November 2016 About this issue: Dig a little deeper into the North Pacific Union Conference constituency session held September 25 in Portland, Ore. Details are in the November Gleaner. Feature NPUC Constituents Elect a New President September 25, 2016 | Steve Vistaunet John Freedman has been elected president of the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) by delegates to the union’s regular constituency session held September 25 in Portland, Oregon. Freedman replaces Max Torkelsen II, whose retirement became effec... Read Online | Download PDF (6.2 MB) More Features Introducing the New NPUC Executive Committee Approved by delegates to the 28th NPUC Constituency Session on September 25, 2016, the following individuals will serve as the NPUC executive committee. Read more Others Letters About Those Goats ... Read more ACS Convention Finds Its Center in Jesus “Community service brings us together because of one key ingredient — Jesus. He must be at the center of everything thing we do.” Read more Indifference I confess to being mired in philosophical muck as I ponder this year’s presidential election. How should I as an Adventist Christian relate to the spectrum of thought — or lack of it — being flung like buckshot? What is Christ’s call upon me as on... Read more The Culture Test My wife and I like to regularly challenge our marriage through a sophisticated test called The Grocery List. The way it works is someone writes a list of items to procure from the local grocery store, while alternating between specific and vague d... Read more Time to Vote This month, the brash and bruising presidential campaign finally ends and Americans will vote. Many find it difficult to choose. Meanwhile, there’s another election that offers a clear choice, with eternal significance. Read more News Dónde Moras Paying It Forward Fairbanks Church Recognizes Senior Students Camp Polaris Benefits From 13th Sabbath Offering Face to Face or Facebook to Facebook? Idaho, Montana Pathfinders Hold Joint Camporee Students Garden From Seed to Plate Missoula Pathfinders, Adventurers Join Forces for Food Bank McMinnville Church Members Celebrate Vintage Love Milo Students Get Fit CAA Warms Up PAA Moms Lift School Up in Prayer Impact Your Health Comes to Portland Lents Health Talks Expand With Guest-Motivated Prayer Circle Conference Staff Celebrate Let's Move Day UCA: Thankful for God’s Blessings Five Tribes Attend Native Spiritual Gathering Spokane Valley Church Reaches Milestones Social Work Students Expand International Internship Opportunities SAA Explores Mountain School Prayers of Blessing Encompass Freedmans A Gift of Peace 'From Sickness to Health' Seminar Reaches Community Auburn Builds Lifelong Relationships
Introducing the New NPUC Executive Committee Approved by delegates to the 28th NPUC Constituency Session on September 25, 2016, the following individuals will serve as the NPUC executive committee. Read more
ACS Convention Finds Its Center in Jesus “Community service brings us together because of one key ingredient — Jesus. He must be at the center of everything thing we do.” Read more
Indifference I confess to being mired in philosophical muck as I ponder this year’s presidential election. How should I as an Adventist Christian relate to the spectrum of thought — or lack of it — being flung like buckshot? What is Christ’s call upon me as on... Read more
The Culture Test My wife and I like to regularly challenge our marriage through a sophisticated test called The Grocery List. The way it works is someone writes a list of items to procure from the local grocery store, while alternating between specific and vague d... Read more
Time to Vote This month, the brash and bruising presidential campaign finally ends and Americans will vote. Many find it difficult to choose. Meanwhile, there’s another election that offers a clear choice, with eternal significance. Read more