At Tualatin Valley Academy in Hillsboro, Oregon, students are learning life skills are as important as academic skills. Last school year, TVA offered a fun, practical and hands-on applied skills course to seventh and eighth grade students. They acquired skills in cooking, financial management, and social and emotional health and explored potential future careers.
Ever heard the phrase “good clean fun"? It's summertime and there are lots of fun things you can do outdoors that aren't always neat and tidy. Here's a fun summer activity that isn't necessarily clean! You're going to love it! Seriously, creating your own custom tie-dye shirt is a lot of fun! There are so many [...]
Lewis County Adventist School, in Chehalis, Washington, has a new face behind the principal’s office desk. After nine years of faithful service principal Karen Carlton is leaving LCAS. She has accepted the principal position at Amazing Grace Academy in Palmer, Alaska. Carlton was instrumental in securing several grants to enhance technology at LCAS. She also partnered [...]
Car doors flew open and Harris Junior Academy third-eigth graders tumbled into the chilliy mountain air and snowy landscape. After an early morning departure from HJA in Pendleton, Oregon, students arrived at Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort in North Powder, Oregon to participate in an annual educational ski program. Excitement and nerves ran high as students [...]
The Idaho conference has plans in place for a major membership drive in the fall of 2021 Called Operation Exponential Growth. The evangelism outreach directly correlates with the Idaho Conference’s mission and vision. Its four strategic priorities are:
The Idaho conference has plans in place for a major membership drive in the fall of 2021 Called Operation Exponential Growth. The evangelism outreach directly correlates with the Idaho Conference’s mission and vision. Its four strategic priorities are:
“Are you having a midlife crisis?” my coworker asked. “That’s kind of personal,” I thought to myself. But in all fairness, I did give them cause to ask. You see, just two weeks earlier I launched myself out of a perfectly good plane. It all started when a friend told me they’d always wanted to [...]
A new class offered by the Walla Walla University School of Business and in partnership with Adventist Health is helping to prepare WWU students for careers in health care administration by providing opportunities to learn from senior level health care executives. “The health care industry is a booming sector worldwide with a projected 23% growth [...]
The North Pacific Union Conference executive committee recently voted to focus more resources on evangelistic outreach in strategic areas. The Gleaner sat down with John Freedman, NPUC president and David Prest, Idaho Conference president to talk about the Grow Small Conference Initiative. Q: John Freedman, what is the role of the NPUC?
“And our prayer request is that we make it through the school year without having to go online.” That prayer was offered 178 in-person school days ago, and by God’s grace, our supplication has been answered. Not only was this prayer request granted, Grays Harbor Adventist Christian School in Montesano, Washington, made the best of [...]
