Gilmore Ordination Reflects Life Journey Every pastor has a story. Idaho Conference members heard part of Steve Gilmore Sr.’s story at his ordination at camp meeting on June 17. The pastor who presented Steve as a candidate for ordination was the same pastor who baptized him 25 years ago... Read more
Timberline Students Honor Teacher and Fund Mission Trips The students at the Timberline Adventist School in Vale, Ore., showed teacher Cheri DeLaRosa how much they appreciated her during Teacher Appreciation Week in May. They started the week by presenting her with a certificate of appreciation. They al... Read more
Olive Tree Children Remember Passover During Communion "I liked the foot washing," said 7-year-old Patrick Dover, when he was asked what he liked best about their reenactment of Jesus' last supper. Thirty-six members and friends of The Olive Tree Ministry Center in Twin Falls, Idaho, met on Friday eve... Read more
Camp Meeting Youth Speaker Redefines Romance High school youth were encouraged to give God control of their dating and romance at the Idaho Conference Camp Meeting June 6–10. “I believe that God is the creator of romance, intimacy and all things lovely,” says Sarah Asaftei, the young woman f... 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
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
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
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
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
