Extracurricular Activities At Portland Adventist Academy Students at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) find recreation and enjoyment in a variety of extracurricular activities while learning to strive for excellence and giving joy and inspiration to others.A new drama course emerged from PAA's drama club... Read more
CAA Sophomores Become Certified Divers Most of the sophomores at Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) took a class in scuba this school year. Biology teacher Tom Lee and physical education teacher Erich Knipschild were the faculty sponsors.On their scuba trip for certification, CAA divers ... Read more
CAA Knowledge Bowl Team Upholds Tradition of Excellence Columbia Adventist Academy has had an active Knowledge Bowl team for nearly twenty years, and for the sixth consecutive year the varsity team walked away at the end of the season with first place in its league’s regional competition. That feels go... Read more
Lents Church Dedicates Youth speaking at the seventh annual Youth Transition Dedication Sabbath, April 5, Lents (Portland, Ore.) Church youth Michelle Wilson said, "Servanthood is living for Jesus, conforming to His will from the heart."Fellow youth Aaron Linfoot added, "The ... Read more
Living Last Supper When high school students at Lincoln City Adventist School re-enacted the Last Supper, they packed the church two nights in a row—and made the front page of the local newspaper! “We wanted to reach out to the community,” says Phil Rand, English te... Read more
Just Because Third and fourth graders in my room at Meadow Glade Elementary have been busy “baking up a storm.” My classroom inherited five bread makers from the previous teacher to use however I saw fit. I wanted to incorporate the bread makers into the class... Read more
Gladstone Park's 25th Anniversary Gladstone Park (Ore.) members celebrated 25 years in their current church building on May 3, 2003. Sabbath morning services included Sabbath School presentations by early graduates of the Oregon City Church School and a choir performance conducted... Read more
Vancouver Church Breaks Ground The weather was nothing to sing about on May 4, 2003, but hardy members of the Vancouver (Wash.) Church sang anyway. Huddled under umbrellas, they raised their voices in heartfelt praise and gratitude as they broke ground for a new church. At the ... Read more
TurningPoint Church Plant in Roseburg On the first Sabbath of 2003, TurningPoint Community Church held its initial “prelaunch” worship service in Roseburg, Ore. What a joyful experience it was as more chairs were set up to accommodate an attendance of nearly 70 people, including a doz... Read more
