The First Southern Oregon Women's Retreat A Success! Cloudy skies and cool temperatures couldn’t dampen the spirits of the approximately 90 women who met together for the first Southern Oregon Women’s Retreat at Milo Academy on June 9-11. A winning combination of an awesome guest speaker, interestin... Read more
"Feature Church" Program Connects Church and School Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) has been expanding a program with the goal of connecting the next generation to the churches in the area. "Feature Church" is a student-run church service that includes music, a children’s story and a sermon, all p... Read more
The Start of School And so it begins. Another beautiful day at Portland Adventist Academy. The start of the 2006–07 school year. You can feel the excitement in the air. You can see the anticipation on faces. Can you imagine what will become of them? What they will ac... Read more
Corwins Honored for Improving Family Life Harvey and Kathy Corwin, former Oregon Conference family life department directors, were honored on July 23 with the Distinguished Service Award at the Adventist Family Conference. The conference was sponsored by North American Division (NAD) Fami... Read more
More Than a Backpack Adventist Community Service Center Makes Up 300 Packs “The kids can’t wait to see what’s in the paper bag, and the parents are overwhelmed when they see the backpacks.” Volunteer Bonnie Blair describes the reactions she sees as she distributes 59 packs full of school supplies at the Adventist Communi... Read more
A Good Year At Blodgett View Christian School Blodgett View Christian School (BVCS), in Hamilton, Mont., joined the communities in the Bitterroot Valley for a parade to celebrate the discovery expedition of Lewis and Clark. We used this opportunity to tell the community about another discover... Read more
Great Falls Church Dedicates New Sanctuary The Great Falls Church dedicated their new sanctuary on Sabbath, April 8. The church family moved into the Fellowship Hall during Ron Halvorsen’s Revelation seminars held last October. Attendance averaged 160 to 200 for each seminar. Twenty-four p... Read more
The Whole World Needs His Blood Jim Kyle Donates the Gift of Life An urgent call for blood donors went out during the 1943 Montana Camp Meeting, and 17-year-old Jim Kyle responded. Since that time Kyle has donated more than 20 gallons of blood, and the Red Cross has recognized his contribution by awarding him 20... Read more
SonTreasure Island Comes to Caldwell Children across the Treasure Valley went on an island adventure to SonTreasure Island, held at the Caldwell (Idaho) Church the week of June 26. Kids discovered God's love from examining I Corinthians 13:4–8. Each day a new lesson brought out a Bib... Read more