Announcements
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Visit our website for all the current information. The latest exciting news is -- We are taking a team of 5 people to Namu in March!
- Mel Wade - That's me - My wife and I taught school on Namu 22 years ago. It's a special place.
- Marvin Gee - Dentist - Marvin has done dental work with Canvassback Missions and has gone an many other short term mission trips.
- Paul Novak - CRNA - Paul is also a veteran short term missionary having gone to Borneo, Siapan, and Yap.
- Joe Hess - Joe is a veteran of UCA's Borneo Mission trips and will be helping us record the stories of Namu so we can share them with you!
- Matt Cockenauer - High School Student - This will be Matt's first mission trip. Matt is known for being willing to get his hand dirty and tackle any job. Great assets for this trip!
This week we purchased our tickets. Here's how the trip is shaping up...
- March 14 - Sunday - Flying from Spokane to Hawaii.
- March 15 - Monday - Flying from Hawaii to Kwajalein - crossing the dateline and arriving on the 16th. We will have a short stay on Ebeye before taking a boat to Namu.
We will be on Namu for about a week doing dental and medical work and possibly helping rebuild the school. Who knows what else we will be asked to do while we are there... We will return by boat to Ebeye. - March 26 - Friday - We fly back to Hawaii Friday afternoon, getting back in Hawaii at about 2:30 Friday morning. We will we are in Hawaii, we will be giving a mission report to the Japanese-American Church. A big thank you to them for allowing us to stay in their church while we are there.
- March 28 - Sunday - We fly home to Spokane.
There are still a lot of things needing to fall into place for this entire project. Please continue to pray that God will lead. Also, please pray about helping us sponsor the school by becoming part of the Band of Faith! All the moneys donated will go toward operating the school. We need 300 people to pledge $5 a month! That's just one Taco Bell meal! Help us help others!
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The UCA Church has voted on a mission project -- to adopt Ebeye SDA School on Namu in the Marshall Islands. The school is in terrible need of repairs, not limited to the collapse of the teacher's apartment at one end of the school building.
Many hands make light work. Please check out the Namu Project website created by Mel Wade to provide you with specific information about how funds will be used and the numerous ways our church and our students will be serving Namu school in the future.
You may feel you simply can't help right now; but as the Spirit moves, you may be able to do one or more of several options for helping with the Namu Project.
- Every person can pray for the project, for our church and students involved with it, for funds, and for our adopted students (and potential students) on Namu.
- Join Namu's Band of Faith. This is a group of 300 people giving $5 per month to help us reach our mission goals in serving the Namu school.
- Tell college students! We need two each year to go to Namu as student missionaries. We'll be supporting them with care packages and helping them stay in touch with friends and family here.
- Sponsor a short-term missionary. Each year we will visit Namu with about five UCA students, who need financial support to go on this mission trip.
- Choose a special project. As other needs are discovered, they will be posted on the Namu Project website. Keep checking back there -- God may have a project just for you.
For more information contact Mel Wade at Upper Columbia Academy.
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Chris Duckett has written this heartfelt song -- "Follow the Lamb" -- chosen to be our theme song for this school year.
The file is in MP3 format. If it sounds choppy at first, hit the Pause button and let the file load before listening to it. (The load bar is at the bottom of the player, and you'll see it sliding rightward as the file loads.) Lyrics printed below with permission.
Follow the Lamb
Follow the Lamb
I heard a sound from heaven, mighty waters rushing
I heard some people playing in perfect harmony
I looked up and I saw Him standing on Mount Zion
He beckoned me to listen, and this is what I heard
CHORUS
Our mission's clear
Follow the Lamb
Let all who hear follow the Lamb
Our mission's clear
Follow the Lamb
Let all who hear follow the Lamb
Great and marvelous are your works
O Lord God Almighty
Just and true are your ways
O king of ages
You are holy (holy), worthy (worthy)
Glory and honor be to you forever (x2)
Chorus (x2)
Follow the Lamb (x8)
© 2009 Chris & Chandra Duckett, Leo Lutz, John the Revelator