Members from Post Falls Adventist Church found a tangible way to bless veterans through handmade quilts. Most recently, the congregation in Post Falls, Idaho, presented five quilts to new members by quilt ministry leader BethAnne Moseanko. The Post Falls quilt ministry has blessed many veterans with handmade quilts in the last six years. The quilts [...]
Hispanic women eagerly anticipate the annual Idaho Conference Hispanic Women’s Retreat. This special event took place Oct. 20–22, 2023 and was coordinated by Alma Margil, Idaho Conference Hispanic women’s ministries coordinator.More than 100 ladies — including 10 non-Adventist guests — gathered in Heyburn, Idaho, and were led by the Spirit to reconnect, reconcile and accept [...]
I remember the day that particularly shaped me during the summer of my 10th-grade year when I was working on an academy campus caring for the buildings and grounds.The principal and maintenance director came and asked me to lead the work crew for two weeks while the director was on vacation. There was still the [...]
Sometimes the best way to say thanks is to share a story in memory. This is the case with Bruce Ramberg, Coquille Church member, who should have been on a fiery rooftop. Ramberg leads a full life today that includes roles such as husband to Kathy, who serves her local church as head deaconess and [...]
Upper Columbia Academy Elementary School leaders recently asked upper-grade students to answer the question, “What do you like about this school?” Here’s what they said, in their own voices. “Every time I finish an assignment, I go out with the sweet assurance that I have done my duty.” — Sixth-grade student “There are lots of things [...]
On Jan. 4, 1923, Ira B. Newcomb penned a heartfelt message to the Gleaner, expressing joy over the progress of a little church school in Kelso, Washington. He wrote, "We have a nice little eight-grade church school here in Kelso now and are glad to report that it is forging ahead … The spirit in our schools [...]
Gem State Adventist Academy loves to open its doors to guests, whether that be potential students who come for a tour, sports teams from other schools who come for a good match or elementary students who come for events such as Pathfinder events or music festivals. In January, fifth- through eighth-grade students were invited to learn [...]
Have you ever found treasure or something valuable? How did you feel when you discovered it? I bet you were excited and wanted to tell someone about what you found. Jesus liked to tell parables — stories with lessons — so everyone could understand and relate to what he was saying. Sometimes He shared the [...]
Last year, the combined constituencies of Rogers Adventist School and Walla Walla Valley Academy voted to merge into the K–12 school system of Walla Walla Valley Adventist Schools. “After many years of conversation around the benefits of a K–12 collaboration, both the RAS and WWVA boards voted separately in May 2022 to give study to [...]
Connection is vitally important in our fragmented world and Adventist women in Anchorage found a creative way to gather in fellowship, prayer and creativity. On Oct. 29, 2023, 23 women and their guests from Anchorage-area Adventist churches convened at the Alaska Conference boardroom for a Sunday brunch. The event was spearheaded by Susan Low, Anchorage [...]
