Churches Join Trucker Light Parade The Canyonville and Myrtle Creek (Ore.) churches were participants in the 20th Annual Timber Truckers Light Parade, held in December 2013. Read more
Rivergate Students Deliver Half Ton of Food Kids from families of Rivergate Adventist Elementary School in Gladstone, Ore., delivered 1,000 pounds of food to the Gladstone Park Community Services (GPCS) on Nov. 22, 2013. Chris Binder, local leader, reports an average of 440 low-income indiv... Read more
PAA’s Land Development Begins A property lease and development means visible progress toward a new school building for Portland Adventist Academy (PAA).A busy construction site is leaving a mark on the east side of PAA’s 25-acre property. Builders Jerry Erwin and Associates ar... Read more
Pioneer Pathfinders Club Collects Food The Salem Central Church Pioneer Pathfinder Club collected more than 450 pounds of food at a recent food drive. The food was given to the Salem Adventist Community Center to give to needy and low-income families for the holiday season. Read more
Father, Husband Makes Radical Transformation He pulls headphones out of his plug-pierced ears and begins to tell his story. “I like rap,” says Ken Acquin, a member of Pleasant Valley Church in Happy Valley and the father of a Portland Adventist Academy sophomore, Anderson Acquin. “But it’s C... Read more
McMinnville Members Open Pantries, Pocketbooks McMinnville Church members opened their pantries and pocketbooks for the 15th year in a row to feed the less fortunate in their community through a special service held the Sabbath before Thanksgiving.During the annual service, food donations are ... Read more
Columbia Adventist Academy Pursues Full-Time Philanthropy One of Webster’s definitions of philanthropy is “the desire to promote the welfare of others.” And that makes the activities of this past fall at Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) in Battle Ground, Wash., a full-time philanthropic endeavor.One focu... Read more
Coquille Church Participates in Operation Christmas Child Project Operation Christmas Child is a worldwide children's project that uses simple gift-filled shoeboxes containing school supplies, toys, necessities and notes of encouragement to let hurting children know God loves them.For the second year, Darwin Kni... Read more