Constituency Session Survey Part 4 Family Life and Youth "Members of the Upper Columbia Conference consider it a priority to educate and mentor their children and youth," says a poll taken at the conference's constituency session September 2007.In the last of a four-part report about the results of poll... Read more
Sabbath Afternoons Transformed When UCA Students Give Back Matt Smith, associate pastor and Upper Columbia Academy freshmen Bible teacher, has revitalized a program which is transforming the way students view Sabbath.Smith came to UCA in 2006, bringing with him new enthusiasm for the program Sabbath After... Read more
Irrigon Women's Group Receives Award The Irrigon (Ore.) Church group was recently awarded a plaque for having the largest number of women, 19 in all, attending the 2007 women's retreat at Camp MiVoden.Even though the church is small, with an average of 40 to 50 members, the group has... Read more
Bonners Ferry Church Gathers for a New Year's Communion Service Communion took on a special significance Jan. 4 as Bonners Ferry (Idaho) Church members arrived to find tables placed in the shape of a cross topped with trays of beautiful fresh fruit and breads.We began by singing hymns accompanied by guitars. A... Read more
Yakima's Youngest Committed to Outreach The commitment of Yakima Adventist Christian School to show concern for the people of the Yakima Valley and the world community can be seen in the activities of even the youngest students.First- and Second-GradersEvery few months, the first- and s... Read more
Baptism Kendra LeBrun Kendra LeBrun was baptized on her 12th birthday, Dec. 8, 2007, at the Northport (Wash.) Church. To prepare for her baptism, she studied the Baptism Manual for Junior Youth, published in the 1960s, and the In His Steps lessons. She also learned thi... Read more
Hayden Lake Dedicates Church, Burns the Mortage Five years and five months after their official groundbreaking, the Hayden Lake Church held a church dedication service and burned the mortgage. In a congregation whose development can modestly be described as "remarkable" this marks another excit... Read more
Yard Sales Raise Money for Inchelium Church "One man's junk is another man's treasure." Certainly these words could apply to the two yard sales the Inchelium Church held in Kettle Falls and Colville, Wash. in May and September 2007.Sales from items donated by church members came to more tha... Read more
Irrigon Community Service Leader Decides to 'Retire' After 20 years Leone Poulson, Irrigon, (Ore.) Church community service leader, 90 years old, has decided to "retire."Soon after re-affirming her Adventist faith, Poulson became a member of the Irrigon Church and, in 1987, took over community servi... Read more
