Chain of Events Ends in Successful Outreach The Brookings (Ore.) Church formed an outreach committee after Charles Schulz, pastor, and local church leaders attended a leadership conference in Grants Pass last spring. The newly formed committee decided as one of its activities to staff a boo... Read more
Cave Junction Church Assists Adventist Tsunami Victims Verne and Patty Hyland, pastoring in Cave Junction, Ore., were devastated by the news of the Tsunami wave that left thousands homeless in Sri Lanka, where they served as missionaries for nine years. They contacted friends in Sri Lanka and Sri Lank... Read more
Youth Creates Movies for Children's Stories A trip to the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, Calif., and an interest in computer animation led Craig Church, a 17-year-old member of Hood View Church (Boring, Ore.), to create a special movie for the children's story one Sabbath.Church, who oft... Read more
A Taste of the Real World Business Education at PAA Twenty-three Portland Adventist Academy students had the opportunity of taking an introduction to business class taught by Monte Knittel, Portland's Adventist Medical Center vice president of marketing and business development. The course provided... Read more
Another Victory for Christ Through 3ABN Al Smith was searching for a church home where he could learn and share. He came from a Presbyterian church in California to the small town of Canyonville, Ore., to be with his mother and step-father. One day he happened upon 3ABN where he listene... Read more
CAA Head Start Christmas Party One of the things that we do at Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) every year is a Christmas party for the kids from the local Head Start program. We get together in groups of 5–7 people, and we sign up for a kid to sponsor. Each group receives a sh... Read more
Young Adult Profile Name: Doug LandisAge: 26Occupation: Heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) installer while pursuing a nursing degree.Home church: Glendoveer ChurchWhat do you look for in a church?A quality of caring and a commitment to growth in Christ.How... Read more
PJ's Place A. I spent most of my grade school years in public school, since my town did not have an Adventist school or one near by. I don't know that a student has to go to an Adventist school to get a good secular education. However, even though I was not ... Read more
Oregon Makes History with Pastor-Teacher Conference History was made Jan. 3–5 when all Oregon Conference pastors and educators came together for pastor-teacher meetings held at Holden Convention Center. “To my knowledge,” says Don Livesay, conference president, “this is the first time we’ve done th... Read more
