A New Name Rogue Valley Adventist Academy It has evolved over the years. Rogue River Academy, a one-room, 12-grade school, opened in 1908. After dropping grades 11 and 12, it became Rogue River Junior Academy, then, to avoid confusion, Rogue Valley Adventist School (it is not near the Rog... Read more
Children Send Balloons Aloft Woodland (Wash.) Church took on a festive appearance as Tommie Estes walked down the aisle holding large bunches of balloons. Children followed her eagerly, reaching for the color they wanted. Then the fun began as children signed their names to s... Read more
Cottage Grove Receives Community Service Award The Cottage Grove Adventist Church's Community Services Center has been awarded a $1,000 check by the Oregon Conference Humanitarian Fund Grant Program. Rhonda Whitney, Oregon Conference Community Outreach director, presented the check to Angela D... Read more
PAA Student Starts Campus Bible Study Every Thursday afternoon in the Portland Adventist Academy library, a group of students meet with their Bibles and their open hearts. Chantel Mote, senior, founder of this small-group Bible study, is practicing for a life of sharing Jesus."I spent... Read more
Experiment In Better Living in Springfield Your Experiment in Better Living, a month-long community service project/seminar began Jan. 25 with nearly 80–90 people attending. Jim McHan, physician, and wife Carolyn, Springfield (Ore.) Church members, founded the outreach 30 years ago.Neal Fu... Read more
Pathfinder Teen Leadership Trainees Attend Annual Convention The Oregon Pathfinder Teen Leadership Training took place Jan. 22–24 at the Milwaukie Evangelical Center in Milwaukie, Ore. Pathfinder teens, grades 9–12, came together to learn how to be leaders. Forty-seven TLTs were there to learn from more tha... Read more
Deaf Ministry Pioneer Dies Arthur W. Griffith, first ordained deaf pastor and pioneer leader, died Jan. 16 at a hospital in Stockton, Calif. He was 89.On Jan. 31, deaf members and ministry leaders from North America gathered at the Vancouver (Wash.) Church to pay final resp... Read more
Women Find Blessing in Retreat by the Sea More than 300 women attended the Oregon Women's Retreat was Oct. 16–18, 2009.The main speaker this year was Gail McKenzie, Women's Ministries director from the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference. "She's a charismatic speaker, real, warm and personable,... Read more
"Kingdom Men" Attend Conference “What does it mean to be a real man?” was the primary challenge that Dan Matthews presented to the men attending the 2009 Oregon Men’s Conference Nov. 14–15, 2009, in Gladstone, Ore. He shared from both his personal life and from the Bible during ... Read more
