The Rains Came Down And the Floods Came Up June Hadland had her first canoe ride several weeks ago. Flood waters rose up to 44 inches in her now—lakeside home of 24 years in Adna, Wash. Jerry Swena, Chehalis Church head deacon, was a first responder who got trapped and needed to be rescued... Read more
New Administrative Office Built Debt-Free More than 150 conference staff members, construction vendors and guests celebrated in December 2007 the grand opening of a new administrative office in Federal Way."I remember driving down Weyerhaeuser Way and thinking this would be a great place ... Read more
Students Learn Joy of Giving Second-, fourth- and sixth-graders at Skagit Adventist School in Burlington, and conference employee children have a new appreciation for gift giving.During the holidays, the 66 students in these three grades bypassed the usual classroom gift exch... Read more
Pathfinders Help 70 Families With Food The Cascade Eagles Pathfinders collected more than twice as much food as they planned to furnish Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets. Their original goal was 75 bags. Through the extra effort of seven Pathfinder families, the number was more t... Read more
Three Young People Join Chehalis Church The Chehalis Church recently welcomed three young people in baptism.Christin Beierle, whose father, Cameron, manages the local Christian radio station KACS, always knew she wanted her grandpa to baptize her. Her grandfather, Albert Beierle, is a p... Read more
Friday Harbor Embarks on Creation Outreach Friday Harbor Church is starting a creation-nature center as an outreach ministry in the San Juan Islands."We want to expose the truth of God's loving creative power to people through an intellectually stimulating and interactive creation-nature c... Read more
A Small World When God's Involved Evangelists come into a church, present a series, and leave soon after, rarely having the opportunity to baptize all the people they worked with.However, David Wolkwitz, Washington Conference trust services director, recently had a surprise when h... Read more
The Power of Pink Auburn Adventist Academy Shows Its True Colors Magenta, cherry, bubble-gum, and rose were just a few of the many shades of pink proudly worn on Oct. 25, 2007, at Auburn Adventist Academy. The sea of several hundred students made quite a spectacle as they passed each other in the halls, decked ... Read more
Puget Sound Students Find Language No Barrier to God Exchange students add an interesting dynamic to the Puget Sound Adventist Academy family. The culture, belief system and language barrier is different than what is typically found in North America.This was particularly evident during "Connect," th... Read more