Executive Committee The North Pacific Union Conference Executive CommitteeA sincere “Thank you” on behalf of the 91,000 Northwest Seventh-day Adventist members to those who have served on the North Pacific Union Conference executive committee during the 2001–06 term.... Read more
Introduction Dear fellow members:The North Pacific Union Conference was organized 100 years ago to partner with members and local conferences in the Adventist mission to "Share the Light" in the Northwest. Now here we are, a century later, still with earthly a... Read more
Next Month Constituency SessionsDoes Your Opinion Really Count? With more than 90,000 members throughout the Northwest, how can a church member be heard in the union or local conference process of visioning and decision-making? Who gets to vote and does it really make any difference? Is it just church politics... Read more
The Moral Minority Karl Marx has been credited with the observation that capitalism is destructive since freedom of choice inevitably leads to wrong. Are trends in America, the bastion of world capitalism, proving him right?I'm no fan of Marx, yet certainly postmode... Read more
How I Became a Seventh-day Adventist Christian I was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. My dad was an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service and was assigned to the World Health Organization malaria eradication project. My mom and dad were married about a year when I was born in the Adventist h... Read more
We Can Trust the Church In the Hands of the Next Generation In the Hands of the Next GenerationThis is my 18th year teaching in an Adventist boarding high school, dealing daily with teenagers. While some come from non-Christian or non-faith backgrounds, most are from second, third, up to sixth-generation A... Read more
Cover Cut Les Zollbrecht, Portland Adventist Academy Bible teacher points out a prominent Columbia River Gorge geographical feature to Michelle Nayebkhil, Kyle Stevens, Meilani Kirkwood and Trent Wade. GLEANER photo. Read more
Go Ye Into All The World Students at Puget Sound Adventist Academy (PSAA), located on the same campus with the Kirkland Adventist School (KAS), represent at least 13 countries. This 10-year-old academy is a microcosm of the world’s youth colliding together in the hallways... Read more