Rogue Valley Welcomes New Principal and Music Teacher Rogue Valley Adventist School welcomes Larry Aldred as principal and Kristii Rasmussen as music teacher. Aldred spent the last 38 years serving the Lord in education. He and his wife, Sue, are very happy to be back in southern Oregon. Aldred’s pas... Read more
Portland Charity Pays Off Mortgage Early An Adventist charity has eliminated a major expense during this economic downturn. Portland Adventist Community Services met a major campaign goal by paying off the mortgage on its facilities on Oct. 18.A large number of people and organizations m... Read more
Maranatha Volunteers Build Local Church Twenty-five to 30 volunteers from Maranatha International came to Yacolt, Wash., the last part of September to help erect the structure for a new church building.Volunteers came from five different states including: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alas... Read more
Light Rail Comes to PAA Portland Adventist Academy recently welcomed an extension of MAX, the Portland, Ore., area light rail train, to its front entrance.Mass transit is nothing new to PAA students. The school, 100 years old this year, has always had students who depend... Read more
Forest Fire Fighting 101 Fire Camp Comes to Milo Smoke covered the Milo Adventist Academy campus on a daily basis during late September and early October as winds and high temperatures fanned the flames of the Boze and Rainbow fires, 37 miles to the northeast of campus. For the second time this ... Read more
Deaf Reach Program Held at Beaverton A special lay training program called Deaf Reach was held at the Beaverton (Ore.) Church Sept. 11–13. This workshop instructs deaf laity how to share Jesus and Bible truths with others and how to give Bible studies.David Trexler, Adventist Deaf Mi... Read more
Women's Retreat Builds Trust in God Early on Friday, Oct. 9, more than 130 women trekked across snow covered roads and vast distances for the 2009 Montana Conference Women's retreat. Excitement built as friends made the trip together, laughing, talking, singing and praying to Fairmo... Read more
Meridian and Parma Churches Welcome New Pastor The Meridian and Parma (Idaho) congregations welcomed Michael and Karen Pearson as their new pastoral couple in October. Pearson was born in Kenya, Africa. As a fourth-generation Adventist, he was raised by missionary parents in several African co... Read more
Gem State Senior Survival A Student's Story I looked forward to this year's senior survival with my class, but I had no idea what adventures we would undertake.Together with sponsors and adult staff, we traveled to a wilderness area near McCall, Idaho. We started out doing team-building exp... Read more
