Your Gifts Support Our Church, Its Mission The members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Northwest have been very faithful in giving their tithes and offerings and the Lord has blessed them because of their faithfulness. I believe that we have dedicated members who are fully suppo... Read more
What Does the Union Conference Treasurer Really Do? The treasurer is the chief financial officer of the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC). As such, the treasurer works with the other officers (president and executive secretary) to accomplish the mission of the church. It is the duty of the trea... Read more
The Use of the Tithe The tithe is the main source of funding for the total proclamation of the gospel to all the world by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This includes evangelistic outreach to the public and the spiritual nurturing of church members. Because tithe i... Read more
Managing the Mission This is the third of a three-part series of interviews with the officers of the North Pacific Union Conference. These interviews are presented with the hope that they will provide the readers a greater understanding of the scope, structure and wor... Read more
Did You Know? Because this section is nothing without its page design, it is not made available here. You can see the Did You Know? page for this month by looking in the print edition of GLEANER or by clicking on the PDF version.To get to the PDF version, click... Read more
Shopping at Wal-Mart on Sabbath A few Sabbaths ago, Sue and I were headed to Seattle for appointments. With rain pouring down, our windshield wipers were a definite necessity. Then we heard it, thump, thump, swish, clunk. One of the blades went soaring over the roof. Retrieving ... Read more
Editorial Sidebar In April, Jere Patzer was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He has been undergoing treatment through Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in Portland. He and his wife, Sue, wished to send this message to Northwest members.We want to express... Read more
Let's Talk Let's Talk has a button link right on the home page of this site, it does not appear again here. Click on the Let's Talk button in the left panel on the home page to see Steve Vistaunet's introduction to the topic of the month, as well as the disc... Read more
Tips for Authors What Kind of NEWS Stories Are the GLEANER Editors Looking For? FOR GLEANER PRINT EDITION: News stories that—— Share ideas and methods for outreach and nurture that other churches can try.— Inspire church members to reach out to their friends, neighbors and family members in a way that attracts them to Jesus a... Read more
