Upper Columbia Academy Creates Orphan Bible Shelf The Upper Columbia Academy library had a problem. Students would borrow a Bible for class, but often it would never be seen again. While Bibles are good books to have, the school could not afford to continually replace Bibles at $20 apiece. Here i... Read more
Academy Church Reaches Out to Students The Upper Columbia Academy Church reshaped its mission to focus on students. As a church family they were convicted to do more than simply hold church services and prayer meetings.Hours of prayer and discussion led to action, and the result was th... Read more
Milton-Stateline Walk-a-thon Breaks $20K Mark Taking a break from classes for a day, Milton-Stateline School faculty, staff and students laced up their tennis shoes on May 2 for the fifth annual walk-a-thon at the Walla Walla University track.This year, the walk-a-thon raised money for restro... Read more
Youthful Yakima Musicians Share Talents for God A hush came over the Yakima Capitol Theater on April 29 as the Yakima Youth Symphony Orchestra began a concert. Many in the audience were from the Yakima (Wash.) Church and had come specifically to hear Jonathan Sharley and Nicole Kim.Sharley is t... Read more
The Little School Who Could Starting with just three students two years ago, the Dayton Community Adventist School now has nine students in grades one through seven. This steady growth has caused the church building committee to look at either adding an addition to the churc... Read more
Goldendale Graduation Ben Potterton and Jesse Smith graduated from eighth grade at Goldendale Seventh-day Adventist School. Ben is the son of Lois Potterton, principal/teacher, and Rod Potterton. Jesse is the son of Linda Smith. The school had 14 students this year wit... Read more
UCA Students Build With Habitat for Humanity Every year, Habitat for Humanity builds 16 homes in Spokane, Wash., with each one taking 1,350 volunteer hours. Upper Columbia Academy students, as part of the academy’s HOPE Taskforce program, contribute over 100 of those hours each year.On Frida... Read more
Prineville Church Sanctuary Graced By Mural Bob and Sylvia Sproed of Dayton, Ore., designed, constructed, donated and installed the beautiful stained glass mural in the sanctuary of the 1-year-old Prineville Church. Located above the pulpit on the south side, the sunlight dramatically chang... Read more
Grants Pass Shares Him At Home and in the Philippines "Call upon me and I will show you great and mighty things ye know not of," seemed to be written in the sky as the Grants Pass, Ore., Church has exploded with relevance following the Operation Global Rain prayer plan. The church has been catapulted... Read more