October 2012

About this issue: 

Adventist Health facilities are an integral part of the Adventist mission throughout the Northwest. The October Gleaner will feature the unique outreach of the LivingWell Bistro available to the public at the Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore.

Feature

Adventist Health Hospices Light Up Lives

October 01, 2012  | Peggy Martin
Lighting a candle in honor of those who have passed is an old tradition that allows us to express what we often cannot communicate with words. By lighting a candle for our loved ones we honor their lives and memory. The flickering flame of the can...
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  • Sidebar: Facts About Adventist Health

    October 01, 2012
    19 hospitals in California, Hawaii, Oregon and WashingtonMore than 150 rural health clinics, physician clinics and outpatient centers14 home-care agenciesSix hospice agenciesFour joint-venture retirement centersHeadquartered in Roseville, Californ...
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  • Sidebar: Facts About Adventist Health

    October 01, 2012
    19 hospitals in California, Hawaii, Oregon and WashingtonMore than 150 rural health clinics, physician clinics and outpatient centers14 home-care agenciesSix hospice agenciesFour joint-venture retirement centersHeadquartered in Roseville, Californ...
    Read more

  • Sidebar: Adventist Health Hospice Locations

    October 01, 2012
    Adventist Health/Home Care Services — Serving Adventist Medical Center in Portland, OregonAdventist Health/Home Care Services — Serving Tillamook County General Hospital in Tillamook, OregonAdventist Health also has four hospices serving Northern ...
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  • Working Together for a Bright Future

    As we all know, health care is undergoing significant transformation. With those changes come opportunities to progress, grow our services and enhance our vision for a bright future.Adventist Health's mission motivates us to seek the best for our ...
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  • Sidebar: Adventist Health Hospice Locations

    October 01, 2012
    Adventist Health/Home Care Services — Serving Adventist Medical Center in Portland, OregonAdventist Health/Home Care Services — Serving Tillamook County General Hospital in Tillamook, OregonAdventist Health also has four hospices serving Northern ...
    Read more

  • Working Together for a Bright Future

    As we all know, health care is undergoing significant transformation. With those changes come opportunities to progress, grow our services and enhance our vision for a bright future.Adventist Health's mission motivates us to seek the best for our ...
    Read more

  • Making Health a Reality

    Tom Osborn hadn't been feeling his best. His health was at risk, with Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and high blood pressure. The number of pills he was taking daily was a sign that something had to change. Tom didn't know what to do or where to tur...
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  • Community Spiritual Partnerships Add Value

    A holistic approach to ministry has been the hallmark of the Adventist Church since its very beginning. Human beings are complex creations of God. In order to minister to human need effectively, we must consider the whole person — mind, body and s...
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  • Making Health a Reality

    Tom Osborn hadn't been feeling his best. His health was at risk, with Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and high blood pressure. The number of pills he was taking daily was a sign that something had to change. Tom didn't know what to do or where to tur...
    Read more

  • Community Spiritual Partnerships Add Value

    A holistic approach to ministry has been the hallmark of the Adventist Church since its very beginning. Human beings are complex creations of God. In order to minister to human need effectively, we must consider the whole person — mind, body and s...
    Read more

  • Adventist Health Hospices Light Up Lives

    Lighting a candle in honor of those who have passed is an old tradition that allows us to express what we often cannot communicate with words. By lighting a candle for our loved ones we honor their lives and memory. The flickering flame of the can...
    Read more

Others

  • A Stronghold Through Change

    October 01, 2012
    "The greatest of all miracles is that we need not be tomorrow what we are today, but we can improve if we make use of the potentials implanted in us by God."— Samuel M. SilverAs I look at the world around me, it is hard to miss how so many things ...
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  • Unity

    I easily recall my initial effort at waterskiing when I inexplicably got up the first time — wind whipping by, folks on shore yelling approval. But, after a couple hundred yards of "wetted bliss," the two skis decided, without consulting me, to go...
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  • How You Give Online Matters

    October 01, 2012
    More than ever before, Northwest Adventists are skipping the paper tithe envelope and contributing through their church's online AdventistGiving portal. But those who use their credit cards in such a transaction may not be aware of the costs invol...
    Read more

  • A Stronghold Through Change

    October 01, 2012
    "The greatest of all miracles is that we need not be tomorrow what we are today, but we can improve if we make use of the potentials implanted in us by God."— Samuel M. SilverAs I look at the world around me, it is hard to miss how so many things ...
    Read more

  • How You Give Online Matters

    October 01, 2012
    More than ever before, Northwest Adventists are skipping the paper tithe envelope and contributing through their church's online AdventistGiving portal. But those who use their credit cards in such a transaction may not be aware of the costs invol...
    Read more

  • Unity

    I easily recall my initial effort at waterskiing when I inexplicably got up the first time — wind whipping by, folks on shore yelling approval. But, after a couple hundred yards of "wetted bliss," the two skis decided, without consulting me, to go...
    Read more

  • National Convention Informs and Inspires Teachers

    October 01, 2012
    Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., was a buzz of activity Sunday, Aug. 5, as hundreds of Northwest teachers and 6,000 of their colleagues from 15 countries gathered for the third North American Division (NAD) Teache...
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  • Newbold College Hosts Alumni Reunion

    "Do you remember?" was the oft-asked question for 115 Newbold College alumni who traveled from as far as Australia, Alaska and California to visit with friends and reacquaint themselves with the British institution that had made such an impact on ...
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