PAA Students Offer Hope To Katrina Survivors Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) brought hope to a struggling community during spring vacation. Gale Crosby, school principal, his wife Sharon, who organized the trip, and Linda Neel, band and choir teacher, took 19 students to Bay Saint Louis, Mi... Read more
Canvasback Missions Teams Provide Orthopedic and Dental Care to Ebeye Islanders Two Canvasback Missions teams recently returned from the tiny, but crowded, island of Ebeye in the Marshall Islands of Micronesia. The orthopedic team performed 10 total knee replacements, 20 arthroscopic surgeries and various other orthopedic pro... Read more
Thirty-Hour Famine at Milo Students Give up Food to Relate to the Less Fortunate Even just the idea of not eating for 30 hours can make a stomach growl. What took place starting on Friday, March 2, at 1 p.m. and ended on Saturday, March 3, at 7 p.m. was a life-changing experience for everyone who participated in the 30-hour fa... Read more
Oregon Commission for the Blind Salutes 17 CHIP Graduates in Fellowship Hall Ceremony Sunnyside Church hosted a graduation on April 4. In the presence of 40 family and friends, 17 people received certificates showing that they had completed another CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project) program conducted by the Oregon Commissio... Read more
Commission Culture Gains Momentum Momentum for Commission Culture in the Oregon Conference is building as more and more members are actively engaging in personal witnessing. And many times, engaging in Commission Culture is so deeply ingrained that sharing Christ is a natural resu... Read more
Columbia Students Finish Second But Leave First Place Impressions Columbia Adventist Academy's Varsity Knowledge Bowl Team Takes Second Place in the Regional TournamentThe Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) Knowledge Bowl Varsity Team had a fun and rewarding day at the Regional Tournament. It was held on Feb. 26 a... Read more
Cookies for a Cow Milo Students Raise Money for a Rwandan Family "Who has the baking soda?""Can we use your measuring cup?""The next batch of cookies is ready to go in the oven." These are the voices coming from Milo Academy's home economics kitchen one February evening. Valentine's Day is a day of love, and Mi... Read more
Parkhurst House Welcomes MCAS Students School is about the basics—reading, writing and arithmetic. But it is more than that. It is about learning to face life's challenges, interacting successfully with others and reaching out to people in our community. Mid-Columbia Adventist Christia... Read more
A Gift of Warmth Sunset Makes 18 Afghans Members of Sunset Christian Fellowship in Hillsboro, Ore., have been busy putting together afghans to give to those in need. Inspired by the compaign Warm Up America, members have been knitting or crocheting 7x9-inch rectangles. It takes 49 rectan... Read more