Wapato Spanish Organizes Church The Upper Columbia Conference celebrated with local Hispanic members in Wapato, Wash., during the organization ceremony of the Wapato Spanish Church on Oct. 15. The church, which originally formed as a small company several years ago, now has more... Read more
Unexpected Gifts From time to time, there are moments that capture the incredible privilege it is to work at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA). A recent encounter with a graduate of a neighboring high school is the perfect example.Cyrus requested a meeting to apologize... Read more
Eugene Churches Celebrate an International Baptism The Eugene (Ore.) and the Eugene Korean churches celebrated the baptism of one of their own March 26.As a child of Buddhist parents in Korea, Soyeon Park was forced to attend a school that the government chose, forced to read the Bible and forced ... Read more
Compassion in Action Reaching Out to Locals in Need Urged on by the Linn County Health Department and the Albany Police Department, Compassion in Action (CIA) was founded by Curtis and Joy Miller to meet basic needs of Linn County homeless or impoverished men, women, children and infants through Da... Read more
Churches Come Together for Refreshing Retreat Members of the Christmas Valley (Ore.) and La Pine (Ore.) churches gathered for a spirit-filled weekend at the first REFRESHED retreat, held Aug. 25–28 at the bottom of nearby Paulina Peak.The retreat, which included a special children's program, ... Read more
Welcome to SunnyCity! The busy little town isn't on a map, but it really exists ... in a city park, in Portland, Ore. It's only three years old and has SunnyCity ever grown. Here, children love running, jumping, singing — even praying.At the Visitors Center on Friendsh... Read more
Columbia Adventist Academy Gives Back to the Community Commitment to service is a hallmark of Columbia Adventist Academy in Battle Ground, Wash. Nearly every month of the school year a group of students spends a day serving the community. Students have three opportunities to serve throughout the year:... Read more
PAA Welcomes Back Teacher Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) welcomes back Mark Kooy to the fine arts department. He returned to PAA from a one-year educational sabbatical to learn Rhino, a 3-D imagining software program. The new software will enhance the PAA curriculum, whi... Read more
Molalla Vacation Bible School Sees Black and White The Molalla (Ore.) Church was filled with "Pandamania" for one week in July with bamboo, Chinese lanterns and panda paw prints everywhere. Thirty-six children, 20 of them from the local community, enjoyed singing, hearing stories and eating health... Read more
