In December 1978, the PNWD Religious Education Committee announced the establishment of a district-wide lending library. They ordered Beacon curriculum kits and solicited PNWD congregations for donations of books and materials. The new Dorothy Spoerl Resource Library was coordinated by

Within seconds, this news submission gets posted on the PNWD website and also lands in email boxes of subscribers. District news has not always spread so quickly! In 1962, PNWD’s first District Administrator, Marge Lueders, mimeographed a quarterly newsletter, PNWDigest,

The late Rev. Dr. Peter Raible’s signature is the second (and largest!) on the 1962 PNWD Articles of Incorporation. In 1987, while serving as PNWD president, Peter (in 1987 photo, right) offered this reflection on the occasion of the district’s

“We have radio, newspaper, magazines and that hot new device, T.V., to work with. Let’s find out how to do it.” This was (really!) taken directly from the registration material for Projecting Our Image, the 1971 PNWD Annual Meeting in

In honor of the Pacific Northwest District’s upcoming golden anniversary and our District Assembly in Alaska, we will be offering occasional Gold Nuggets. This first one – appropriately – addresses both our history and our gold rush state. After his northern