Upper Columbia Academy Students Serve UCC Churches Several times a year, groups of Upper Columbia Academy students travel to small churches or church plants in Washington, Oregon and Idaho to conduct Sabbath morning church services. Each group consists of a handful of students and an adult sponsor... Read more
A Roof for Lorraine Do good things everywhere you go. "After a while the good you do will return to help you" Ecclesiastes 11:1 (The Everyday Bible).Over the years, Lorraine Enos, member of the Irrigon (Ore.) Church, has contributed to countless church and community ... Read more
Pathfinder Retreat Filled With Learning and Fun Upper Columbia Conference Pathfinders and staff gathered recently at Camp MiVoden for a weekend of learning, fellowship and fun. The theme of the retreat was God created each one of us to be a winner. Ron Hessel, weekend speaker and pastor, used h... Read more
Colville and Kettle Falls Host Amazing Facts Seminar The Colville and Kettle Falls (Wash.) churches joined together in November 2008, to host the Amazing Facts seminar series called Cracking the Prophecy Code. The series ran for 22 nights, with more than 110 people attending per night. Emmanuel Baek... Read more
God's Closet Doors Open Wide A new ministry, God's Closet, opened in Spokane, Wash., on Friday, Feb. 13, and welcomed its first clients. The ministry was launched by Merryl Tschoepe who imagined a group who would gather children's clothes and other donations and have days whe... Read more
Men of Power Camp MiVoden Hosts Men's Retreat Jim Hohnberger, a popular author and speaker, found himself morally confronting a major airline CEO recently. He shared his story with more than 120 attendees at the Men of Power—Upper Columbia Conference Men’s Retreat hosted at Camp MiVoden the w... Read more
Why Members Leave Church What Can We Do About It? Why do some members leave church? And how do we bring them back?These are core questions for those who have a concern for their church family.A group of pastors and lay members contacted Dave Livermore, Upper Columbia Conference church growth coor... Read more
Moses Lake Church To Start Building Soon On Oct. 5, 2008, local members and officials from the Upper Columbia Conference met to set in motion the construction of a new Moses Lake Church facility next to the existing Crestview Christian School. The location is 1601 West Valley Road on the... Read more
Positive Life Radio Listeners Stand in the Gap More than 300 Positive Life Radio listeners pledged $40,000 during a three-and-a-half hour special fund-raising broadcast on Jan. 28.Like many other Christian ministries, Positive Life Radio has felt the economic downturn. Over the past six months... Read more
