The Irrigon Church started 2007 with two blessings: First, Bill Romp joined the church through baptism and his wife, Lila, joined our fellowship by transferring her membership, and second, we moved back into our church santuary after being displaced for four months. In August, we had extensive water damage in the Sabbath School wing, which resulted in about three weeks' time and work to dry the floors, walls and duct work. Due to the damage and work, we were not able to hold services in the church sanctuary so our Fellowship Center became the place of worship and other activities.
Last year was a great year as well. In March, we hosted the Unlocking the Signs series by Shawn Boostra, which brought five new members to our church through baptism.
We also held an evangelistic series in the fall. We followed the fall series with a vegetarian cooking class on four consecutive Monday evenings. Our classes were directed by Fred Christensen, Irrogon Church pastor, and presenters, Gerry Poulsen, Lavenia Casey and Norma Stahl. An average of 15 people attended.
Bill and Lila Romp joined the Irrigon Church in January 2007.
Between two series of downlinked evangelistic meetings, a week of cooking classes was conducted with an average attendance of 15 people.
Water damage in the furnace room damaged the Sabbath School wing of the church. Folks pitched in to help dry out the floors and rugs. It took more than three weeks to complete the drying out.
Two First Aid / CPR classes gives participants Norma Stahl and Linda Groce and others hands-on experience.
Fred Christensen, Irrigon pastor, baptizes Pat Kennedy following an evangelistic series.
