate physical acti... Read more
Did You Know - January 2009 The Green BibleAs concerns for the environment grow, a new version of the Bible seeks to help readers trace environmental themes through scripture. Printed in soy-based inks on recycled paper, The Green Bible uses green ink to highlight over 1,000... Read more
Certainty in Uncertain Times EDITOR'S NOTE: Max Torkelsen II was elected president on November 19, 2008, to replace Jere D. Patzer, who died on October 26, 2008. Read more about Torkelsen in the FYI section of this issue.Even a cursory look at the landscape of our lives and t... Read more
Did You Know - January 2009 The Green BibleAs concerns for the environment grow, a new version of the Bible seeks to help readers trace environmental themes through scripture. Printed in soy-based inks on recycled paper, The Green Bible uses green ink to highlight over 1,000... Read more
Things I've Learned I don't often tout this fact, but I was an early advocate of gender equality. My chubby 3-year-old fingers turned page after page of our family's heirloom photo album, blue ballpoint pen in hand. The irreplaceable, stern visages therein, male and ... Read more
FYI - January 2009 NPUC Welcomes Torkelsen as PresidentThe North Pacific Union Conference is pleased to welcome Max Torkelsen II as NPUC president. Torkelsen fills the position left vacant since the death of Jere Patzer, former president, in Oct. 2008.Torkelsen and ... Read more
¿Deseas Estudiar la Bíblia Conmigo? ¿Cómo haces para encontrar personas que deseen estudiar la Bíblia? Le pregunté a un hermano quien me contó que tenía más de 50 personas estudiando la Bíblia con él. "Muy fácil," me dijo, "yo oro a Dios a Dios, salgo de mi casa y le pregunto a las ... Read more
Certainty in Uncertain Times EDITOR'S NOTE: Max Torkelsen II was elected president on November 19, 2008, to replace Jere D. Patzer, who died on October 26, 2008. Read more about Torkelsen in the FYI section of this issue.Even a cursory look at the landscape of our lives and t... Read more
New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness! New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness!Last year my children and I resolved to adopt every whale, sponsor all the freeways, and scale Everest in our "spare" time. We planned to take on global correspondences, train for extended marathons and fi... Read more
FYI - January 2009 NPUC Welcomes Torkelsen as PresidentThe North Pacific Union Conference is pleased to welcome Max Torkelsen II as NPUC president. Torkelsen fills the position left vacant since the death of Jere Patzer, former president, in Oct. 2008.Torkelsen and ... Read more
Things I've Learned I don't often tout this fact, but I was an early advocate of gender equality. My chubby 3-year-old fingers turned page after page of our family's heirloom photo album, blue ballpoint pen in hand. The irreplaceable, stern visages therein, male and ... Read more
¿Deseas Estudiar la Bíblia Conmigo? ¿Cómo haces para encontrar personas que deseen estudiar la Bíblia? Le pregunté a un hermano quien me contó que tenía más de 50 personas estudiando la Bíblia con él. "Muy fácil," me dijo, "yo oro a Dios a Dios, salgo de mi casa y le pregunto a las ... Read more
New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness! New Year's Memo: We're Ending the Madness!Last year my children and I resolved to adopt every whale, sponsor all the freeways, and scale Everest in our "spare" time. We planned to take on global correspondences, train for extended marathons and fi... Read more