Constituency Session Survey Part 3Church Growth Early church days saw vigorous growth. However, today, we are seeing our growth plateau or, in some cases, decline. Here are some trends which concern our UCC leaders.1. Eighty to eighty-five percent of Adventist churches (in North America) are no... Read more
Cornerstone Christian Play Shows True Meaning of Christmas A heartwarming musical program presented December 2007 by students at Cornerstone Christian School, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, showed us once again the true meaning of Christmas.“No Phibbin’ Mephibosheth,” a story of a lonely crippled boy with no place... Read more
Pasco Riverview Celebrates 100 Years of Service The Pasco Church celebrated two major anniversaries the weekend of Oct. 19–20, 2007—100 years of ministry in Pasco and the 50th year at the present location.In 1907, Brother John Luther and W. W. Stewart conducted the first recorded evangelistic m... Read more
A Shared Easter Celebration Builds Bridges For some time now the Anchor Point Church plant in Stanfield, Ore., has shared space with the Living Water Four Square Church in what many years ago was the Stanfield High School. Anchor Point members have enjoyed a good relationship with their Fo... Read more
Yakima Adventist School Features Fundraising Fiesta A cooperative effort between Wapato Spanish and Central Valley Spanish churches resulted in an extraordinary event on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2007, to help Hispanic worthy students at Yakima Adventist Christian School (YACS).Nearly 200 people attended the... Read more
Principal's Head Is Shaved To Help Teacher "Mr. Witas, if we raise enough money to send Mrs. McLin to Germany, can we shave your head?""Why would you want to send your teacher to Germany?" I asked. "What could she have possibly done to you to make you want to send her to Germany?""We found... Read more
Winning Souls One at a Time In Omak's Native American Community Omak (Wash.) Church members have been active in reaching Native Americans in their area. Since April 2006, members have been involved in giving Native New Day Bible studies and showing the Native New Day DVDs to people in the Colville Tribal Conva... Read more
Fairfield Bikers Rally for Jesus Several years ago, a number of Fairfield Church members were semi-truck drivers, inspiring member and driver Doug Minett to hold a truck rally. One sunny Sabbath morning, a small fleet of gleaming tractor-trailers pulled in one by one making quite... Read more
Yakima School Celebrates Red Ribbon Week Red Ribbon Week is a special week at Yakima Adventist Christian School (YACS) and across the nation, held Oct. 22–26. This week is a tribute to Special Agent (DEA) Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who was kidnapped and murdered by drug traffickers in Mexi... Read more
