Blue Mountain Hosts Many Visitors at Tribute Members of the Blue Mountain Valley Adventist Church, on Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m., honored police, fire, and emergency services personnel from the towns of Adams, Athena, Helix, and Weston.Pastor John Nichols of the First Baptist Church of Athena pre... Read more
Medford-area Baptisms Members of the Valley View and Medford churches joined Aug. 16-18 for a camp-out that featured baptisms of three new members.Pastor Jim Berglund of the Valley View congregation baptized candidates Todd Walbridge, Walbridge’s daughter, Aubrey Wegho... Read more
PAA Remembers Sept. 11 Tragedy Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) students, faculty, friends, and neighbors came together Sept. 11 to remember the many lives that were lost to terrorist attacks one year before.Organized by Ann Axt, PAA director of development, and Linda Neel, dir... Read more
Coquille Adds Drama To Traditional Cooking Classes “Hey! This chicken salad tastes great. What’s in it?”“Well, no chicken, for one thing, and how do you like the dairy-free sour cream?”“Yeah, right! And I suppose the next thing you’ll tell me is this yummy lasagna is cheese-free!”“Actually, it is.... Read more
Emerald Christian Academy Dedication Ron Krueger, new principal at Emerald Christian Academy in Eugene, Ore., called students and staff together on Sept. 11, for a school-wide dedication.Honor Guard members from Springfield Pathfinder Club—Heather Conklin, Mary Jo Hough, Teala Wells,... Read more
Columbia Academy Introduces New Spanish Teacher Katy Paise has joined the Columbia Adventist Academy staff, teaching Spanish I and II, English III, and yearbook.As a student at Upper Columbia Academy, Katy took three years of Spanish and later studied one year at the Adventist College in Sagunt... Read more
Children Raise Money For Bibles in India Children at the Medford, Ore., Adventist Church are mission-minded, and when they learned that Bibles were needed in India, they planned an event to raise money.Hosting a “Family Night at the Movies,” the children and their dedicated teachers set ... Read more
Silverton Community Honors Adventists Cathey Defehr and Ramona Resseger, co-directors of Silverton, Ore., Adventist Community Services, recently accepted an honorary plaque from Silverton Together, a volunteer organization.The plaque commemorates the cooperation between the church and... Read more
Three-pronged Evangelism Outreach Brings Estacada Response “All I have to do, to start a positive conversation, is mention the Yellow House,” said Wes Clark when he returned from passing out “Hope for the Homeland” prophecy seminar flyers in Estacada, Ore.“Everyone in town seems to know about the good wor... Read more
