Feature Editor's Note Adventist Community Services (ACS) centers provide critical services to communities across the Northwest. Some are small. Some are big. All are important. Adventist Community Services (PACS) in Portland, Oregon, is one example of how ACS volunteer... Read more Giving Is a Choice I had stepped outside from the clinic to catch a breath of fresh air when I saw a man approach the door to our food pantry. He gave the door a brisk tug. It was locked.I looked at my watch and sighed. It was well past closing time."I'm really sorr... Read more A Place at the Table With more than seven decades, and medical issues behind and ahead, you might think Don Deardorff has every reason to take it easy. But instead of striking up the violins, Don would rather spend his hours reaching out to the communities around his ... Read more Youth Leaders Step Forward with Sidewalk Kids It doesn't officially take the stage this year for another three months, but Greg and Shelly Hillman are already clustered with a group of 10–15 youth leaders, working on plans for their eighth Sidewalk Kids summer season. Similar to a traveling V... Read more Our Sisters' House Some people retire with visions of sandy shores and days of leisure. Bettye Blakeney's eyes were on a different target.Blakeney had taught nursing students for years, when she decided to retire — "while they still liked me," she says with a smile.... Read more Watch the Video Don't just take our word for it. Get the story directly from Our Sisters' House and the agency professionals they work with. See and hear parents and teenagers share their own testimonials. Watch this month's Salt in Our Communities video at www.g... Read more Service with a Smile From weeding to washing windows, and from planting trees to picking up trash, twice a year Walla Walla University (WWU) breaks from the typical class routine to participate in Service Day. Hundreds of students, faculty and staff gather on campus a... Read more Shine On In the darkness, sparks flash, creating a bright glow and instant warmth.That's what students and graduates of Walla Walla University (WWU) are creating — welcoming lights where they live."We are graduating people that see a need and realize that ... Read more Taste and See that the Sabbath is Good ... "The primary purpose of soup is not to be preserved in a bowl but to be eaten and enjoyed for the nourishment it provides. That's not so far different from the Sabbath, the primary purpose of which is an amazing gift from God." — Max C. Torkelsen Read more Savor the Savior ... "And He said unto them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.'" Mark 2:27, 28Have you ever been to somebody's house that was really fussy? As you arrive, you see their law... Read more Texts on the Sabbath The Early Church and the SabbathJesus warned the Church leaders [apostles] about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. He instructed them to pray that their flight would not be on the Sabbath day, (Matthew 24:20). (This is the only commandment J... Read more Constituents Affirm Northwest Leadership While more than 250 delegates from all six conferences: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Upper Columbia and Washington, paused on September 11 to reflect back on the tragic events of a decade earlier, they spent the remainder of the day focused on ... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Editor's Note Adventist Community Services (ACS) centers provide critical services to communities across the Northwest. Some are small. Some are big. All are important. Adventist Community Services (PACS) in Portland, Oregon, is one example of how ACS volunteer... Read more
Giving Is a Choice I had stepped outside from the clinic to catch a breath of fresh air when I saw a man approach the door to our food pantry. He gave the door a brisk tug. It was locked.I looked at my watch and sighed. It was well past closing time."I'm really sorr... Read more
A Place at the Table With more than seven decades, and medical issues behind and ahead, you might think Don Deardorff has every reason to take it easy. But instead of striking up the violins, Don would rather spend his hours reaching out to the communities around his ... Read more
Youth Leaders Step Forward with Sidewalk Kids It doesn't officially take the stage this year for another three months, but Greg and Shelly Hillman are already clustered with a group of 10–15 youth leaders, working on plans for their eighth Sidewalk Kids summer season. Similar to a traveling V... Read more
Our Sisters' House Some people retire with visions of sandy shores and days of leisure. Bettye Blakeney's eyes were on a different target.Blakeney had taught nursing students for years, when she decided to retire — "while they still liked me," she says with a smile.... Read more
Watch the Video Don't just take our word for it. Get the story directly from Our Sisters' House and the agency professionals they work with. See and hear parents and teenagers share their own testimonials. Watch this month's Salt in Our Communities video at www.g... Read more
Service with a Smile From weeding to washing windows, and from planting trees to picking up trash, twice a year Walla Walla University (WWU) breaks from the typical class routine to participate in Service Day. Hundreds of students, faculty and staff gather on campus a... Read more
Shine On In the darkness, sparks flash, creating a bright glow and instant warmth.That's what students and graduates of Walla Walla University (WWU) are creating — welcoming lights where they live."We are graduating people that see a need and realize that ... Read more
Taste and See that the Sabbath is Good ... "The primary purpose of soup is not to be preserved in a bowl but to be eaten and enjoyed for the nourishment it provides. That's not so far different from the Sabbath, the primary purpose of which is an amazing gift from God." — Max C. Torkelsen Read more
Savor the Savior ... "And He said unto them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.'" Mark 2:27, 28Have you ever been to somebody's house that was really fussy? As you arrive, you see their law... Read more
Texts on the Sabbath The Early Church and the SabbathJesus warned the Church leaders [apostles] about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. He instructed them to pray that their flight would not be on the Sabbath day, (Matthew 24:20). (This is the only commandment J... Read more
Constituents Affirm Northwest Leadership While more than 250 delegates from all six conferences: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Upper Columbia and Washington, paused on September 11 to reflect back on the tragic events of a decade earlier, they spent the remainder of the day focused on ... Read more
