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News Highlights from November 2024 Executive Committee

The North Pacific Union executive committee met Nov. 13 in College Place, Washington for its fourth and final meeting of 2024. Global Missions Duane McKey, Adventist World Radio president, shared with NPUC committee members during worship about how God moved through a five-year span of small group Bible studies to yield more than 300,000 baptisms in [...]

Post|2024-12-04T15:30:00-08:00December 4th, 2024|Church, NWAdventists.com|

Exceptionally Good News

Recent studies by Barna Research and Pew Research indicate that many people who have left mainstream, evangelical and Catholic churches over the past 25 years are open to returning.Approximately 40 million people have left churches in the past 25 years, a number greater than the total who joined during the last Great Awakening.Not all churches [...]

Post|2024-08-31T10:30:00-07:00August 31st, 2024|Devotional, Editorial, Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

Dinner With a Doctor Educates Spokane Valley

Dinner With a Doctor presented Matters of the Mind: Optimizing Brain Health, a free informational event held at Spokane Valley Adventist Church in November 2024 that aimed to share evidence-based presentations on mental health as well as actionable lifestyle changes with the local community.The three-day event began with a healthy three-course meal on Thursday, followed [...]

Post|2025-02-10T09:30:00-08:00February 10th, 2025|Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

Montana Small Schools Take Mission to Heart

Small Adventist schools in Montana, with 10–35 students, take mission to heart by integrating outreach into their educational programs. Through service projects, clean-up days, eye clinics and other community initiatives, students learn the value of sharing Christ’s love in practical ways. Five Falls Christian School students in Great Falls, Montana, took part in Operation Christmas Child, [...]

Post|2025-02-05T10:30:00-08:00February 5th, 2025|Education, Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

AAA Students Serve in J2B Experience

As angels heralded the good news of the Christ child to shepherds centuries ago, the angels at Journey to Bethlehem heralded a reminder of the humble birth to visitors and volunteers alike.In December 2024, J2B completed its 17th year, with 5,525 guests in attendance throughout four nights. The interactive event, led by Auburn Adventist Academy [...]

Post|2025-02-03T16:30:00-08:00February 3rd, 2025|Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

RCA Launches Track Renovation Fundraising Campaign

Roseburg Christian Academy has made local news recently amidst their efforts to restore and improve a beloved community space — the school’s track.Donated to the school decades ago by a Glide Adventist Church member, the RCA track has always been a place of gathering, exercise and connection for the nearby Hucrest community. Joyce Ann Perham, RCA [...]

Post|2025-01-31T14:00:00-08:00January 31st, 2025|Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

Mills Accepts Alaska Conference Presidential Role

Alaska Conference is happy to share that Rodney Mills has answered the call to serve as its next president.This decision follows a comprehensive and prayerful process guided by the Holy Spirit. The selection of the new president was a collaborative effort between the conference’s executive committee and nominating committee. With prayerful discernment, thoughtful deliberation and [...]

Post|2025-01-23T09:30:00-08:00January 23rd, 2025|Church, NWAdventists.com|

Managing Compassion Fatigue

Do you have compassion fatigue? Are you tired of living through firsts? Are you tired of trying to divide your care for major life or world events? Does it feel like your friend network is facing one natural disaster after another? You might have compassion fatigue!Compassion fatigue is defined as the emotional and physical exhaustion that [...]

Post|2025-01-17T10:30:00-08:00January 17th, 2025|NWAdventists.com, perspective|

WWU Octopus Research Featured in Prominent Science Publications

Research on the high energetic cost of color change in octopuses, conducted by Kirt Onthank, Walla Walla University professor of biology, and Sofie Sonner, WWU graduate, has been published in one of the world’s most prestigious and cited scientific journals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Onthank’s and Sonner’s findings have sparked interest in the [...]

Post|2024-12-19T10:30:00-08:00December 19th, 2024|Education, NWAdventists.com|

Finding Joy in Your World

Editor's Note: This Christmas season, we are honored as Northwest Adventist representatives to join the Circle of Trees in the City of Ridgefield, sharing a message of Joy to the World. The holiday globes of different sizes, the flags of the world garlands, the twinkling lights, and the billowing white cloud-like gauze ribbon all point [...]

