Marketing Committee chair: Don LivesayMembers: Victor Brown, Paulette Jackson, Jim Mason, Denise White, Mark WitasEffective marketing bridges the gap between perception and reality. Here are five recommendations we would like to see implemented in the North... Read more
Spirituality Committee chair: Ken CrawfordMembers: Gary Brown, George Gainer, Dale Milam, Dan Serns, Keith Waters, Dan WisterWe have often mistakenly assumed that spiritual growth is a natural process that is caught and not taught. Therefore, we will be intent... Read more
Leadership Committee chair: John LoorMembers: John Gatchet, Keith Hallam, Fylvia Kline, Ken Knutsen, Sharon SearsonThe challenge: It's increasingly difficult to obtain and retain high-quality leadership within Adventist educational institutions.We are recomm... Read more
Mission Committee chair: Max TorkelsenMembers: Randy Bovee, John Kriegelstein, John McVay, Doug White, Darren WilkensThe message and mission are at the core of Adventist education, which exists to teach not only readiness for societal success, but also to... Read more
Re·birth June Smith loves to help others and is involved with a number of organizations. For example, she helps with several outreach activities for the military since she grew up in a military family and experienced firsthand the sacrifice that our countr... Read more
Impact Your World Rebecca had not been in an Adventist church for 20 years. Feeling the need to reconnect with the Lord and the church, she began attending the Everett (Washington) Forest Park Church and had been there only a few months when she saw the bulletin in... Read more
The End is Just the Beginning The first chapter of "Momentum" closed recently in Auburn, Washington, where the end of the story is just the beginning.Church growth brainstorming sessions last year spilled over into the North Pacific Union Conference-sponsored mission trip to B... Read more
The Vegetable Way In recent years, vegetarianism has become increasingly popular in the United States and abroad. In fact, about 6 million U.S. adults follow a vegetarian eating plan as a healthier approach to diet and nutrition, according to the American Dietetic ... Read more
The Life That Counts Watching the offering plate come my direction, I pondered which bill to drop in the plate. I had three $1 bills and a twenty. I always found this part of the service so uncomfortable. I mean, how was this money used anyway? How did I know for sure... Read more
