Students Reach Out to Neighbors Amanda Stewart of Emerald Christian Academy, Pleasant Hill, Ore., took her fourth- and fifth-graders for a jaunt around the neighborhood delivering colorfully wrapped packages of their homemade hot-cross buns. “It was really cool to play with the ... Read more
Junior Room Challenge, Worldwide Solution L inda and Ed Wagner had been involved in the leadership of the cradle roll and kindergarten Sabbath School classes in the Grants Pass (Ore.) Church for a decade, but when the nominating committee instead asked the couple to be the junior division... Read more
Starry Night Auction Livingstone Adventist Academy’s (LAA) gymnasium in Salem, Ore., was transformed into an outdoor café for the “Starry Night” silent and live auction which raised more than $27,000 for the new high school complex due to open this fall. “It’s an insp... Read more
High-tech Lab Enables DNA Testing Tracy Jan, science reporter for The Oregonian newspaper found it odd that a “Portland Adventist Academy class gives thanks to God for creation, then steps into a high-tech lab to explore the complexity and mystery of DNA.” In a recent article, Jan... Read more
A Sabbath in India Bob Paulson, a layman from Puyallup, Wash., and Garwin McNeilus, a Minnesota layman, conducted a 50-village mission in the city of Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India, in January 2001. Fifteen thousand people were baptized, stunning the members in North... Read more
Doctor Prescribes Daniel and Revelation for Answers to Life Situations Once again in Grants Pass, Ore., a very attentive audience heard the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation revealed in an unforgettable way with North Valley Church (Merlin, Ore.) member Willard Regester, a Grants Pass physician, and his Romanian as... Read more
Livingstone Adventist Academy Breaks Ground From left: Jerry Magee, school board chair; Gil Plubell, the Oregon Conference education superintendent’s special assistant; Don Livesay, Oregon Conference president; Barbara Livesay, Livingstone Adventist Academy (LAA) principal; Rod Lucas, schoo... Read more
Cedar Creek Holds Cooking School Cedar Creek (Wash.) Church held a cooking school as a community outreach before this spring’s evangelistic meetings. “I am delighted to get these recipes that my family can enjoy,” said new member Marilee Miller.Christine Fleming coordinated the p... Read more
Milo Mission to Belize Thirty-nine people, mostly Milo Adventist Academy students and staff, spent their spring break in Ranchito, Belize, building onto a church and presenting two Vacation Bible Schools each day during an uncharacteristic heatwave. “Hi ho, hi ho! It’s ... Read more
