Renck's Ministry to Youth Transcends His Life "How many of you attended Robert Renck's Primary class sometime over the last 25 years?" Throughout the packed Spokane Valley (Wash.) Church, a large percentage of teens and young adults raised their hands in response to the question. A bowl of bu... Read more
Sharing God's Love A Sanctuary-Themed VBS This year children at the Valley View Church Vacation Bible School in East Wenatchee, Wash., explored and learned about the Sanctuary. “Exploring the Sanctuary 2009” shared what God’s people were looking forward to when Jesus came the first time.T... Read more
The Christmas Spirit Lives All Year Long for PLR Listeners The last time you crossed the sweltering blacktop of a grocery store parking lot in midsummer did you think of Christmas? Not likely, unless you were participating in Positive Life Radio's 11th annual Christmas-in-July event.On July 30, the Christ... Read more
UCA Adds New and Familiar Faces Upper Columbia Academy has been blessed with devoted teachers since it opened in 1945. This year, one out of three teachers have dedicated ten or more years to the school. "I can't imagine working anyplace else," says one staff member.Rounding out... Read more
Our Best Kept Secret Did you know that the Upper Columbia Conference has a secret? Well not really, but did you know that we as a church own over 150 acres on the North side of Lake Chelan? That's right! We own property on one of the ritziest, cleanest and deepest lak... Read more
Blue Mountain TV Takes Second Channel Digital Blue Mountain Television's Channel 21, located atop Pikes Peak, Ore., is no longer broadcasting in analog, following the July 19 transition to a digital signal.The viewer-supported Christian broadcaster's analog transmitter went dark at 9 a.m. Sun... Read more
Seeing Jesus Through Children's Eyes A Vacation Bible School, Creation Camp, was recently held on the reservation near Plummer, Idaho. Diana Pierce, VBS coordinator, says, "Native Americans already believe in the Creator so that was our starting point." There were nearly 50 Native Am... Read more
Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting With nearly a hundred people in attendance during the week and more than 400 on the weekend, Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting, in Republic, Wash., is a growing family camp meeting."The family atmosphere is what we like the most about Sheridan Meadows... Read more
UCC Hispanic Camp Meeting Sharing the Mission The Upper Columbia Conference Hispanic Camp Meeting, July 17–18, in College Place, Wash., featured speakers Robert Folkenberg Jr., UCC president; Ramon Canals, NPUC vice president for Hispanic ministries; Aldo Joel Perez, union secretary in Cuba; ... Read more
