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WWU Announces New Leadership Vice Presidents
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WWU Announces New Leadership Vice Presidents

npucadmin2023-08-17T12:40:00-07:00

Walla Walla University has selected two new leaders to support its mission of quality Adventist education. Brooklynn Armesto-Larson has been named dean of students/assistant vice president for student life, and Howard Munson will serve as associate vice president for academic administration. As dean of students, Armesto-Larson will provide leadership in student conduct and government with [...]

WWU Announces New Leadership Vice Presidentsnpucadmin2023-08-17T12:40:00-07:00

Alaska Youth Rally Teaches True Connections
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Alaska Youth Rally Teaches True Connections

npucadmin2023-08-17T08:00:00-07:00

Earlier this year, Alaska Conference held a youth rally in the Anchorage area for the first time in several years. The theme, “Connections,” highlighted how to establish true connections in today’s tech environment of social media and artificial intelligence. Youth from Anchorage, Eagle River, Palmer and Wasilla gathered in Anchorage Junior Academy’s gymnasium for this [...]

Alaska Youth Rally Teaches True Connectionsnpucadmin2023-08-17T08:00:00-07:00

Student Designers Create Retail Space for Class Project
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Student Designers Create Retail Space for Class Project

npucadmin2023-08-16T08:00:00-07:00

On the evening of June 5, 2023, a small crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of a retail space on Walla Walla University's College Place campus designed and built by environment design students. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for Well-Designed Goods was the culmination of months of work and many lessons learned. “In the design industry, our graduates may [...]

Student Designers Create Retail Space for Class Projectnpucadmin2023-08-16T08:00:00-07:00

VBS Unites Generations in Children’s Ministry
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VBS Unites Generations in Children’s Ministry

npucadmin2023-08-15T08:00:00-07:00

The hug was long and heartfelt. It was the last night of Vacation Bible School, and each child had come to the platform to place their paper heart on a cross, inviting Jesus into their lives. Now the goodbyes were underway. Elijah — sweaty from games and lack of air conditioning, mouth crusted with remnants [...]

VBS Unites Generations in Children’s Ministrynpucadmin2023-08-15T08:00:00-07:00

Adventists Join Maui Wildfire Response
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Adventists Join Maui Wildfire Response

npucadmin2023-08-14T21:47:00-07:00

Seventh-day Adventists are joining frontline disaster response activities to assist residents after the devastating wildfires in Lahaina, Maui. “The situation in Hawaii is still developing and the disaster response community is still very much in response mode,” reported W. Derrick Lea, North American Division Adventist Community Services executive director in an Aug. 14 memo. “This effort [...]

Adventists Join Maui Wildfire Responsenpucadmin2023-08-14T21:47:00-07:00

Long-time Treasury Employee Retires
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Long-time Treasury Employee Retires

npucadmin2023-08-14T08:00:00-07:00

After working for Idaho Conference for over 33 years, Jeannie Leno retired on July 1, 2023. She began working at Cloverdale Church and Boise Valley Adventist School as a secretary before joining the Idaho Conference office staff as payroll specialist in 1997. In December 2006, Leno was promoted to assistant treasurer, and in July 2010, [...]

Long-time Treasury Employee Retiresnpucadmin2023-08-14T08:00:00-07:00

11-Year-Old’s “Jesus Club” Empowers Youth Against Spiritual Warfare
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11-Year-Old’s “Jesus Club” Empowers Youth Against Spiritual Warfare

npucadmin2023-08-13T08:00:00-07:00

Stories of visible spiritual warfare rarely conjure up images of the modern mission field; rather, they bring to mind Mission Spotlight stories of decades past and jungles far away. The truth is, these battles still rage in many places around the world where God's light has not yet been shared. One example of this is [...]

11-Year-Old’s “Jesus Club” Empowers Youth Against Spiritual Warfarenpucadmin2023-08-13T08:00:00-07:00

Leadership for a Divided World
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Leadership for a Divided World

npucadmin2023-08-12T08:00:00-07:00

What does it mean to be an effective leader in an unjust society? We live in a time of polarization and pendulum swings. Politicians stoke the fires of our worst fears and grievances; they point out all the flaws of their opponents while lacking the introspection to contemplate their own. Grievance politics has tapped into [...]

Leadership for a Divided Worldnpucadmin2023-08-12T08:00:00-07:00

With Christ Nothing Is Impossible
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With Christ Nothing Is Impossible

npucadmin2023-08-11T08:00:00-07:00

A recently published study suggests “a decline in religious practice” leads to an increase in “deaths of despair.” Deaths of despair are defined as deaths from “suicide and alcohol or drug abuse.” The increase is particularly noticed among middle-aged Americans, both male and female. The relationship between the increased decline in religious participation — not necessarily a [...]

With Christ Nothing Is Impossiblenpucadmin2023-08-11T08:00:00-07:00

Convention Nurtures Joyful Calling of Education
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Convention Nurtures Joyful Calling of Education

npucadmin2023-08-10T11:00:00-07:00

5,500 educators from North America and Guam-Micronesia went into “student mode” to learn, grow and network at the "Something Better" NAD Educators' Convention held August 7–10 in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the attendees were 575 educators from the North Pacific Union. What are teachers like when they are in the student role? They listened — fairly [...]

Convention Nurtures Joyful Calling of Educationnpucadmin2023-08-10T11:00:00-07:00