I love gardening — it’s one of my favorite hobbies. It’s relaxing to plant things and see them grow throughout the year. Over the years I have developed a very nice garden, but I have a small problem. A few years ago, my husband wanted a mint plant, and against my better judgment I planted it in my main garden space. For the first year [...]
When the Washington Conference camp meeting planning team gathered to debrief, the room was filled with stories about how God miraculously provided with the restart of the traditional camp meeting experience. One of the first miracles: the multiplying of food for a welcome back barbecue and the holding back of rain to allow for ample [...]
"You deserve to see Jesus in Christians" is the central focus of the new Oregon Conference podcast, Bridges Over Walls. Over the last six years, Kaleb Eisele has worked in creative ministry and storytelling, having the opportunity to interview over 700 people for creative film, text and projects — including fellow Seventh-day Adventists, former Adventists, [...]
While Camp MiVoden is known locally for its engaging summer camp programs and year-round retreats, that recognition became national this year after Newsweek named it among the top summer camps in the United States. But what makes Camp MiVoden different? If you asked around, the universal answer would be: the staff. Camp could not happen [...]
Cindy Ford made a big impression on everyone around her. Her enthusiasm and seemingly boundless energy helped make the building of the parsonage possible in Salmon, Idaho. Salmon Adventist Church members completed and received an occupancy permit on the Cindy Ford Parsonage fifteen months after the building's groundbreaking. On July 3, 2023, church members, the [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. August 1: Isaiah 64–66 August 2: 2 Kings 20–21 August 3: 2 Chronicles 32–33 August 4: Nahum 1–3; 2 Kings 22–23; 2 Chronicles 34–35 August 6: Zephaniah 1–3 August 7: Jeremiah 1–3 August 8: Jeremiah 4–6 August 9: Jeremiah 7–9 [...]
For the last five years, the North Pacific Union Creation Study Center has sponsored DinoDig for school groups to learn how to excavate bones and what that means for our faith, but is it making a difference in the lives of those attending? I'm a third-generation Adventist. I don't remember a time when I didn't believe [...]
My wife Carolann and I arrived in the Pacific Northwest exactly seven years ago. The timing of our call could not have come at a busier time for us; we were serving the Central California Conference as ministerial and evangelism directors and had various projects going on. Our gut response was, “We are too busy [...]
Lauretta could be described as one who has found peace, but that was not always her story. A few years ago, she and her husband began making church a regular part of their lives. They also wanted their son to enjoy the blessings of Christian education, so they sent him to an Adventist school. Unfortunately, [...]
The youth and young adults of Adventist Community Church of Vancouver hosted four evangelistic series during the pandemic and have seen about 30 baptisms because of their work. They decided after a year to do it again. This time Roger Walter, lead pastor, would join them and speak for half the messages, while the youth [...]
