<i>The Biggest Loser</i> Winners Share Lifestyle Insights The holidays offer many tempting culinary treats presenting a challenge for people trying to be good stewards of health.Matt and Suzy, NBC's The Biggest Loser season 2 winners who lost 157 and 95 pounds, respectively, shared advice recently for ea... Read more
Churches Celebrate Milestones Three churches in the Washington Conference recently celebrated significant milestones.Debt-Free, Mission FocusedThe earliest presence of Seventh-day Adventists in Tacoma, Wash., traces back to June 4, 1887, when 22 Adventists pitched a tent for a... Read more
Students, Smiles and Sandbags A Sabbath of Service It was a cold, rainy, Sabbath afternoon in mid-November 2009, when Auburn Adventist Academy students helped with a sandbagging effort in Auburn, Wash., after city officials sent out a call for help."The kids were really excited," says Mary Kobbers... Read more
Washington Begins to GLOW No matter your age, there is a new and easy way for you to share your faith. Giving Light to Our World (GLOW) is a literature ministries program where participants are challenged to distribute at least three tracts a day.While GLOW is a new minist... Read more
The Big Picture of Ministry Western Washington churches offer community follow-up programs after holiday outreach events. See stories at washingtonconference.org. Read more
AAA Seniors Bond at Fort Flagler Auburn Adventist Academy seniors bonded while exploring the barracks of Fort Flagler and enjoying the beauty of the Puget Sound during a retreat in early October. "We had fun mixing with our designated groups," says Michelle Morgan of Port Orchard... Read more
Artist Paints Creation Week for PSAA About a year ago, Duane Childs and Sandie Beddoe, Puget Sound Adventist Academy volunteers, met in a downstairs hallway to hang a painting."The rest of the hallway looks bare," Childs said. "What we need are big-panel paintings of the Creation Wee... Read more
God Provides Bibles for Nicaragua Oscar Alvarez had a predicament. He had just reconnected online with a missionary friend in Nicaragua — and she needed his help to find 50 Spanish Bibles for her students.Alvarez researched the cost to purchase and ship Bibles to Nicaragua, then p... Read more
Hands of Help Volunteers Give Back in New Orleans For her birthday, Laura Taylor wanted to give back to her mother’s birthplace — so she and her husband, John, signed up for the Washington Conference’s mission trip to New Orleans, La.In early October, the Taylors joined a small group of volunteer... Read more
