'SunnyCity' Educational, Entertaining and Uplifting Community Outreach On Sunday, Aug. 8, a crowd of more than 350 children plus adults came to the second-annual, highly visible "SunnyCity" Ventura Park in Portland, Ore., providing outreach to the Portland Metro area. The event was sponsored by the Sunnyside (Ore.) C... Read more
PAA Welcomes New Staff Members Portland Adventist Academy welcomed eight new teachers and staff members for the new school year.Shawna Irvine is the new administrative assistant. Irvine was recently the administrative assistant to the development department at Adventist Medical... Read more
CAA Leadership A Continuing Tradition Leadership has played an important role at Columbia Adventist Academy, in Battle Ground, Wash.Greg Hurlbert, math instructor and CAA alum, has seen changes in leadership — first as a student and then as a teacher. "With the development of a strong... Read more
Changed Lives in Springfield The first time Willie Kumle came to church he said, "The Bible says the seventh day is God's Sabbath. We're looking for a Sabbath-keeping church." After the service, Kumle met Lutz Binus, Springfield (Ore.) Church pastor. Binus found Kumle and his... Read more
Baptisms at Mill City Church On Aug. 7, Dale Cardwell, pastor, baptized three people at Mill City (Ore.) Church.Erin Elliott, Bob Fike and Ernie Wall dedicated their lives to Jesus Christ on this day. Church members gathered to witness the baptisms after a delicious Sabbath p... Read more
Shady Point Reaches Out through Food During the month of May the Shady Point (Ore.) Church held a Vegetarian Tasting Affair for the residents of the local community of Lake Creek, a small rural farming district 10 miles east of Eagle Point, Ore. This event consisted of a series of ta... Read more
Jaci Velasquez in Kelso-Longview On Friday, July 24, Jaci Velasquez, multi-Grammy award nominee, was at the Kelso-Longview (Wash.) Church for a benefit concert for the local Community Service Center. The community-focused event highlighted a ministry that has served the community... Read more
Sidewalk Kids Hour Wraps Up Sixth Season Several rows of children scrunch together on the front edge of a tarp in Orchards Park in Vancouver, Wash., waiting for the weekly Sidewalk Kids Hour to begin.Greg and Shelly Hillman, "pied pipers" from the Orchards Church, have led a growing team... Read more
Milo's MG Masterpiece The IT department at Milo Academy encourages creativity and personal projects as a way to grow. Even though three year senior Tad Freeman from Lebanon, Oregon, was not in metals or woods class, he was praying for a personal project: something to w... Read more
