WWVA Starts Its 120th Year It's back to school in the Walla Walla Valley. On Aug. 27, 2006, Walla Walla Valley Academy (WWVA) registered 228 students for the 120th year of continuous Adventist secondary education in the valley.Smiles, cheerful greetings and hugs were preval... Read more
New Volunteer Program Starts at YACS Yakima Adventist Christian School (YACS) relies on volunteers to help in a number of ways with the students and their activities. Since it is important that they receive the proper training, the school has started a new volunteer screening/orienta... Read more
Small Church Makes Big Impact in India The Touchet Church in Southeastern Washington only has 50 members, but they have a sense of mission. One family who attends the Touchet Church became short-term missionaries to several villages in India with Gospel Outreach Ministries. The Saulsbu... Read more
Familiar Faces in New Roles at Conference Office Although they are not new to Upper Columbia Conference, two new faces can be seen in the office in Spokane.Cheri Corder joins the conference office team to lead the Sabbath School, Vacation Bible School and Adventist Community Services ministries ... Read more
South Hill Church Hosts Block Party The Spokane South Hill Church hosted a neighborhood block party on a Sunday afternoon in August. More than 1,000 flyers were handed out inviting the neighbors closest to the church to the free event. Guests were treated to barbequed hot dogs, sala... Read more
VBS Revived in Oroville The Oroville (Wash.) Church decided they would like to offer a Vacation Bible School after at least 10 years without doing one. There wasn't a lot of time to prepare, but the church members decided to have their VBS July 10–14.The Goldens in the B... Read more
Nicaragua Mission Trip My family and I have recently returned after an amazing two weeks conducting evangelistic meetings in Nicaragua’s Northwestern Mission, a new mission plant organized by the Adventist Church. The headquarters is in the mountain city of Matagalpa, s... Read more
Ten Commandments Shared with the Nez Perce Indians Gerry Mahn has a passion. His passion is sharing copies of the Ten Commandments with government leaders in the U.S. and overseas. He recently came to the Grangeville (Idaho) Church to talk about his work.Leif Ove has a passion too. His passion is ... Read more
