UCA Hosts Band Clinic For Upper Columbia Schools Upper Columbia Academy’s 60-member concert band and their director, Jerry Lange, were pleased to host the 17th Biennial Band Clinic for schools in the Upper Columbia Conference.One hundred guest students from grades six through 10 arrived on UCA’s... Read more
Russian Exchange Planned for Camp MiVoden In an effort to establish a summer camp exchange program in Russia, Floyd Murdoch, Zaoksky Adventist Theological Seminary vice president, invited Richard Parker, Camp MiVoden director, to come to Russia.Parker saw firsthand the land where the semi... Read more
Neil Nedley Gives Hope To Hundreds in Richland Neil Nedley, medical doctor and author of several popular books, visited the Richland (Wash.) Church Feb.17–20 to give a scientifically validated message of hope for those suffering from depression.Nedley gave a presentation “Depression: The Way O... Read more
Two Out of Three Isn't Good Enough "If you aren’t smoking and you’re on a good running program,” the doctor told us, “you don’t need to worry about nutrition.”It was 1972, and we doctors had just heard about the special health benefits of running from Jack Schaff, a cardiologist fr... Read more
Church Under the Pines A Spokane Youth Ministry Youth from Spokane-area churches convened at Dishman Hills Natural Area last August for "Church Under the Pines,” which was organized by the Spokane Central Church youth and collegiates. It was an opportunity to worship and fellowship with other l... Read more
Celebrating the Beauty of God's Love Women of all ages from around Upper Columbia Conference received blessings as they converged on Camp Mivoden—first for the young women's retreat, and then the women's retreat. Both weekends were an opportunity to come together and celebrate the be... Read more
Better Health in Yakima If you were to drive into the Yakima Church parking lot on a Tuesday evening, you might have to swerve to miss the orange pylons and/or people walking. The walkers would be attending the “Guard Your Heart” class, one phase of the Adventist Healthy... Read more
Three Churches Join for Talent Show When Jeff Crain, pastor for Omak, Tonasket and Oroville churches, began serving the north-central Washington churches in August 2004, he scheduled the fifth Sabbath of each quarter as a “high Sabbath,” a time when the churches meet together for a ... Read more