pastor Walla Walla University Student Pastor Mentoring Program Theology students at Walla Walla University share their experiences after completing a year of mentoring with Northwest Adventist pastors. Read on to hear their experiences. Read more Expectations of a Young Pastor Pastor Stan Hudson opens up about his early years as a youth pastor fresh out of college. He quickly learned that the church is made up of people not saints. So what should a young pastor with idealistic expectations do when faced with troublesome... Read more Lessons I Learned as a Seminary Cop Several decades ago, while a seminary student at Andrews University, I discovered campus security wanted seminary students to work as campus cops. They said we were more mature than other students. I wasn't about to disabuse them of this belief an... Read more Delayed Appreciation Delivered The Billings Church had a delayed celebration of Pastor Appreciation Month due to their pastor, Stephen Carlile, being in quarantine from COVID-19. Carlile has recovered, and his family stayed well, so the congregation surprised them on Sabbath, N... Read more Valley View Members Find Safe Way to Worship Together The new interim pastor preached his first sermon at the Valley View Adventist Church in East Wenatchee, Washington. Then everyone stopped coming to church. That’s how Tye Davis laughed about his experience just before Washington issued stay-at-hom... Read more Three Congregations Plan Quarantine Surprise for Pastor Jim Jenkins loves people and he loves interacting with each of the members and guests while pastoring his three district churches: Livingston, Mount Ellis Academy and Bozeman churches. He enjoys people so much, he preaches at each church every Sa... Read more Montana Celebrates Ritterskamp’s Retirement Don Ritterskamp, a lifelong minister of the gospel, was shown appreciation for his 40.2 years of service during two recent retirement celebrations: a local church gathering in Missoula and another during a pastoral gathering at the Montana Confere... Read more Seaside Remembers Pastor Editor’s Note: This Thanksgiving week we are thankful for all of our pastors who give selflessly to the congregations of the Oregon Conference. We are saddened by the loss of Bill Smith but are thankful for the legacy that he built. Read more Pendleton, Pilot Rock Churches Welcome New Pastor Gary Jon Gibson and his wife, Elizabeth, have moved to Pendleton, Ore., with their four children — Johnathan, Jared, Josiah and Jocelyn — to accept God’s call to pastor the Pendleton and Pilot Rock churches. Read more Walla Walla University Church Names Senior Pastor Alex Bryan has accepted the invitation to once again lead the Walla Walla University Church. Read more Grants Pass Welcomes New Pastor On Sabbath, Oct. 26, the Grants Pass Church welcomed a new associate pastor, Tony Rodriguez, and his wife, Sayuri. Read more
Walla Walla University Student Pastor Mentoring Program Theology students at Walla Walla University share their experiences after completing a year of mentoring with Northwest Adventist pastors. Read on to hear their experiences. Read more
Expectations of a Young Pastor Pastor Stan Hudson opens up about his early years as a youth pastor fresh out of college. He quickly learned that the church is made up of people not saints. So what should a young pastor with idealistic expectations do when faced with troublesome... Read more
Lessons I Learned as a Seminary Cop Several decades ago, while a seminary student at Andrews University, I discovered campus security wanted seminary students to work as campus cops. They said we were more mature than other students. I wasn't about to disabuse them of this belief an... Read more
Delayed Appreciation Delivered The Billings Church had a delayed celebration of Pastor Appreciation Month due to their pastor, Stephen Carlile, being in quarantine from COVID-19. Carlile has recovered, and his family stayed well, so the congregation surprised them on Sabbath, N... Read more
Valley View Members Find Safe Way to Worship Together The new interim pastor preached his first sermon at the Valley View Adventist Church in East Wenatchee, Washington. Then everyone stopped coming to church. That’s how Tye Davis laughed about his experience just before Washington issued stay-at-hom... Read more
Three Congregations Plan Quarantine Surprise for Pastor Jim Jenkins loves people and he loves interacting with each of the members and guests while pastoring his three district churches: Livingston, Mount Ellis Academy and Bozeman churches. He enjoys people so much, he preaches at each church every Sa... Read more
Montana Celebrates Ritterskamp’s Retirement Don Ritterskamp, a lifelong minister of the gospel, was shown appreciation for his 40.2 years of service during two recent retirement celebrations: a local church gathering in Missoula and another during a pastoral gathering at the Montana Confere... Read more
Seaside Remembers Pastor Editor’s Note: This Thanksgiving week we are thankful for all of our pastors who give selflessly to the congregations of the Oregon Conference. We are saddened by the loss of Bill Smith but are thankful for the legacy that he built. Read more
Pendleton, Pilot Rock Churches Welcome New Pastor Gary Jon Gibson and his wife, Elizabeth, have moved to Pendleton, Ore., with their four children — Johnathan, Jared, Josiah and Jocelyn — to accept God’s call to pastor the Pendleton and Pilot Rock churches. Read more
Walla Walla University Church Names Senior Pastor Alex Bryan has accepted the invitation to once again lead the Walla Walla University Church. Read more
Grants Pass Welcomes New Pastor On Sabbath, Oct. 26, the Grants Pass Church welcomed a new associate pastor, Tony Rodriguez, and his wife, Sayuri. Read more
