LAA Students Eager to Serve Adventist young people are eager to serve. When Livingstone Adventist Academy, in Salem, Ore., became a full high school in 2005, leaders wanted to stress the importance of service within the curriculum. As a result, the seniors, decided to do a m... Read more
PAA Teacher Wins National Award A Portland Adventist Academy teacher recently won an Alumni Awards Foundation award for Excellence in Teaching.Mark Smith, computer teacher and computer department chairman, was presented with a gold medallion, a framed certificate and $2,000 by A... Read more
Rogue Valley Adventist Academy Takes Trip to India On Dec. 18, 2010, 16 high school students from Medford, Ore., arrived at Fjarli Adventist Academy in Darcy, India. Rogue Valley Adventist Academy students chose to use their Christmas vacation helping a 230-student school located in deep poverty a... Read more
Eugene Church Experiences a âMemorableâ Sermon Remember back a few years ago, when there were competitions in Sabbath School to see who could recite all 13 memory verses for the quarter? And then, as an adult, when class record was being taken the question was asked each week, “How many memori... Read more
Oregon Conference Hosts Origins Summit Some of Adventism's most respected scholars and research scientists in the areas of geology, paleontology, biology, genetics and theology discussed Adventist Biblical challenges regarding origins. This event took place April 1 and 2 at the Holden ... Read more
Molalla Women's Ministries Events The Molalla (Ore.) Church isn't very big, but nonetheless it has a vibrant and active women's ministries group. The new year was welcomed with an Informal Tea. This provided a chance for women to enjoy an afternoon with friends and to hear Caryl J... Read more
Local Fire Department Assists School March 31 was an exciting day for students and teachers at Mid-Columbia Adventist Christian School in Hood River, Ore., and the Hood River Fire Department.The school had not been able to fly a flag all year. The pole needed a new halyard and was un... Read more
Adventist Medical Center Chaplains Commissioned Pam Proudfit and Wanda Vaz, both chaplains at Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore., were commissioned with ministerial credentials during an April 15 ceremony at the hospital.Proudfit was born and raised in Jamaica. In 1988 she moved to the ... Read more
PAA Students Take Guatemala Mission Trip This spring Portland Adventist Academy students traveled to Guatemala where International Children's Care runs an orphanage to care for 90 children.The mission trip focused on constructing a sidewalk and repairing the church interior and foundatio... Read more