Introducing GleanerNOW! Now you can go to www.GLEANERonline.org for up-to-date church news.• Northwest News• World Church News• Adventist News NetworkLate-breaking news. Read about it while it’s still NEWS!Now, on any given day, you might see:• On-the-scene commentary fr... Read more
I Saw the "Latter Rain" For years I’ve heard, preached, and believed that just before Christ’s return the "latter rain" would fall. This would be a time, as we understand it, when God’s Spirit would be poured out in such a powerful way that previously unreached people wo... Read more
A Letter to God It all started when I was in the second grade. My teacher told us our town, Raymond, Washington, was so small that almost no one even knew where it was. That piece of information troubled me, and I began to worry about both me and my little town. ... Read more
Trolleys, Parades and Candlelight Dinners Ring of Fire, a handbell choir based in Hillsboro, Oregon, and composed of academy-aged youth, traveled to the nation’s capitol to play for three official events during the 55th presidential inauguration on Thursday, January 20, 2005. Their second... Read more
Inaugurations First inaugural parade, from Mount Vernon to New York City — George Washington, 1798First president to be inaugurated at the capitol in Washington D.C. — Thomas Jefferson, 1801First use of floats in an inaugural parade — Martin Van Buren, 1837Firs... Read more
To Be a Light as the Lights Go Out It is early morning, and I am sitting at the kitchen table in the parsonage in Savoonga. This little Eskimo village of 300 lies at the east end of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea about 35 miles off the coast of Siberia.It is still many hours... Read more
Extreme Faith For five years I spent one week at camp learning to wakeboard, ride horses, and challenge myself on a 70-foot ropes course. I stayed in a cabin with 11 girls my age and a counselor just out of high school.I idolized every staff member I met, so by... Read more
Youth Camps John Kriegelstein, youth ministries director, 6100 O'Malley Rd., Anchorage, AK 99507; (907) 346-1004, ext. 233; John.Kriegelstein@ac.npuc.org.Camp Lorraine (Southeast) Vank IslandCamp Polaris (Southwest) Lake AleknagikCamp Tukuskoya (Southcentral)... Read more