Anchorage New Births: 35 New Members and One New Church Beginning with a power-packed weekend directed towards those who wished to re-energize their lives, All Power Seminar speaker Leo Schreven addressed more than 500 people in a renovated Anchorage mall store.Immediately following the All Power weeke... Read more
Cheri Peters Speaks to Women and Youth The fifth annual Aleknagik Women’s Retreat was held Sept. 24–27 on Aleknagik Island, which is accessible only by a boat ride from the mouth of Lake Aleknagik. “God feels very close out there away from the noise and people of the town,” reported Be... Read more
Tentmaker Wanted Native Americans Embrace Adventism It was a cold and windy day with almost freezing temperatures when Rick Binford, pastor of the Savoonga, Gambel, and Selawik churches, conducted a baptism outside the little Adventist church in Savoonga, a village of 800 people situated along the ... Read more
Palmer School, Korean Church Under Construction Someone has said that there are two seasons in Alaska—construction and winter. Since the fireweed has finished blooming, buildings under construction are being closed in for winter. Two major conference building projects within Alaska are progress... Read more
Traxler Ordained Brad Traxler, Kenai-Homer district pastor, was ordained on July 31 in the Kenai (Alaska) Church. The service was well attended by members of both Kenai and Homer churches. Jim Kincaid, Alaska Conference executive secretary, and Neil Biloff, Alaska... Read more
Birthday Baptism Don Kuhn was baptized Aug. 16 on his 72nd birthday in celebration of his new life in Jesus. He invited his non-Adventist family and neighbors to come to the special Monday-night celebration at the Hillside-O’Malley Church (Anchorage).Kuhn’s wife, ... Read more
How We Came to Be so Far Linda Jiheng, who grew up as a jungle girl in Borneo and now lives in Alaska would like to share her story.“I was born an Adventist in an Adventist village/longhouse that was totally separate at the side of the big pagan village from which my pare... Read more
Something for Everyone Found at Alaska Camp Meeting Approximately 600 people attended the 26th annual Southcentral Alaska Camp Meeting held near Palmer June 15–19. This was the first time camp meeting was held in June rather than the traditional August date. A full schedule of age-appropriate progr... Read more
