A Word to the WAC

By Katie Henderson, communication intern   What if camp was the only place you could really reconnect with your friends? What if you made lifelong friends with your fellow campers […]

By Heidi Baumgartner, Washington Conference communication director   My Facebook feed was full of patriotic celebration photos and posts for the Fourth of July. I always enjoy seeing people’s life […]

By Dustin Serns, Port Orchard pastor and Washington Adventist Camp Meeting youth division team member   14-year-old Logan was disconnected from the Adventist church and school in his hometown. He […]

By Colette Newer, Washington Conference Outreach Ministries associate director   I encountered a story recently on This American Life that captured my attention. The story took place in 1980 in […]

By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president   Have you noticed that there is a difference between listening to hear and listening to respond? Most of us are really good at […]

By Colette Newer, outreach ministries associate director   There’s a Girl Scout troop that meets at my church on Wednesday evenings. They’ve met there for a number of years and […]

By Heidi Baumgartner, Washington Conference communication director   I’ve gone through many dry periods in my life when my prayers sounded the same, felt the same, and seemed to give […]

By Eric Davis, Washington Conference associate treasurer   Have you ever been extremely stressed about a problem in your life, only to find out later that there was no need […]

By Tyler Long, Washington Conference evangelism coordinator   In Acts 1:8 we read: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall […]

By Bruce Koch, family ministries coordinator   When I was a child, I have fond memories of May Day in Pennsylvania. We created flower-filled May baskets and had a special musical […]

By John Kurlinski, Bremerton Adventist Christian Church pastor   Bremerton Adventist Christian Church, located not far from navy shipyards in western Washington, wanted to create a safe place for church […]

By Craig Carr, Washington Conference vice president for administration We are very grateful to God that He blessed the Washington Conference with a 5% tithe gain from 2016 to 2017. […]

By Jerry Russell, Washington Conference vice president for finance   The Washington Conference financial staff learned awhile back about the importance of praying with purpose and specificity for things that […]

By David Yeagley, Washington Conference young adult ministries director   Early in the morning of September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov sat in front of the computer monitors in a secret […]

By Jerry Russell, Washington Conference vice president for finance   The story of the boy with five loaves and two fishes is found in all four of the gospels, and […]

By Heidi Baumgartner, Washington Conference communication director   As you evaluate your life data, does it reflect the values of heaven? Every day with every interaction or transaction online or […]

By EuGene Lewis, Washington Conference regional ministries director and Emerald City Community SDA senior pastor   Black History Month has always been somewhat of a mixed bag for me. While […]

By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president   Two years ago I ran in my first 5K. It was one of those color runs that as you navigate the course of […]

By Jerry Russell, Washington Conference vice president of finance When I was a kid we had a Dachshund named Duke. One of Duke’s biggest fears was water. He wouldn’t even […]

By Doug Bing, Washington Conference president, and administrative team   Jesus tells a series of stories illustrating that we are to ask for one thing: the Holy Spirit. When I […]