Wednesdays in Gresham Wednesdays at the Gresham (Ore.) Church are very busy. A small group arrives early and works diligently to tie pre-assembled quilts to be shared where needed. A neighbor with cancer uses one quilt to keep warm following chemotherapy, while seven q... Leer más
A Caravan of Life A caravan moved through northwestern Oregon Nov. 4–12, 2011. It was a Caravan of Life!Also known as Caravana de la Vida, this Spanish-language event featured José Rojas as speaker and, to date, has resulted in 229 baptisms, with more Bible studies... Leer más
Never Too Old for a Motorcycle Ride Cecelia Chang, a 99-year-old member of the Kelso-Longview (Wash.) Church, had never had the opportunity to ride a bicycle or motorcycle. She just didn't have time when raising her family — that was, until Dorothy Miller asked her son to take a "lo... Leer más
Fall Festival at Mid-Columbia Adventist Christian School Mid-Columbia Adventist Christian School (Hood River, Ore.) teachers welcomed former and current students, friends, relatives, church members and the community to the annual Fall Festival on Nov. 5, 2011.Each teacher operated a game or food table a... Leer más
University Student Baptized Jessica Finds a Church Family Jessica McIntosh was baptized into the Falls City (Ore.) Church by Doug Clayville, pastor, on Nov. 12, 2011.A senior at Western Oregon State University, McIntosh began attending the Falls City Church early last spring. She liked its small-church, ... Leer más
Oregon Christian Women's Retreat Celebrates 25 Years The Columbia River Gorge's Skamania Lodge welcomed 240 women Oct. 14–16 to the 25th–annual Oregon Christian Women's Retreat, which included general sessions, breakout sessions on various topics, an anointing service, and countless opportunities fo... Leer más
Whipple Creek Church Welcomes New Pastor The Whipple Creek Church (Ridgefield, Wash.), welcomed their new pastor, Ed Nelson, from Grants Pass, Ore., where he was the associate/youth pastor for the past eight years.Called from a career in electrical engineering, Nelson enrolled in the sem... Leer más
Committed Visits PAA Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) hosted Committed, an Adventist a capella singing group and winners of season two of NBC's The Sing Off, in a concert for more than 800 teachers and students from nine Adventist schools.Adventist Health spons... Leer más
Eugene Churches Celebrate an International Baptism The Eugene (Ore.) and the Eugene Korean churches celebrated the baptism of one of their own March 26.As a child of Buddhist parents in Korea, Soyeon Park was forced to attend a school that the government chose, forced to read the Bible and forced ... Leer más
