PUC’s First Global Health Student Graduates and Leaves Impactful Mark
The global health department at Pacific Union College is proud to share that senior Areli Castro is their program's first graduate. From Napa, California, Castro decided to attend PUC after seeing the value of its close-knit, supportive community.
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Called to Serve: A Journey of Faith, Family, and Financial Leadership
(También español) Some careers are built on opportunity. Others are shaped by calling. For Jaymes Cheney, it has been both. On May 7, the NCC Executive Committee elected Cheney as the next treasurer of the Northern California Conference.
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Ron Yabut, New Associate Ministerial Director
(También español) In May, Pastor Ron Yabut became the new associate ministerial director for the Northern California Conference (NCC).
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Northern Lights - August 2025
May Retreats Reignite Mission and Community Across the Northern California Conference
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Adventist Pioneers in the West - Beginnings: John Burden
John Burden became an Adventist at age 13. He attended Healdsburg College, where he met Eleanor Baxter. They married in 1888 while working at the Rural Health Retreat (later St. Helena Sanitarium; now Adventist Health St. Helena). Burden became manager of the institution in 1891.
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A Promise for Gideon
(También español) When we were young believers growing up in Sabbath School and Pathfinders, our teachers often defaulted to the story of Gideon when they just wanted to keep us entertained.
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Pacific Union "All God's People," August 8, 2025 S9 E16
Our episode today is a video entitled “Sharing Jesus” with an original song as its soundtrack.
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Jaime Vargas Is Ordained in Kauai
(También español) May 24, 2025, was a day of dedication, celebration, and ordination. Pastor Jaime Vargas, district pastor on the island of Kauai, was ordained to the gospel ministry.
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Ho`ike August 2025
Celebrating a Life Well Lived and Congratulations 2025 Graduates!
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Study Shows Vegetarian Diets Have Reduced Risk of Medium-Frequency Cancers
(También español) A longitudinal study of various vegetarian diets shows a 12% overall reduced risk of all cancers and strong support for the finding in less-studied, medium-frequency cancers, such as stomach and lymphomas.
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Resident Physicians Broaden Knowledge Through Global Health Rotation
(También español) In mid-May, an Adventist Health team including five resident physicians from California’s Central Valley traveled to Loreto, Mexico, for the first Adventist Health Central California Residency Global Health Rotation.
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Hope Again – A Spiritual Reboot
(También español) From June 18-21, the Southeastern California Conference (SECC) Black Ministries Department gathered for its annual camp meeting, held under the powerful and timely theme "Hope Again."
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U.S. Navy Lt. Chaplain Nephtali Ortega Is Ordained to the Gospel Ministry
(También español) Sabbath afternoon, April 26, 2025, was filled with joy, prayer, and words of celebration. United States Navy Lieutenant Chaplain Nephtali Ortega Gauthier was ordained to the gospel ministry at the El Cajon church.
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SECC Conference Connections - August 2025
The Power of Prayer in Education and kids konnect: “What Am I Good At?”
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Journey to Glory: How a Group of Rwandese Young Adults Live Their Faith
(También español) I haven’t seen this kind of fire for Jesus in a long time. In Salt Lake City, from May 30 to June 1, I witnessed something remarkable.
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