Post|2024-12-06T10:30:00-08:00December 6th, 2024|Christmas, Church, Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

6 Projects Receive Funding at Young Adults Outreach Summit

Young people from across North Pacific Union gathered in Ridgefield, Washington, for Young Adult Outreach Summit on Oct. 19, 2024. The event was organized by Rob and Velvet Lang, NPUC youth and young adult director and associate director.“This event celebrates young adults putting their faith in action,” Rob Lang said. “We are here to encourage [...]

Post|2024-12-06T10:30:00-08:00December 6th, 2024|NWAdventists.com, young adults, Youth|

Ministry Teaches Spiritual Growth Through Healthy Living

Emotional Freedom Retreat 2024 marked its third annual gathering, spearheaded by Elida Jerez, Washington Conference health ministries director. The retreat provides a life-changing eight-day experience for 12 individuals, centered on the principles of NEWSTART, a holistic health program that emphasizes the eight laws of health — nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest and trust in [...]

Post|2024-12-06T09:30:00-08:00December 6th, 2024|Health, NWAdventists.com|

Controversial Gospel Unveiled at Women’s and Young Women’s Retreat

Heather Thompson Day, interdenominational speaker, kept listeners riveted with “Controversial Gospel” messages during the fall Upper Columbia Conference Women’s and Young Women’s Retreat held at Camp MiVoden in October 2024.Through the four messages given, Thompson Day passionately described the covenant of God with His children, “Love God; Love Man.”  This love in turn will find [...]

Post|2024-12-05T16:30:00-08:00December 5th, 2024|Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

Idaho SonShine Impacts Northern Idaho

More than 500 underserved members of the northern Idaho community were impacted by Idaho SonShine during the North Idaho State Fair in Coeur d’Alene in September 2024.Approximately 300 volunteers from 12 different Adventist churches and other denominations joined together for what is planned to be an annual event providing free medical and dental care, in [...]

Post|2024-12-04T10:30:00-08:00December 4th, 2024|Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|

NPUC Volunteers Deploy for Hurricane Recovery

A team of seven North Pacific Union volunteers trained in warehouse management and disaster response recently joined forces with local and national organizations in Augusta, Georgia, to coordinate a major relief effort for the community.In collaboration with Georgia-Cumberland Conference and the City of Augusta, the team set up a warehouse, along with local volunteers, to [...]

Bible Readings for December 2024

Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. Dec. 1: Gen. 1–3 Dec. 2: Gen. 4–7 Dec. 3: Gen. 8–11 Dec. 4: Job 1–5 Dec. 5: Job 6–9 Dec. 6: Job 10–16 Dec. 8: Job 17–20 Dec. 9: Job 21–23 Dec. 10: Job 24–28 Dec. 11: Job 29–31 Dec. 12: Job 32–34 Dec. 13: Job 35–39 Dec. 15: Job 40–42 Dec. [...]

Post|2024-11-27T05:00:00-08:00November 27th, 2024|Bible Reading Plan, NWAdventists.com|

Lewis Accepts NPUC Regional Vice President Role

EuGene Lewis, long-time regional leader in the Pacific Northwest, has accepted an invitation from North Pacific Union to serve as vice president for regional affairs beginning in January 2025. He steps into this role following the dedicated service of Byron Dulan, who recently retired.Lewis brings a wealth of experience and a deep connection to ministry [...]

Post|2024-11-20T16:30:00-08:00November 20th, 2024|Church, NWAdventists.com|

Holy Spirit Brings Woman to God

Camille Garvey was born into an Adventist family. Life got busy, and the Garvey family stopped attending church. When Garvey asked her mother why, she expressed concerns about the judgment and coldness members often displayed.Although they stopped attending, they still honored the Sabbath by listening to worship music and watching sermons. Garvey and her siblings [...]

Post|2024-10-08T15:00:00-07:00October 8th, 2024|Mission and Outreach, NWAdventists.com|
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