KACS Helps Flood Relief Efforts As a participating station in the Federal Emergency Broadcast System, KACS, Adventist-owned and operated Chehalis, Wash. radio station was the only local station which consistently stayed on the air during the December 2007 floods in Lewis, Thurst... Read more
'I'll Go' Lives Transformed in Lacey When Terry and Elke Tanner were living in Vienna, Austria, Elke received a postcard inviting her to learn more about the Bible. She studied for more than three years.After the Tanners moved to the United States in 2000, Elke missed her Bible studi... Read more
The Rains Came Down And the Floods Came Up June Hadland had her first canoe ride several weeks ago. Flood waters rose up to 44 inches in her now—lakeside home of 24 years in Adna, Wash. Jerry Swena, Chehalis Church head deacon, was a first responder who got trapped and needed to be rescued... Read more
New Administrative Office Built Debt-Free More than 150 conference staff members, construction vendors and guests celebrated in December 2007 the grand opening of a new administrative office in Federal Way."I remember driving down Weyerhaeuser Way and thinking this would be a great place ... Read more
Students Learn Joy of Giving Second-, fourth- and sixth-graders at Skagit Adventist School in Burlington, and conference employee children have a new appreciation for gift giving.During the holidays, the 66 students in these three grades bypassed the usual classroom gift exch... Read more
Pathfinders Help 70 Families With Food The Cascade Eagles Pathfinders collected more than twice as much food as they planned to furnish Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets. Their original goal was 75 bags. Through the extra effort of seven Pathfinder families, the number was more t... Read more
Three Young People Join Chehalis Church The Chehalis Church recently welcomed three young people in baptism.Christin Beierle, whose father, Cameron, manages the local Christian radio station KACS, always knew she wanted her grandpa to baptize her. Her grandfather, Albert Beierle, is a p... Read more
Cornerstone Christian Play Shows True Meaning of Christmas A heartwarming musical program presented December 2007 by students at Cornerstone Christian School, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, showed us once again the true meaning of Christmas.“No Phibbin’ Mephibosheth,” a story of a lonely crippled boy with no place... Read more
Constituency Session Survey Part 3Church Growth Early church days saw vigorous growth. However, today, we are seeing our growth plateau or, in some cases, decline. Here are some trends which concern our UCC leaders.1. Eighty to eighty-five percent of Adventist churches (in North America) are no... Read more
