CAA Highlights September Week of Prayer Week of Prayer is always a highlight for students at Columbia Adventist Academy, and this year was no exception. From Sept. 8–12, CAA students enjoyed a week full of inspiration and prayer, led by Stephen Eastwood, pastor. Eastwood was born in Aus... Read more
PAA Welcomes New Staff Members Portland Adventist Academy introduces six new staff members.Maria Bibb is PAA's new English as a Second Language director. She works with students from China, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and Vietnam. Bibb and her husband, Lane, have three children. ... Read more
Hood View Junior Academy Puts Students in Family Groups Hood View Junior Academy in Boring, Ore., began the school year with new family groups. Junior high students led the rest of the school in this special event. Each pair of leaders had 10 students in grades preschool through sixth in their group. G... Read more
Tabernacle Family Believes in Miracles The youngest member of the Tsikirai (pronounced see-key-rye) family may not remember the following incident when he gets older. But his family will never let him forget how God performed a miracle for them.On Friday, May 30, two of the Tsikirai gi... Read more
Youth Follow Jesus at Big Lake During Family Camp at Big Lake on Sabbath, Aug. 21, five young people from Hood River, Ore., were baptized by Pat Milligan, pastor. They are Madison and Josie Baird, Amanda and Tommy Marx, and Emma Wolford. Each of them made the decision to be bap... Read more
Truck Run for Hurricane Ike Early in September, the third major hurricane of the season tore through the Caribbean and Gulf Coast, leaving a pathway of destruction. Hurricane Ike has been blamed for more than 150 deaths, including 68 in the U.S., and 74 in Haiti. There are a... Read more
Vacation Bible Schools Captivate Kids Many children look forward all year to a favorite summer activity—Vacation Bible School. Several churches in the Oregon Conference hosted VBS programs this summer, each with a theme designed to teach children about Jesus while having fun.Gladstone... Read more
Waldport Makes It Official More than 150 guests from the community and from the Florence and Newport churches attended the Waldport Church open house May 3. Invitations were sent as far away as Belgium. Several members from the Maranatha group who helped build the church al... Read more
PAA Welcomes Community to Block Party Portland Adventist Academy connected with its community by inviting neighbors to come on campus for the second annual neighborhood block party.The free three-hour event brought nearly 100 neighbors to the campus in an effort to spur conversation a... Read more