NWAdventists.com can now be viewed with live translation in 12 languages: English, Filipino, French, Indonesian, Korean, Myanmar (Burmese), Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Swahili and Ukrainian. "We recognize the need for our news and inspirational content to be accessible to a wider audience," said Heidi Baumgartner, North Pacific Union communicator director and Gleaner editor. "By offering site [...]
In September 2025, the Adventist Community app team is hosting a three-part, hands-on webinar series designed to help you get the most out of this powerful communication tool.Since its recent launch, nearly 800 first adopters have signed in to the Adventist Community app, which is powered by Vobo. Washington, Oregon and Idaho conferences each integrated [...]
North Pacific Union Creation Study Center is announcing three updates: founder Stan Hudson’s transition to full retirement, a shift to appointment-only visits and a special Creation Sabbath open house.1. Stan Hudson to Retire Fully — AlmostStan Hudson, NPUC Creation ministries coordinator who has faithfully stewarded the Creation Study Center since its founding, is transitioning from [...]
Released of their typical duties, a convoy of school buses, vans, trucks and other large vehicles from across Upper Columbia Conference encircled the UCC office and Spokane ABC in June 2025.Brent Tungesvik, UCC transportation and safety manager, coordinated with Washington State Patrol commercial vehicle enforcement officers, led by Paul Austin, commercial vehicle enforcement officer 2, [...]
Think back to the last time you opened a book by Ellen G. White — a prophet called by God, a visionary author and a spiritual leader whose mission was to point people to Jesus and prepare them to live faithfully in mission and ministry on the journey to heaven.Was it yesterday? Today? Perhaps you [...]
Mount Ellis Academy Adventist Church in Bozeman, Montana, supports its members in gathering for outdoor worship, fellowship and fun during several weekend campouts each summer. This one, however, was the strangest one to date.I set up a camper on Wednesday to hold the church’s site, and I went back Thursday to stay — but I [...]
During a joint meeting of the Upper Columbia Conference nominating committee and executive committee held May 28, 2025, Eric Brown was appointed UCC vice president for administration.Brown has served in three different conferences as a local church pastor for more than 25 years. Most recently, he served for five years as UCC ministerial director, evangelism [...]
Editorial Note:Rob Folkenberg is a young adult church planter and missionary. While serving for four and a half years in Squamish, British Columbia — Canada’s least religious community — he read The Great Controversy for the first time himself. Now planting a church in Denmark, Folkenberg shares why this Adventist classic remains relevant not only [...]
This year, Upper Columbia Conference launched a new approach for camp meeting. Rather than one large event, this year UCC hosted six regional camp meetings in northeastern Washington, Spokane Valley, Tri-Cities, Walla Walla Valley, Wenatchee and Yakima.In 2023, UCC conducted several surveys about the future of camp meeting. A key finding was that while 55% of [...]
Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking Adventist churches across the Pacific Northwest gathered on Sabbath, May 17, 2025, for the long-awaited return of their beloved Choral Festival — now in its fourth season. First launched in 2018, the festival ran annually until 2020, when it was interrupted by the pandemic. After a multi-year pause, it was joyfully revived this [...]
