Meal of Hope Serve Much More Than Dinner There were only eight at the first dinner. By the second week, 18 arrived. Week after week, a few more trickled in. Word began to spread, and the numbers jumped to 100. A year later, in 2016, more than 200 people were attending Meal of Hope, a din... Read more
Meridian Continues to Help Community With God’s Closet When Meridian (Idaho) Church members held their first God’s Closet in September 2017, the community response was so overwhelmingly positive, program organizers knew they had hit a need. Building on that initial platform, they have now held their f... Read more
Idaho Conference Camp Meeting Is Coming! Dan Jackson, North American Division president, is coming to Idaho Conference Camp Meeting. He is the evening and Sabbath morning speaker and will host a Q & A session with young adults on Sabbath afternoon. Camp Meeting is June 11–15, 2019, on th... Read more
Baptism in Helena Steve Parker, who had served as a Southern Baptist pastor for 20 years, was baptized by John Witcombe, Helena Church pastor, on May 26, 2018. Parker is currently active in ministry, preaching in the area churches. Read more
Town Hall Meetings in UCC In advance of the Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) Constituency Session to be held Sept. 15, 2019, at Upper Columbia Academy, there will be six Town Hall meetings throughout the conference territory. Town Hall meetings are for every UCC member to c... Read more
Small Church Dedicates New Building in Two Years A church has a dedication service when their building loan is paid off. For most, that takes several years. One small church in Long Creek, Ore., accomplished it in two years. In fact, they never went into debt in the first place. Read more
Hillsboro Spanish Helps Reconnect Families On a chilly January morning, 280 people gathered at Holden Convention Center in Gladstone, Ore., in anticipation of welcoming family members they hadn’t seen in 10 or more years. Years before those gathered had immigrated to the United States, lea... Read more
Poplar Members Thank God for Gift of Volunteers During the Christmas season, church members found themselves thanking God for every volunteer who has given of themselves and their resources for supporting the building project in Poplar, Mont. For those who may not be familiar with the project, ... Read more
Sunnyside Holds International Day Celebration Anticipation and eagerness was in the air, and people greeted each other with an extra sparkle in their eyes and warmth in their voices. Soon Sunnyside Church’s Jan. 26, 2019, church service in Portland, Ore., began with flags from 35 different co... Read more
