Mission and Outreach

Fighting Back Against Social Distancing

March 26, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

Practicing social distancing can make us sick too. Here are seven ways you can fight back against loneliness and isolation.

Read more
Sheltering in Him

March 19, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

The past week has been similar to watching a train wreck, difficult to watch but impossible to turn away from.

Read more
1918 Influenza Excerpts

March 19, 2020

The 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic as it was called was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It spread worldwide during 1918–1919 and is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with th...

Read more
Being a Christian During Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 13, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has given us all a lot to think about. Matt Whitman, Christian YouTuber from the The Ten Minute Bible Hour channel, shares how at moments, he feels an impulse to retreat from everything, and in other moments he ...

Read more
Virus Reality Check

March 05, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

My wife walked into a grocery store yesterday. She was greeted with people cautiously avoiding each other as they walk down aisles stripped of all paper products. Staples like flour, rice and dry beans were completely sold out as well.

Read more
It Doesn't Have to End This Way

March 03, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

You’ve seen it. You may have even watched it happen around you. Many of our churches are shrinking and aging. Walk into almost any Adventist church, and one can easily see the absence of young people. There is no denying this reality.

Read more
Jesus, Ellen and Our Common Cause

March 02, 2020, by Denis Fortin

Adventists have a fundamental belief on the topic of Christian unity. In 2017, three months were dedicated to Sabbath School study on unity in Christ. This core belief makes all the more surprising the reaction to Giovanni Caccamo, the Italian pas...

Read more
Understanding Ecumenism and What Really Happened in Bologna

March 01, 2020, by Denis Fortin

In the last couple of weeks a story has been spread on social media about an Italian pastor in the city of Bologna in northern Italy, Giovanni Caccamo, who signed an ecumenical charter as a representative of the Seventh-day Adventist church. He al...

Read more
Eden’s Pantry Opens

February 29, 2020, by Kiersten Ekkens

Each Tuesday and Thursday, more than 100 Walla Walla University students visit the new Eden’s Pantry at the University Church. Since December 2019, Eden’s Pantry has provided nutritious food at no cost to students in need.

Read more
Overflow

February 27, 2020

What does it mean to overflow? The dictionary says overflow is the excess or surplus not able to be accommodated by any available space; a spilling out, when the contents has reached its capacity. So how can we overflow with devotion and love to J...

Read more
Adventist Church Launches Initiative to Bring Hope & Wholeness to Spokane

February 27, 2020, by Jay Wintermeyer

Looking at the Spokane River and the snowcapped mountains in the distance, one might think Spokane, Washington, idyllic. Look a little deeper and the picture changes rapidly. Washington's second largest city isn't even close to paradise.

Read more
2020 Vision Check

February 26, 2020, by Natashia McVay

Did you ever play the alphabet game during long road trips in the car? I have fond memories of playing this game with my father. We would try to quickly spot letters on road signs and license plates. Dad and I loved to play this game because we bo...

Read more