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This Week: NPUC Hosts Children's Leadership Conference; WWU Students Raise Over $100K for Orphanage; and more. View this email in your browser

GleanerWeekly October 1, 2015  GleanerWeekly is sponsored this week by Revelation Today.

NPUC Hosts Children's Leadership Conference More than 300 individuals active in children’s Sabbath School ministries and the Adventurers program attended the North Pacific Union Conference Children's Leadership Conference held Sept. 24–27 in Portland, Ore. The conference featured eight general meetings and 80 individual breakout sessions. Guest presenters for general meetings included Brenda Walsh, 3ABN (Three Angels Broadcasting Network) Kids Network general manager, and Terry Johnson, executive director of mission integration for Adventist Medical Center in Portland. Watch videos of the general session presentations online.   WWU Students Raise Over $100,000 for Orphanage The Associated Students of Walla Walla University (ASWWU) have devoted the past two years to raising money to build an orphanage in Kasese, Uganda. They announced that they surpassed their goal of $100,000 and have raised a total of $108,234.84 for the orphanage. ASWWU partnered with Christalis, an organization that has been working to provide a place for the orphans in Kasese to call home. Christalis matched ASWWU’s donation up to $100,000. Construction on the orphanage began in October 2014, and the building project is in full swing. Read more from Walla Walla University News. Gleaner Images of Creation Contest The Gleaner Images of Creation photo contest is back for 2016, and we need your photos. Each year the Gleaner selects images of creation from the Northwest to run on the inside front cover of the magazine as well as one Photo of the Week for the website and social media. So look through your images, read the contest rules carefully and submit your best photos on GleanerNow.com. AMC in Top 100 Oregon Workplaces Each year The Oregonian Media Group recognizes 100 companies and organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington as the top workplaces. Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore. was among this year's list. See the full list here.  Wilson Joins Facebook and Twitter Ted N.C. Wilson, General Conference president, launched his own Twitter and Facebook accounts on Thursday in an effort to better communicate the church’s activities directly to members and other people. Wilson said he would use his Twitter account (@pastortedwilson) and his Facebook page (facebook.com/pastortedwilson) to share his personal prayers, favorite Bible and Spirit of Prophecy materials, information about his current outreach activities, and photos and news from his travels. Wilson will use his Facebook page to answer questions about his vision for the church, his spiritual life, and his activities. People can submit questions to the e-mail: askpastorwilson@adventist.org. Wilson will post answers to three questions every Friday. Read more from the Adventist Review online. Help with Long-term Fire Recovery Volunteer to participate in the Community Rebuilding Mission Trip planned for Oct. 25–Nov. 2. Northwest Adventists will be working with faith-based organizations to help families in Washington State counties of Chelan and Okanogan to rebuild homes from last year's fire and help with recovery from this year's fire. The registration deadline is Sunday, Oct. 4. For more information contact Sue Johnson or visit the Washington Conference website. Adventists will perform in Carnegie Hall this Sunday Adventists will perform in Carnegie Hall this Sunday, Oct. 4. Included among the Adventists are Highland View Academy Music Director Joseph Choi, making his professional conducting debut; the Aoleans from Oakwood University; and Nerva and Robenson Altino as piano soloists, along with a 70-piece orchestra. Read more from the North American Division NewsPoints. October is Adventist Heritage Month Spend some time learning more about Adventist Heritage during October. Interrupted on his path to Harvard, a young Uriah Smith threw in his lot with the first Sabbath-keepers. Soon he was put in charge of the church paper, the Adventist Review and Sabbath Herald, and his sharply worded opinions became familiar to thousands of readers. He had much to say about prophecy, slavery and Catholicism. Often he found himself brought into controversy. Read how his understanding of justification by faith changed and how his statements on prophecy have held up over time. Do you enjoy GleanerWeekly? Don't keep it to yourself. Forward it to a friend and share! Currently at Volunteering to Heal a Village Auburn Sees God’s Answers to Prayer Hudson to Initiate NPUC Creation Resource Center God Answers Two Churches' Prayers Nature Photo Gallery And More!

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