Meadow Glade Church Burns Bank Note On Sabbath, March 21, a large group filled the sanctuary at the Meadow Glade Church, in Battle Ground, Wash., to celebrate a momentous occasion. A large glass bowl sat on a pillar in the middle of the platform. A single piece of ivory paper sat in... Read more
Kelso-Longview Kids Pinch Pennies For two weeks in February, 45 Kelso-Longview Adventist School students brought in their spare change to give to the Pennies for Patients program of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The school collected $597.78, which was double their goal.Johnny W... Read more
Gladstone Park Serves the Community Visit the Gladstone Park Community Services Center on a Wednesday and you're likely to see nearly 33 families receiving food boxes. These families meet the guidelines of the local food bank and the federal government and range from six to 11 membe... Read more
Friendship Tournament Brings Out the Best The sound of referee whistles filled the Walla Walla University gym Feb. 5–7 as teams from 12 Adventist academies participated in the 2009 Friendship Basketball Tournament.Twelve Northwest schools participated, including three from Oregon Conferen... Read more
Dallas Discovers Missions and Miracles Icy roads along with a foot or two of snow didn't stop the Dallas Oregon Maranatha mission group from embarking on a mission to Fresia, Chile. On Dec. 21, 2008, they traveled through wintery weather to the Portland airport, only to find it was clo... Read more
Athletes. Students. Believers. The term "student athlete" is not an oxymoron at Milo Academy. The boys' varsity basketball team not only has good athletes, but is also loaded with academic talent. Nine of the 11 players are on the honor roll. The cumulative GPA for the team is ... Read more
Prayer Lights the Path Reimche is Next Oregon Conference President Al Reimche accepted the invitation to serve as Oregon Conference president on Monday, Feb. 23. Reimche succeeds Don Livesay.Reimche has served as Oregon Conference vice president for administration for the past seven years, and brings a broad reco... Read more
Needy Family Adopted In December 2008, the Yacolt Community Church adopted a needy family for Christmas.The church Christmas tree was adorned with paper Christmas tree ornaments containing the family's names and what they wanted for Christmas. Each church member picke... Read more
Church Renews Wedding Vows on Valentine's Day Bob Taylor, pastor, planned his sermon and church service around the strengthening of the home and for couples to renew the marriage vows on Sabbath, Feb. 14, 2009. Two couples led the song service—Ron and d'Ann Jocaban and Rob and Suzan Case.Zach... Read more
