Handbells The Tradition at GSAA Continues For more than 25 years Gem State Adventist Academy has taught and played handbells. The program continues to expand under the direction of music director Ben Purvis. “We still teach handbells and perform,” says Purvis, “but we have also seen a nee... Read more
GSAA Wins National Business Competition Is Named First Runner-up Starting an international company may seem like an impossible task, but not to a group of Gem State Adventist Academy business students who spent time this year in Cambodia doing just that.“Launching our company, Khmer Krafts LLC, was a big task b... Read more
Caldwell Students Take Classes Outside Every year, the sixth-grade classes of the Idaho Conference ship off to Bend, Ore., to attend Cascade Science School (CSS), which is operated by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). At Outdoor School, they learn about the surrounding ... Read more
Benefit Pie Auction has Sweet Results Auctioneer Dan Beckner and second-grader Sadie Washman along with other members of the La Grande Church gathered in their school’s fellowship hall for a fundraiser pie auction April 1. Guest “auctioneers” Dan Beckner and Buck Schaffer opened the e... Read more
Idaho Youth Fulfill a Miracle Mission Trip to Lima, Peru Each evening the small group of Adventist believers in the community of Nueva Esperanza in Lima, Peru, gathered to level the ground, by hand, for their very own church building—one they could not possibly afford to build. It would be named Eben-Ez... Read more
April Fools' Day Delight When the residents of the small eastern Oregon town of Cove awoke on Sabbath, April Fools' Day, they had a surprise. There was 1 to 2 inches of snow on the ground. But there was another pleasant surprise that morning. The members of the Cove Adven... Read more
New Pastor at Kuna Church The Kuna Church welcomed their new pastoral team, Randy and Suzette (Owens) Maxwell, in January.Before becoming the pastor of the Kuna Church, Maxwell served as the creative director for advertising at Pacific Press Publishing Association in Nampa... Read more
Four Teens and 1,400 Books Enterprise Church Library Moved in 30 Minutes Need cheerful and energetic helpers? Ask your youth to help. Four teen members of the Enterprise (Ore.) Church hauled approximately 1,400 books up steep stairs to the new library location in about 30 minutes. The teens and five adults also worked ... Read more
Parma Church Celebrates 100 Years The members of the Parma (Idaho) Church celebrated their 100th year on March 11, 2006.Joining in the celebration were several ministers who had been pastors of the church, from left: (front) Marguerite Knauft; (middle) Ron and Rozella Stroud, Emil... Read more