Emerald Women Serve Community Needs The Emerald Adventist Community Service Center in Eugene, Ore., resumed its service to the community in August after taking the summer months off. From early fall until spring, seven ladies faithfully keep the center functioning every Tuesday from... Read more
Columbia Adventist Academy Imports New Leadership Matthew Butte has started his first year as Columbia Adventist Academy principal. But his face is not new to staff, students, parents or community.Butte served CAA for the last 11 years as chaplain and Campus Ministries director. The last two year... Read more
Lents Mission Trip Reveals Spiritual Gifts Lents Church members discovered hidden talents during a June mission trip to the Dominican Republic. From evangelism to medical work to brick laying, the group of 34 exercised old skills and developed new ones during a 10-day stay in the coastal c... Read more
Eugene Area Adventists Sponsor Drug-free Rally Emerald Christian Academy presented "High on Life," a drug- and violence-free rally for more than 200 children and their parents from the Eugene area in June.Christian recording artists Relentless Pursuit and Michelle Winters shared their love of ... Read more
Gladstone Camp Meeting Makes Lasting Memories With his first shot at memory making at the Oregon Conference Camp Meeting, Art Harding, a recently baptized member of the Pleasant Valley congregation, recalls what made an impression on him. “My favorite memory is the sense of family I found. Ev... Read more
Kelso-Longview Connects With Vege-burgers It almost didn't happen, but in the end Annette Koelsch, Kelso-Longview church member, rounded up a crew of more than 75 people to run a vege-burger booth at the annual Go Fourth July 4th celebration in Longview for the 17th year in a row. This fo... Read more
Young People Spread Gospel In Silverton and Beyond The Silverton Church wants to recognize a group of young people who, under the banner of Oregon Youth Challenge, planted “apple seeds” in Silverton and surrounding areas for a whole week. No, not on a neighboring farm or orchard, but right here.As... Read more
Northwest Students Complete Leadership Expedition In mid-July seven academy students from six academies traveled to central Oregon for a Leadership Expedition with Mountain Leadership Institute.Justin Walker and Joni Dickerson from Livingstone Adventist Academy; Phillip Workman from Upper Columbi... Read more
Oasis Improv Brings in the Unchurched It's another Saturday night with the True!mprov Troupe. A woman on stage says, "Give me the name of an unlikely charity." Her attentive audience throws back a flurry of responses, "IRS, Microsoft, Superman..." A few moments later, two people act o... Read more
