Looking to celebrate Father's Day in a memorable way this year? Father's Day is quickly approaching on June 16, 2024. Check out these four ideas for churches to honor and appreciate the fathers in their congregation.Father-child sports day: Organize a sports day event where fathers and their children can participate in friendly competitions like three-legged [...]
Death in the immediate family can change the life and reality of a child. A life that was predictable and complete suddenly feels fragmented and frightening. It is unsettling for anyone, adults included, but it can be devastating for a child. This summer, Sunset Lake Camp is partnering with Abba’s Child Grief Camps to provide much-needed [...]
Beginning in 2025, Walla Walla University will offer a 16-credit general studies spring quarter at Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory open to students from any major. The Spring Tide program will have limited seats, with applications for the first cohort available soon.Students participating in the Spring Tide program will spend a spring quarter at Rosario Beach [...]
Beginning in 2025, Walla Walla University will offer a 16-credit general studies spring quarter at Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory to students from any major. The Spring Tide program will have limited seats, with applications for the first cohort available soon.Students participating in the Spring Tide program will spend a spring quarter at Rosario Beach Marine [...]
We’re in the midst of summer and in our family we love visiting the community pool and beach, buying fresh produce at our local organic farm and bringing kayaks out on a nearby lake. Summer in western Washington is beautiful and we try to get outside as often as possible. This summer, let’s do a health [...]
Escrito Está, the Spanish-language ministry of It Is Written, marks 30 years of ministry this year. Created to reach the Spanish-speaking world, Escrito Está filmed its first program on April 5, 1994 with Milton Peverini as host. Peverini, who for many years had been a leader in media evangelism, worked with It Is Written to produce Spanish programs and [...]
In April 2024, young adults from around Upper Columbia Conference gathered at Walla Walla Eastgate Adventist Church for the second annual Let’s Start a Conversation. This event, hosted by David Jamieson, UCC president, and Jeff Wines, UCC youth and young adult director, allows young adults to mingle, eat together and discuss tough conversations. This year the [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. June 2: Judges 8–15 June 3: Judges 16–21 June 4: Ruth June 5: Psalm 6–11, 14 June 6: Psalm 16–19 June 7: Psalm 21, 27, 31 June 9: 1 Sam. 1–9 June 10: 1 Sam. 10–17 June 11: 1 Sam. [...]
Dan Linrud, Oregon Conference president, after much prayer, initiated an executive committee meeting in which he offered his resignation on Thursday, May 23, 2024. This action was accepted by the Oregon Conference Executive Committee.The resignation is effective immediately and will initiate a four-month sabbatical for Linrud. Following his sabbatical, Linrud will be eligible to seek [...]
During the second weekend in March, baptisms were celebrated in several churches across Oregon Conference. In Scio, Oregon, members and friends of Vivid Adventist Church stepped into chilly river water as they readied themselves to baptize four young adults who had long been preparing for their special day. “Sabbath, March 9, 2024, was a high Sabbath [...]
