Southeastern California

Young Adults Impact Grand Terrace

Members of the Azure Hills church showed that community extends beyond the walls of the church. Working with the Grand Terrace city councilwoman Darcy McNaboe, Azure Hills launched a community …

Garden Unites Church and Community

The Adventist Health Study-2, in collaboration with the 16th Street church of San Bernardino, recently developed a community garden to enable members of the church and community to work together …

GC President Visits Former Boss

A 95-year-old Loma Linda resident, Lloyd Reile, recently received an unexpected surprise visit by a man he hired as a pastor of a small Long Island, N.Y., congregation many years …

Volunteers Feed the Hungry in National City

Volunteers at the Paradise Valley church’s community services center distributed food to 435 families on a recent Tuesday morning. Each family representative picked up a bag that included a small …

Southern California

GLAR Convocation Readies Members for Harvesting

“This year’s convocation theme, ‘Preparing the Soil: Sowing the Seed,’ was a continuation of a year-long initiative for the region, with all Greater Los Angeles Region churches coming together for …

Church Initiates Ordinance of Humility Alternatives

“We noted that, as in many Adventist churches, attendance at the Vallejo Drive church was lower on Communion Sabbaths,” said Mark Papendick, associate pastor. “We discovered that, for some, physical …

Businessman’s School Fundraising Surpasses $700,000

“I’m amazed that more people aren’t doing this,” said Roy Brasher, a Ventura County realtor. For the past 17 years, he has assisted principals of three Adventist schools in sponsoring …

Interdenominational Meeting Focuses on Spiritual Leadership Principles

“When we announced that we were co-sponsoring a Spiritual Leadership Conference with Seventh-day Adventists,” said Blackaby Ministry International’s Mike McGuffee, “I was approached by concerned members of my faith group …

Central California

Monterey Bay Academy Takes Flight

For over 60 years, Monterey Bay Academy has been known as the place “Where Land and Sea Unite to Inspire.” Now, after a nearly 20-year lapse in aviation-related education, perhaps …

Fresno Church Member Becomes Police Chaplain

When Rafael Siguenza was laid off work last year, he didn’t worry about it. With his academic degrees and experience, he believed his next job was just around the corner. …

Child's Prayers Help Reunite Parents

Six-year-old EJ was devastated when his dad left the family to seek a happier life. His sisters Nikole and Nicollette were four and two, respectively. He did the only thing …

Northern California

All Nations Church Raises Money for Japan Relief Efforts

Young people at the All Nations church of Elk Grove have learned that they can make a difference in the lives of others — even those more than 5,000 miles …

REVO Rio Lindo Presents a Fair for Fairness

Rio Lindo Adventist Academy students, staff and community came together on April 24 to raise awareness about, and funds for, those forced into slavery. The event, called Fair for Fairness, …

Two NCC Educators Win Excellence in Teaching Awards

The Alumni Awards Foundation presented Excellence in Teaching Awards to two Northern California Conference educators: Vivian Beierle, a teacher at Mission Hills SDA School in Fremont, and David Goymer, who …

Arizona

Family Bonds Strengthened at Camp Meeting

Great-grandmothers Dorothy Aycock and Ellen Hardin have a great deal in common. They have a deep love for the Lord and for their families, both are avid workers in their …

GLOW Students Assisted by Angels

Recruiting young people to work in the blazing Arizona sun is a challenge for literature evangelism director Jason Carlson. However, history has taught him that many will experience life-changing stories …

Hawaii

Geyrozaga Ordained to Gospel Ministry

Roland O. Geyrozaga II was baptized at age 13 into the Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church after a series of evangelistic meetings in 1993. He and his father were the …

Nevada-Utah

Pathfinder/Adventurer Camporee Heats Things Up

According to the dictionary, the verb “heat” has two definitions. The first definition is “to become hot or warm.” The second definition is “to become excited emotionally.” The June 16-19 …

Sixteen Baptized in Henderson

Concerned about high school and college-aged youth, a Henderson, Nev., church has taken some bold steps to minister to this important group — both inside the church family and outside …

La Sierra University

Students’ Discoveries on Display for Research Week

Catalysts are all the rage in industry, where scientists are using them to improve a huge variety of products including biofuel, fuel cells for electric vehicles, aerospace materials and even …

Loma Linda

Loma Linda Wins Emmy Awards

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences named “Loma Linda 360” the best health/sciences program and the best magazine program in the region at the 37th Annual Pacific Southwest …

Pacific Union College

PUC Offers Unique Film and Theater Associate's Degree

Pacific Union College students are now able to combine two creative fields — the stage and the screen — into one degree with the associate’s in film and theater studies. …

Adventist Health

Rural Health Clinics: Adventist Health Reaches Out

Many people live in places so remote that potentially life-saving health care is not readily available. They may go untreated or put off receiving health care because getting needed care …

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Arizona Conference Prison Ministry Workshop (Aug. 5) 7:30 p.m. Beacon Light church, 2602 N 51st Ave., Phoenix. Info: Florence Darby, 480-991-6777, ext. 114. Hispanic Prayer Convocation (Aug. 6) Phoenix. Info: …

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Alumni Reunions Andrews Academy Homecoming (Oct. 14-16) All alumni of Emmanuel Missionary College Academy, Andrews University Academy, and Andrews Academy invited to special services on Friday evening and all day …

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Anderson, James – b. Jan. 1, 1947, Lincoln, Neb.; d. June 13, 2011, Napa, Calif. Survivors: daughters, Ingrid, Ursula. Arnott, T. Lorne – b. Jan. 2, 1925, Oswegatchie, N,Y.; d. …