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  • Church Leaders Train for Volunteer Lay Pastor Roles

    February 02, 2026, by Eve Rusk
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  • A Filipino father gives his elementary school aged daughter a piggy back ride, while they enjoy a walk outside.  They are smiling and enjoying each others company and his daughter is looking down at him.

    A Vision of God's Heart

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By Stan Hatkoff

  • PAES Sixth-Graders Learn About Brain, Bible

    January 03, 2016, by Stan Hatkoff
    For the past eight years, Linda Waagen’s sixth-grade class at Portland Adventist Elementary School (PAES) has had a six-week course on how God created them, why God created them and why they were born on this planet. They learned they are unique a...
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  • PAES Sixth-Graders Take Stand for Character

    June 09, 2015, by Stan Hatkoff
    Realizing that what is lacking in today’s society are people of character, Linda Waagen, sixth-grade teacher at Portland Adventist Elementary School in Gresham, Ore., decided to do something unique even to a Christian school emphasizing character.
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The Gleaner is a gathering place with news and inspiration for Seventh-day Adventist members and friends throughout the northwestern United States. It is an important communication channel for the North Pacific Union Conference — the regional church support headquarters for Adventist ministry throughout Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The original printed Gleaner was first published in 1906, and has since expanded to a full magazine with a monthly circulation of more than 40,000. Through its extended online and social media presence, the Gleaner also provides valuable content and connections for interested individuals around the world.

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