Owen Fleck, a sixth grader at Meadow Glade Adventist Elementary School in Battle Ground, Washington, won the school’s geography bee competition on Jan. 15, 2021. With pandemic restrictions in place, students participated via Zoom videoconferencing this year. For decades, the school participated in the annual National Geographic Bee. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and community members [...]
In August 2020 we wrote about how we operated God’s Closet in the face of COVID-19. When October arrived, we began thinking about our November God’s Closet event. Nothing had changed as far as the pandemic was concerned. Should we offer another event like we did in August? Having seen the need for children’s clothes in August, [...]
Because of you and your generous financial gifts during 2020, the Arctic Mission Adventure ministry was able to weather the financial challenges of COVID-19! Without your support, AMA workers like Yupik pastor Petu Koonooka, who lives on the western tip of St. Lawrence Island in the village of Gambell, would not be able to minister [...]
Lynette Goude, Arctic Mission Adventure worker in the village of Togiak, extends a personal thank you to the supporters of this ministry. Life in Bush Alaska is difficult and challenging and this group of unique ambassadors for Christ needs our prayers. Find out more about Arctic Mission Adventure here.
Schools of all levels have had to make changes to their teaching practices due to COVID-19. Students and teachers aren't the only ones affected by these changes. Education majors working as student teachers in classrooms have also faced challenges as they've adapted their teaching standards in order to complete their student teaching requirements before graduation.
Churches all around the globe experienced sudden shifts in ministry last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges the Asian/Pacific churches experienced, their pastors and members were led by the Holy Spirit to move forward with sharing the good news of Jesus with their communities and beyond. One such story comes from Greater [...]
January 20, 1933 – December 31, 2020 Health care lost a larger-than-life figure when Frank F. Dupper passed away Dec. 31, 2020 — 22 years to the day after he retired as president of Adventist Health, culminating a storied, three-decade career with the West Coast health system.
Sabbath, Jan. 2, 2021, was a special day of joy and celebration for the Albany Church. Not only was the year 2020 behind it, four of their younger members had chosen to be baptized. Barry Taylor, Albany Church pastor, had been studying the Bible with Adilyn Cox, Adriel Martinez, Shaina Heinrich and Brady Heinrich during [...]
For the second time in 10 months, members of the global Seventh-day Adventist Church's executive committee have voted to postpone the quinquennial session of the denomination, originally scheduled for late June 2020, due to challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two pastors were ordained to the gospel ministry in Upper Columbia Conference in December 2020 and January 2021. Andrew Abbott, lead pastor of St. Maries and Osburn Adventist churches and the Living Hope Adventist Company, was ordained Jan. 30, 2021, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Minner Labrador Jr., Upper Columbia Conference president, presented the ordination certificate [...]
