Jonathan Russell

Jonathan Russell

Oregon Conference assistant to the president

Jonathan Russell also serves as Portland Adventist Community Services Board co-chair. He was formerly Oregon Conference assistant to the president for multimedia communications.

By Jonathan Russell

Evacuees Find Shelter in Hope Valley

October 18, 2020, by Jonathan Russell

When fires raged across Oregon in September, tens of thousands of people began to evacuate their homes. But where do fleeing families go to escape the flames?

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'I Serve': Gladstone Camp Meeting 2020 Goes Online

July 01, 2020, by Jonathan Russell et al.

It’s almost camp meeting time! Are you ready? Because of the pandemic restrictions, Gladstone Campground will be uncharacteristically quiet in July. Yet we are prayerfully anticipating a spiritual feast as we experience Gladstone Camp Meeting onli...

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PACS Announces New Executive Director

November 07, 2019, by Katie Linfoot et al.

Portland Adventist Community Services (PACS) invited Laura Pascoe to serve as its next executive director. She began her duties in November 2019. Her selection comes after a four-month search process led by the PACS governing board.

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Oregon Adventist Stories: Behind the Scenes

August 23, 2019, by Kaleb Eisele et al.

This spring we started a series on the Oregon Conference Facebook page called Oregon Adventist Stories (OAS) to help connect our members on a more personal level. We asked the founder of Humans of Adventism, Kaleb Eisele, to help us with it. He’s ...

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Tom Evans to Become Oregon Conference Outreach Ministries Director

July 05, 2019, by Jonathan Russell

On Tuesday, June 4, 2019, the Oregon Conference executive committee “unanimously and enthusiastically” voted to invite Tom Evans to become the next outreach ministries director of the Oregon Conference. He enthusiastically accepted the role and wi...

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'GiveMe5' Oregon Conference Hispanic Ministries Initiative

July 03, 2019, by Jonathan Russell

“What if we were to recapture the idea of evangelism driven by passionate, spirit-filled lay people?” This is the question posed by David Paczka, Oregon Conference Hispanic ministries director back in 2017. From that question, the GiveMe5 Initiati...

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Iniciativa “Dame5” del Departamento Hispano en Oregon

July 03, 2019, by Jonathan Russell

¿Qué sucedería si resucitáramos un concepto de evangelismo generado por laicos llenos del Espíritu Santo y apasionados por compartir a Cristo? Esta es la pregunta que se hizo el pastor David Paczka, director de Ministerios Hispanos de la conferenc...

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Plubell Elected Oregon Conference VP for Finance

June 27, 2019, by Jonathan Russell

Brent Plubell has accepted the invitation of the Oregon Conference executive and nominating committees to become vice president for finance. He will serve the remainder of the current term, which ends in 2022, stepping into the position left vacan...

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Hillsboro Spanish Helps Reconnect Families

February 25, 2019, by Jonathan Russell

On a chilly January morning, 280 people gathered at Holden Convention Center in Gladstone, Ore., in anticipation of welcoming family members they hadn’t seen in 10 or more years. Years before those gathered had immigrated to the United States, lea...

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The Best Meal of the Month

February 20, 2019, by Jonathan Russell

When Oregon Conference members, Carol and Mike Altman, heard that the Clark Center in downtown Portland needed cooks, they jumped in to help. That was 17 years ago, and the Altman's volunteer team is still cooking up a storm every Monday evening. ...

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