Former Laurelwood Elementary School Re-opens as LACE Center The old Laurelwood (Ore.) Elementary School has received a facelift with cleaning, remodeling and a new purpose: to build a bridge of friendship in the local community. It was also renamed the LACE (Laurelwood Adventist Community Education) Center... Read more
Molalla Women's Ministries Visits Alaska Through Photography Molalla (Ore.) Church's women's ministries enjoyed an informal tea on Feb. 5. The event included food, fellowship and a slide show about Alaska presented by Bev Itschner, a Molalla Church member who now lives amid God's wondrous nature in that sta... Read more
PAA Celebrates Successful Ski Program Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) successfully reintroduced an optional skiing and snowboarding program aimed at encouraging friendship and physical activity among students less interested in team sports."We met our goals, and it was a succe... Read more
Burrill Preaches the Priesthood of All Believers The Oregon Conference invited Russell Burrill to speak about the priesthood of all believers at eight locations throughout the conference during one whirlwind week in March. Burrill has authored 19 books on evangelism and church growth including, ... Read more
Gladstone Park Supports the Blind in India By helping to support Jim Reynolds, Gladstone (Ore.) Park Church personal ministries director, on his journey to India, church members for the second time in as many years have reached halfway around the world to help give the message of salvation... Read more
Capital Contest Held in Grants Pass The Grants Pass (Ore.) Adventist School recently held its third-annual contest between all six kindergarteners and six students randomly selected from the fifth- and sixth-grade class. This year's contest tested which group could correctly name a ... Read more
Kalispell Students Enjoy Fun in the Snow Valley Adventist Christian School (Kalispell, Mont.) students enjoyed four ski days in January and February at nearby Whitefish Resort on Big Mountain. (The slopes can be seen from the school.) Students from Libby (Mont.) Adventist Christian Schoo... Read more
Women's Retreats Bring Well-being Women's retreats ... why do people go? Usually people have a strong opinion regarding the value of such events. After all, women cry at them and sometimes they even act silly and "frou-frou" — definitely not someplace most men would be comfortable... Read more
Spiritual Gifts of Leta Bertleson "Leta is the Gooding church!" the conference leader stated. Over the years Leta Daniels held about every job needed to keep a church operating. Leta admits that she even preached from time to time. Obviously Leta cared deeply and was heavily invol... Read more
