Gladstone Park VBS SonQuest Vacation Bible School was held at Gladstone Park Church June 21–25.Gospel Light's SonQuest Rain Forest was chosen as a fun approach to teaching our children of God's love and important lessons taught in His parables. Forty-seven children attended ... Read more
Concert in the Park Benefits Canyonville ACS On June 6, nearly 100 music lovers from Canyonville, Ore., and surrounding communities enjoyed a concert in the park featuring more than 30 local performers. Musicians donating their time and talents, included Strings of Praise, an eight-piece str... Read more
Valley View VBS Goes to Egypt When you think of Egypt, what comes to mind — a hot desert, slaves and mummies? For many at the Valley View Church, in Medford, Ore., Egypt brings back thoughts of a wonderful week of Vacation Bible School.On June 20, more than 60 children, plus p... Read more
LeMert Steps in as New Sunnyside Pastor Following a year of prayerful searching, the Sunnyside Church in Portland, Ore., is very happy to welcome Scott LeMert to the position of senior pastor. LeMert and his wife, Dorothy, took up their new responsibilities in early July. His first serm... Read more
PAA Prepares Campus for New School Building Preparation for Portland Adventist Academy's new school building is a visible reality and the campus is changing is big ways.While the projected groundbreaking ceremonies for phase one won't take place for another year, preparation for the constru... Read more
Sabbath Keepers Go the Extra Mile The weekend of June 11–13 found bikers from around the United States and Canada riding into Baker City, Ore., for the annual Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally. The majority of the riders came to ride some of the best motorcycle roads in Oregon during ... Read more
Evangelism Flourishes in Central Point Central Point (Ore.) Church members began their plans for this year's evangelistic series early in 2009. They started with the most important element: Prayer, asking God to help them be a light in their neighborhood.The church divided their commun... Read more
Oregon Youth Serve in Kenya March found Oregon students, two home school students and five students from Laurelwood Academy, serving Jesus in Kenya, Africa. They held children's meetings, visiting and presenting programs for schools and orphanages. They gave out clothes and ... Read more
Give Me That Old-Time Religion Evangelism is alive and well at the Vancouver (Wash.) Adventist Community Church. Throughout the course of his first year at the Vancouver Church, Roger Walter, senior pastor, has presented three evangelistic series — most recently a month-long se... Read more
