Upper Columbia Academy’s philosophy to educate the whole person has expanded to include an on-campus counseling and wellness center. Thanks to a $130,000 grant from generous donors, the Olin Peach Power House has been remodeled into a mental health wellness center where students can receive mental health screenings, individual and group therapy, college and career [...]
The first Sabbath of a new year is significant for the black church families in the western Washington region who gather to celebrate unity, reconciliation and new beginnings. EuGene Lewis, Washington Conference regional ministries director, saw the need for the continued message of unity and reconciliation but was unsure about how to proceed with plans [...]
Owen Fleck, a sixth grader at Meadow Glade Adventist Elementary School in Battle Ground, Washington, won the school’s geography bee competition on Jan. 15, 2021. With pandemic restrictions in place, students participated via Zoom videoconferencing this year. For decades, the school participated in the annual National Geographic Bee. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and community members [...]
In August 2020 we wrote about how we operated God’s Closet in the face of COVID-19. When October arrived, we began thinking about our November God’s Closet event. Nothing had changed as far as the pandemic was concerned. Should we offer another event like we did in August? Having seen the need for children’s clothes in August, [...]
Because of you and your generous financial gifts during 2020, the Arctic Mission Adventure ministry was able to weather the financial challenges of COVID-19! Without your support, AMA workers like Yupik pastor Petu Koonooka, who lives on the western tip of St. Lawrence Island in the village of Gambell, would not be able to minister [...]
Lynette Goude, Arctic Mission Adventure worker in the village of Togiak, extends a personal thank you to the supporters of this ministry. Life in Bush Alaska is difficult and challenging and this group of unique ambassadors for Christ needs our prayers. Find out more about Arctic Mission Adventure here.
Schools of all levels have had to make changes to their teaching practices due to COVID-19. Students and teachers aren't the only ones affected by these changes. Education majors working as student teachers in classrooms have also faced challenges as they've adapted their teaching standards in order to complete their student teaching requirements before graduation.
Churches all around the globe experienced sudden shifts in ministry last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges the Asian/Pacific churches experienced, their pastors and members were led by the Holy Spirit to move forward with sharing the good news of Jesus with their communities and beyond. One such story comes from Greater [...]
January 20, 1933 – December 31, 2020 Health care lost a larger-than-life figure when Frank F. Dupper passed away Dec. 31, 2020 — 22 years to the day after he retired as president of Adventist Health, culminating a storied, three-decade career with the West Coast health system.
Sabbath, Jan. 2, 2021, was a special day of joy and celebration for the Albany Church. Not only was the year 2020 behind it, four of their younger members had chosen to be baptized. Barry Taylor, Albany Church pastor, had been studying the Bible with Adilyn Cox, Adriel Martinez, Shaina Heinrich and Brady Heinrich during [...]
