Adventist Education Leads to Korean Baptism Yeon Ji Kim, a recent graduate of Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), was born in a small town in South Korea to a nominally Christian mother and Buddhist father.When Kim finished the Korean equivalent of grade school, she asked to either go to Seou... Read more
Russian Group Gains Five New Members Through Baptism As a result of an evangelistic series conducted this spring by Alexander Sidorenko, Russian Group (Portland) pastor, five young people were baptized: Konstantin Malyugin, Natalia Dumitrash, Miroslav Sidorenko, Lidiya Chepa and Diana Chepa.“I did t... Read more
New Staff Members Give Milo Great Start to Year Milo Adventist Academy welcomed several new staff members this fall, including Randy Bovee, the new principal.Bovee has previously been a teacher, vice principal and interim principal. A graduate of Milo Elementary as well as the academy, Bovee ha... Read more
CAA Welcomes New Teacher Columbia Adventist Academy welcomed Keith Kerbs to this year's staff as a religion and U.S. history teacher.Most recently a teacher at Platte Valley Academy in Nebraska, Kerbs is especially anxious to encourage in his students a desire to know and... Read more
Glide Breaks Ground for New Helping Hands Building The Glide (Ore.) Church broke ground Aug. 1 for a community services building that will house their Helping Hands program.Helping Hands works with the Umpqua Community Action Network food bank to distribute food in the Glide area and also provides... Read more
Gladstone Park Holds Daniel Seminar The Gladstone Park Church sponsored a Daniel Seminar from February through March at the Abernethy Center in Oregon City, Oregon. Follow-up meetings were held in the church's fellowship room in April.Leroy Klein, local elder and seminar speaker, sa... Read more
RVAS Students Choose Mission Experience as Class Trip This year the 10th-grade class from Rogue Valley Adventist School (RVAS) chose to go on a mission trip to Fiji rather than to the traditional theme park for their class trip.Each student raised two-thirds of his or her trip expenses, with the rema... Read more
Milo Students Desert Campus to Provide Church Services Milo Adventist Academy students went to nearly 30 churches last year in small groups to lead entire church services with the guidance and support of academy staff members."I enjoy giving sermons because I get to study my topic and then reflect on ... Read more
