Skagit Mission Trip Is Answer to Prayer The Skagit Adventist Academy (SAA) mission trip to the Dominican Republic in March was a direct answer to prayer — in two ways.When plans for a mission trip to Honduras fell through two months before departure, trip planners met for earnest prayer... Read more
Students Serve School, Community and Church The first days following spring break were quiet for some high school students at Skagit Adventist Academy (Burlington, Wash.), as many of their classmates were on a school-sponsored Dominican Republic mission trip.These students soon discovered t... Read more
Cypress School Partners with Northwest Harvest Cypress Adventist School in Lynnwood, Wash., has a 15-year partnership with Northwest Harvest (NWH), an organization that supplies food items to food banks across the state of Washington.Cypress students collect non-perishable items every November... Read more
LCAS Highlights Learning Styles Dirty faces and grimy hands were a sign kindergarten and first-grade students were in learning mode at Lewis County Adventist School (LCAS) in Chehalis, Wash.The younger students, along with their teacher Donna Meador, took part in the TransAlta E... Read more
Northwest Christian Joins Geography Bee If you are in the fourth through eighth grades and know the capital of Azerbaijan, you might be contestant-ready for a geography bee.Upper-grade students at Northwest Christian School (Puyallup, Wash.) discovered a new learning opportunity this la... Read more
Auburn Students Present Peer Mentoring to Elementary Students Selected Auburn (Wash.) Adventist Academy juniors and seniors just completed the sixth-annual mentoring week of prayer for seventh- and eighth-grade students at nearby Buena Vista Adventist Elementary School.Each year, the Auburn Academy Church se... Read more
Anchor of Selfless Service Alice Hansen Retires After 44 Years When Alice Hansen was baptized four months before attending Walla Walla University her sophomore year, she had no idea God would lead her to a 44-year career as an administrative assistant for the Adventist Church.As a young adult, she took Voice ... Read more
Prison Ministry Leaders Explore Best Practices Eighty leaders from the Washington, Oregon and Upper Columbia conferences assembled in Gladstone, Ore., in mid-April for a prison ministry retreat.The retreat featured classes such as prisoner re-entry into the community, chemical dependency, fami... Read more
Smart Cooking Teaches Healthy Choices Smart Cooking for Life, a one-day cooking and health seminar, features plant-based cooking demonstrations, diverse health lectures and booths with a variety of area resources to assist attendees on their journey to a better lifestyle.The goal of t... Read more
