Finnish Power Walker Baptized in the Willamette Student Shares his Zeal for PAA . . . and God Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) rejoices in the baptism of Derek Lange, a Finnish exchange student who attends PAA. Lange’s trip to Portland actually began 20 years ago when his mother, Brigitta Rantanen, traveled from Finland to spend her senior... Read more
Two Students Baptized at Hood River Church Two students who attended Mid-Columbia Adventist School have recently been baptized and voted into membership at the Hood River (Ore.) Church. Steve McHan, former Hood River Church pastor, came from Sonoma, California to officiate.Brittny, a tenth... Read more
Leaves of Autumn Scattered in Illinois Valley The personal ministries department of the Cave Junction Church has mailed Bible enrollment cards to every resident in the Illinois Valley. The response has been so gratifying that 68 Bible studies have been started by the Cave Junction Church Gosp... Read more
Leadership Events End in Successful Outreach The Brookings (Ore.) Church formed an Outreach Committee as a result of their pastor's attendance at a Leadership Conference in Grants Pass last spring with other church leaders. The newly formed committee decided to staff a booth at the Curry Cou... 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
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
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
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
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
