Teens Sacrifice Spring Break for Brewster Sixty-one Pathfinders participated in the 14th-annual Teen Mission Adventure during spring break this year. Youth from all areas of the conference spent seven days doing volunteer community service projects for a school, a hospital, an assisted-li... Read more
Hearts on Fire 'Ignite!' On Sunday, March 28, more than 130 Seventh-day Adventist women from around the conference gathered at the Lebanon Adventist Church for an annual event called Hearts on Fire"Ignite!" It was an all-day event including a Continental breakfast and veg... Read more
Friends Helping Friends Team Heads to Warm Springs During spring break, March 21–26, the Friends Helping Friends Mission Team took 37 youth and adults to the Warm Springs Native American Reservation in Warm Springs, Ore. The team had 23 youth hailing from nine Adventist churches in California, Ore... Read more
Retirement Celebration at Roseburg Church A retirement celebration was held Feb. 21 for Linda Trenholm, Roseburg (Ore.) Church long-time secretary and custodian. A surprise potluck at the Better Living Center drew many friends and supporters to help Trenholm celebrate her many years of se... Read more
Love Finds A Way At Gladstone Park A wedding reception was held in the Gladstone Park Fellowship Room Sunday, April 18, in Gladstone, Ore. It was the final knot tied between Daniel Sandoval, local elder, and Opal Lindsay. Paul Rivera and his daughter, Luana Arthur, sang and played ... Read more
More Than 1,000 Visit PAA to Hear Speaker with No Limbs Portland Adventist Academy hosted a sold-out crowd of nearly 1,300 people for an event to be remembered.Nick Vujicic was born without limbs and at an early age contemplated suicide. Now he speaks to people around the world about how he found purpo... Read more
Northwest Teams Continue Project in Uruapan, Mexico The mission trip began early Sunday morning, March 14, from Hood River, Ore. The destination was 1,300 miles south to Uruapan, Mexico, about 40 miles south of Ensenada.Curt and Elaina Mathiesen began planning this trip after returning from the sam... Read more
Basketballin' for Haiti If you had peeked into the gym at Portland Adventist Academy, in Portland, Ore., on the morning of March 21, you would have found more than 50 people warming up for the basketball tournament set to begin at 10 a.m. What would make these people not... Read more
MEAA Students Sponsor Foreign Children At the start of my senior year, I felt an urge to reach out and give back something for everything I’ve received. My friend, Wendy Lane, and I had been talking about what an awesome opportunity it would be for us to get together as students and sp... Read more