Kirkland Teacher Wins Spirit 105.3 Contest Heather Andersen, a teacher at Kirkland (Wash.) Seventh-day Adventist School, entered her song "My Heart Is Your Home" in Spirit 105.3's Local Music Project.The Local Music Project searches for rising local artists who enter their songs in hopes o... Read more
Two Pastors Ordained in Washington Within a two-week period, two pastors and long-time friends — Adrian Petreaca and Cristian Bobocea — were ordained to gospel ministry.Petreaca grew up in Romania in an Adventist home with parents who valued family ministry. Growing up in a Communi... Read more
Baker View Students Meet an American Hero So you think your life is tough? Imagine you're 22 years old, your fighter plane is on fire and you've got to bail out over enemy territory.Meet Joe Moser. Moser recently visited Baker View Christian School in Bellingham, Wash., to share his story... Read more
Breakthrough Transforms Tacoma Area A 7-year-old boy was having some problems at school, and his mother looked up the phone number for the local Adventist church. They met with the pastor at the church office to talk about Jesus, and the pastor invited them to the Breakthrough meeti... Read more
Penny by Penny AAA Raises Funds for Food Bank Four classes, four buckets and a lot of coins; this year, students from Auburn Adventist Academy in Auburn, Wash., found a creative way to raise money and help the Auburn Food Bank.It all started when the Associated Student Body team challenged th... Read more
Church Cheers 'Pink' Walkers At 6 a.m. sharp on Sabbath morning in late September, a group of members from the Everett Forest Park (Wash.) Church set up refreshment tables, a prayer tent and a large pink balloon arch over Federal Avenue.Two hours later, the first of more than... Read more
Former Smoker Helps Others Breathe Free For several years, Lui Teulilo was a heavy smoker. Now smoke-free for 20 years, Teulilo shares his experience and encourages others with a tobacco addiction to break free.Recently, Teulilo, a member at the Bonney Lake (Wash.) Church, worked with t... Read more
AAA Students Select New Vision, Mission Statements Auburn Adventist Academy students, faculty and parents, along with Washington Conference pastors and leaders, met in Auburn, Wash., for a vision and mission day in mid-October."Vision propels us and pushes us to keep working," says Samir Berbawy, ... Read more
Students Impact Orcas Island More than two hundred and sixty junior high and high school students from six Adventist schools located across Western Washington arrived on Orcas Island in late September for the first-ever school community impact service event.Service event lead... Read more