July/August 2018 About this issue: When 16 young theology students and pastoral interns went on a mission to Guatemala this spring, they learned an eternally important lesson. Read about it in their own words in the July/August feature. Feature Young Adults on a Mission to Guatemala July 02, 2018 | Troy Wallace Troy Wallace, Walla Walla University Read Online | Download PDF (9.3 MB) More Features In Other Words "This mission trip helped me to understand that I should rely on God instead of myself. It is easy to think I that I have everything put together based on my education here at Walla Walla University. I assumed because I am a theology major that I ... Read more Why What Happened in Guatemala Matters Here Sixteen young Walla Walla University students and pastoral interns learned something life-changing through their evangelistic trip to Retalhuleu, Guatemala, during spring break, March 22–April 1. They all knew it in theory, but for the first time ... Read more 2018 Regional Convocation The annual North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) Regional Convocation hosted hundreds May 17–20, 2018, at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, Washington. With a theme of "Moving Forward in the Spirit," this gathering for regional members arou... Read more Integrating Work and Mission EDITOR’S NOTE: Fred Cornforth, president for the Northwest chapter of Adventist Laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI NW), has a “day job” as CEO of Community Development Inc. (CDI). The CDI Group of Companies is a private, nonprofit organization ... Read more Others The Giant Must Fall We all face giant, challenging issues sometime in our life. We face them personally and as families, as individual churches and as a worldwide movement, as citizens and as a country. Read more Northwest Member Named Miss Oakwood University 2018 For the first time in 26 years, Miss Oakwood University is from the Pacific Northwest — Kenalia Nichole Cooper, a member of the Sharon Church in Portland, Ore. Read more When You Grow Up “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Read more Caring Heart Award Winners for 2018 Thirteen Northwest academy students were each recipients of the $500 Caring Heart Award scholarship made possible through three-way funding from the North Pacific Union Conference, local conferences and academies. Students were selected by their s... Read more GYC Northwest Holds Convention On March 21–25, 2018, more than 150 young people from across the North Pacific Union gathered at the Village Church in College Place, Wash., for the 2018 Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) Northwest convention. The main speakers, including Dee C... Read more Equality and Submission: Contradictory or Compatible? Christology — the study of Christ — has suffered theological conflict throughout church history. Lately some Adventists have raised questions about who Jesus is in relation to God the Father. A few on the fringe even believe Christ was derived fro... Read more Testing Without the Stressing As I write this latest installment of my monthly column, I am embarked on preparations for my Ph.D. qualifying exams this fall. This means my brain is overloaded with random bits of information pertaining to Husserl’s phenomenology, Derrida’s crit... Read more Right Outside Your Door My residence is in Washington, but I live in the state of Cognitive Dissonance. Read more News 'Un Cierto Lugar' Making Knowledgeable Choices Anchorage Kids Memorize the Word in Song Learning By Restoring KTSY, Rescue Mission Team Up to Feed Hungry Montana Conference Dedicates Living Hope Project Caring Heart Award Winners for 2018 GYC Northwest Holds Convention PAA Students Provide Relief for Terminal Patient Pleasant Valley Pathfinders Post Colors at Division Pathfinder Bible Experience Central Valley School Impacting Others Adventists Gain New Ham Licenses Milo Hosts First STEM Camp Sunnyside Celebrates the Living Last Supper Retreat Focuses on 'Triumphant Despite Scars' 'Loma Linda Comes to You' at Valley View Church CCA Returns to Belize Beacon Turns 100 Teen Pathfinders Offer Helping Hands ASWWU Selects 2018–19 Officers 'Is This Thing On?' Renton Members Deliver Grace for Easter Ferndale Church Hosts 'Big Deaf Day' Teacher Marks 44 Years in Same School Students, Teacher Talk About Favorite School Memories Pastor Comissioned as Army Reserve Chaplain
In Other Words "This mission trip helped me to understand that I should rely on God instead of myself. It is easy to think I that I have everything put together based on my education here at Walla Walla University. I assumed because I am a theology major that I ... Read more
Why What Happened in Guatemala Matters Here Sixteen young Walla Walla University students and pastoral interns learned something life-changing through their evangelistic trip to Retalhuleu, Guatemala, during spring break, March 22–April 1. They all knew it in theory, but for the first time ... Read more
2018 Regional Convocation The annual North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) Regional Convocation hosted hundreds May 17–20, 2018, at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, Washington. With a theme of "Moving Forward in the Spirit," this gathering for regional members arou... Read more
Integrating Work and Mission EDITOR’S NOTE: Fred Cornforth, president for the Northwest chapter of Adventist Laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI NW), has a “day job” as CEO of Community Development Inc. (CDI). The CDI Group of Companies is a private, nonprofit organization ... Read more
The Giant Must Fall We all face giant, challenging issues sometime in our life. We face them personally and as families, as individual churches and as a worldwide movement, as citizens and as a country. Read more
Northwest Member Named Miss Oakwood University 2018 For the first time in 26 years, Miss Oakwood University is from the Pacific Northwest — Kenalia Nichole Cooper, a member of the Sharon Church in Portland, Ore. Read more
Caring Heart Award Winners for 2018 Thirteen Northwest academy students were each recipients of the $500 Caring Heart Award scholarship made possible through three-way funding from the North Pacific Union Conference, local conferences and academies. Students were selected by their s... Read more
GYC Northwest Holds Convention On March 21–25, 2018, more than 150 young people from across the North Pacific Union gathered at the Village Church in College Place, Wash., for the 2018 Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) Northwest convention. The main speakers, including Dee C... Read more
Equality and Submission: Contradictory or Compatible? Christology — the study of Christ — has suffered theological conflict throughout church history. Lately some Adventists have raised questions about who Jesus is in relation to God the Father. A few on the fringe even believe Christ was derived fro... Read more
Testing Without the Stressing As I write this latest installment of my monthly column, I am embarked on preparations for my Ph.D. qualifying exams this fall. This means my brain is overloaded with random bits of information pertaining to Husserl’s phenomenology, Derrida’s crit... Read more
Right Outside Your Door My residence is in Washington, but I live in the state of Cognitive Dissonance. Read more