For their senior project, Jenna Fanselau and Reuben Herbel, Walla Walla University recently-graduated civil engineering majors, created a redesign of a one-day church for Maranatha Volunteers International, a non-profit responsive organization that builds worship and education structures all over the world for communities in need.A one-day church is exactly what it sounds like: a church [...]
Big Lake Youth Camp and the Oregon Conference education department partnered again for Outdoor School in October. Sixty-five sixth-grade students from seven Oregon Conference schools attended Outdoor School: Central Valley Christian School, Cottage Grove Christian School, Lincoln City Christian School, Livingstone Adventist Academy, Portland Adventist Elementary School, Rivergate Adventist Elementary School and Tualatin Valley Academy.The [...]
The annual Upper Columbia Conference Prayer Summit was held at Camp Mivoden on Oct. 4–6, 2024. The weekend retreat featured seminars on prayer, prayer-centered activities and times of worship surrounded by the beauty of nature. The summit was attended by around 100 prayer leaders, a significant increase from 2023’s attendance of 60. Prayer Summit featured three keynote [...]
Teachers from Idaho Conference elementary schools and Gem State Adventist Academy gathered at GSAA on Oct. 21, 2024 for an informative teacher in-service. Craig and Lizzie Mattson came from Northwest Christian School in Puyallup, Washington, to share what Washington Conference is doing to encourage students in their academic journey. Craig is the principal and Lizzie teaches [...]
Portland Adventist Community Services held its third annual Fall Festival at Rossi Farm's red barn, a well-known landmark in east Portland, on Oct. 6, 2024.The location was chosen intentionally, positioned less than 2 miles from PACS, to better reach the surrounding community. The PACS Fall Festival is the only event of its kind on Portland’s [...]
Volunteer Park Adventist Church in Seattle, Washington, came alive with a vibrant sense of mission as believers of all ages gathered for Seeds Vision, a church planting conference. Organized by Washington Conference church planting department, in collaboration with North American Division Evangelism Institute, the Nov. 8–9, 2024 event brought together a diverse group of people united [...]
In harmony with holdings by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Seventh-day Adventist Church believes that government at any level does not have the constitutional right to instruct anyone how to pray, when to pray, and who to pray to, let alone what religion to believe in – if any at all.The government cannot sponsor, endorse, [...]
Sometimes, when you read a familiar Bible story once again, a new insight stands out.Elijah tops my list of Bible prayer heroes. As one of history's greatest spiritual reformers, he earned the title “troubler of Israel” from King Ahab — what a compliment!After three years of drought, God instructed Elijah to confront Ahab in a [...]
My first church was a blank slate — a place with no members — where God allowed me to walk alongside a growing church family for 12 incredible years. Recently, my wife, Shirlene, and I returned to celebrate the church’s 25th anniversary — a special homecoming.As we gathered in a circle of familiar faces, we [...]
Academic programs and student life at Walla Walla University are centered firmly on the mission of building faith among collegiate students. At the start of the 2024–2025 school year, student leaders for worship programs, service organizations and residence halls gathered for training and team building. The retreat was centered around the theme “Give Me the Mountains,” [...]
