Richard Cook

Gladstone Park Church communication leader

By Richard Cook

Gladstone Park VBS Brings Ancient Egypt to Life

September 29, 2016, by Richard Cook

Gladstone Park Church presented a Vacation Bible School program, What Happened to Joseph From Prison to Pharaoh’s Palace, June 20–25.

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Gladstone Park Hosts 'Hometown Nazareth'

October 12, 2015, by Richard Cook

A Vacation Bible School called "Hometown Nazareth, Where Jesus Was a KID" was presented by the Gladstone Park Church for youngsters ages 6–11 every morning of June 22–26. Forty-one kids showed up for registration.

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The Beach Comes to Gladstone Park Church

July 30, 2014, by Richard Cook

Max Patterson Park was the site of the Gladstone Park Church's Vacation Bible School, held June 23–27. The program was a treasure-hunting adventure in the Caribbean islands. Registration found visitors coming from the nearby Baptist church, the Br...

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Rivergate Students Deliver Half Ton of Food

February 11, 2014, by Richard Cook

Kids from families of Rivergate Adventist Elementary School in Gladstone, Ore., delivered 1,000 pounds of food to the Gladstone Park Community Services (GPCS) on Nov. 22, 2013. Chris Binder, local leader, reports an average of 440 low-income indiv...

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Gladstone Children Enjoy Sonrise National Park VBS

November 01, 2012, by Richard Cook

Gospel Lights Sonrise National Parks Vacation Bible School pointed kids to Jesus July 30–Aug. 3 at the Gladstone Park Church, including 12 children who do not attend church regularly.After registration, the children, ages 5–11, donned colored scar...

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Gladstone Park Supports the Blind in India

May 01, 2012, by Richard Cook

By helping to support Jim Reynolds, Gladstone (Ore.) Park Church personal ministries director, on his journey to India, church members for the second time in as many years have reached halfway around the world to help give the message of salvation...

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Brother and Sister Baptized at Gladstone Park Church

February 01, 2012, by Richard Cook

Brother and sister Joe and Abby Azrak were baptized at the Gladstone Park (Ore.) Church during the Sabbath worship hour Nov. 19, 2011, by Bob Uhrig, Gladstone Park Church pastor."I would like to know more about the judgment," Joe told Uhrig during...

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Baptism At Gladstone Park

October 01, 2011, by Richard Cook

Angela Whitbeck was baptized by Bob Uhrig, pastor, at the Gladstone (Ore.) Park Church during the Sabbath worship hour on July 23.Whitbeck says, "I started attending Gladstone Park in 2008 with Mike and Ingrid Whitbeck, my father- and mother-in-la...

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Somerset Lodge Branch Sabbath School

May 01, 2011, by Richard Cook

Every Sabbath morning at 9:15 you can hear organ music and singing coming from the chapel on the third floor of the Somerset Lodge retirement facility located on the same street as the Gladstone Park (Ore.) Church.Each week some 15–20 seniors are ...

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Airplane Witnessing

January 01, 2011, by Richard Cook

Last October, our return flight from Chicago, Ill., my wife and I sat by a young man who had the window seat. "What are you doing in the Northwest?" we asked. The young man said he was from India and was taking computer programing. We talked about...

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