On Aug. 10, 2024, Federal Way Hispanic Church Growing in the Church and at Home, a special event organized by Washington Conference Hispanic family ministries and led by Victoria Martínez and Yván Balabarca. Some of the topics covered included evangelism to teens, becoming receptive churches and teaching Sabbath School. This gathering brought together more than 90 people, [...]
Zariel Zamudio, University of Washington biological oceanography student, is impacting both her field of study and her campus. She balances her academic pursuits with a deep commitment to fostering a supportive faith community. Upon starting at UW for the 2023–2024 school year, Zamudio began attending a local Adventist church where she found herself helping establish an [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. January 2025Jan. 1: Num. 14–15Jan. 2: Num. 16–17Jan. 3: Num. 18–22Jan. 5: Num. 23–25Jan. 6: Num. 26–27Jan. 7: Num. 28–30Jan. 8: Num. 31–32Jan. 9: Num. 33–34Jan. 10: Num. 35–36Jan. 12: Deut. 1–4Jan. 13: Deut. 5–7Jan. 14: Deut. 8–10Jan. 15: Deut. [...]
Steeped in more than 130 years of Christian academic excellence, Walla Walla University is a gathering point for experts whose understanding is grounded in an Adventist worldview. With the vast entirety of the internet in nearly every pocket, we have ever-increasing access to information, but access to information is not the same as obtaining deep wisdom, [...]
On Aug. 2, 2024, LifeBridge Church held its first-ever Kids Summer Fest in University Place. Although initially intended and planned for 200–300 participants, more than 1,000 people attended.The idea for the event stemmed from the church’s desire to intentionally connect with local families in a deep and meaningful way. To provide a connection point, Kids [...]
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 [...]
Earlier this year, Medford Adventist Church members came together to crowdfund a pastor’s salary. While being led by Dan McCollough, volunteer interim pastor, the need for an additional pastor to lead Medford Church's large, active youth program couldn’t be ignored. Through donor matching and pledges, the church has committed to a two-year associate pastor’s contract. Kenton Gonzalez, [...]
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is a solid biblical teaching — one of our core fundamental beliefs — that forms a major part of our identity as Seventh-day Adventists.In Matt. 24, Jesus takes a lot of time to describe the signs which reveal the time of His Second Coming is near, however, He told [...]
As parents, we always try to help our kids navigate the world with patience, kindness and love. Paul tells us in Gal. 5, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Knowing this verse is easy, but modeling and teaching these fruits to our children can be [...]
On a farm in Boring, Oregon, a Gresham Spanish Adventist Church member has been hard at work in her community. Around two decades ago, Maximina Hernández Reyes moved to the U.S. from Oaxaca, Mexico. New to the area and still learning English, Hernández Reyes faced many challenges as she settled into her new life in Gresham. [...]
