Follow the daily list and in one year you will have read the entire Bible. March 1: Leviticus 24:1–25:46, Mark 10:13–31, Psalm 44:9–26, Proverbs 10:20–21 March 2: Leviticus 25:47–27:13, Mark 10:32–52, Psalm 45:1–17, Proverbs 10:22 March 3: Leviticus 27:14–Numbers 1:54, Mark 11:1–26, Psalm 46:1–11, Proverbs 10:23 March 4: Numbers 2:1–3:51, Mark 11:27–12:17, Psalm 47:1–9, Proverbs [...]
In what is now the norm, the annual Upper Columbia Conference Fall Women’s and Young Women’s Retreat became a virtual event. However, with more than 600 streams of the event, more individuals were able to be blessed by this event than in any “normal” year. “Venturing into unknown territory of a fully virtual women’s retreat [...]
“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” — Noam Chomsky
At 5:50 a.m. Pacific time on Jan. 2, 2021, people across the Northwest experienced a special annual phenomenon. At that precise moment, we reached our closest approach to the sun for the year. This point in Earth’s orbit around the sun is called “perihelion.” Interestingly, we’re closest to our fiery star in winter and farthest [...]
Last week I was heading to pick up a camera I had taken in for servicing. I found myself lost in thought as I drove south on Interstate 5. My inner musings were rudely interrupted as a white sedan cut in front of me and proceeded to swerve back and forth, straddling two lanes of [...]
The newly established Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT) is stepping into its role on campus at an important time. With many courses currently administered in person, online and in mixed settings due to COVID-19, the center is able to provide necessary support to faculty as they work to preserve class excellence.
The Sweet Home Adventist Church has been alive and well during the pandemic. Despite all the social distancing guidelines, God is showing us how to do what we can, with what we have, where we are and how to still meet all the regulations. So what have we been doing in Sweet Home, Oregon?
Camp Meeting 2021 is coming! After a year of being quarantined and restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope we will have some form of in-person camp meeting. Camp meeting is planned to be on the campus of Gem State Adventist Academy June 8–12. We are also planning to livestream at least the evening meetings [...]
Upper Columbia Academy’s philosophy to educate the whole person has expanded to include an on-campus counseling and wellness center. Thanks to a $130,000 grant from generous donors, the Olin Peach Power House has been remodeled into a mental health wellness center where students can receive mental health screenings, individual and group therapy, college and career [...]
The first Sabbath of a new year is significant for the black church families in the western Washington region who gather to celebrate unity, reconciliation and new beginnings. EuGene Lewis, Washington Conference regional ministries director, saw the need for the continued message of unity and reconciliation but was unsure about how to proceed with plans [...]
