SCUBA Splashes Down at Columbia Gorge "It’s spooky in here”...”It’s so dark!”... “What’s that gurgly noise?” These were just some of the comments as youngsters crawled into the belly of the "whale" (black plastic blown up by an electric fan) at the Columbia Gorge Church (Troutdale, Or... Read more
Hood View Church Responds To Needs of Sister Church When four families, including pastoral family Alexei and Elena Novoselov, were displaced by a fire that swept through an apartment building owned by Hood View Church’s sister church in Irkutsk, Siberia, earlier this summer, the Boring, Ore., congr... Read more
50-year Homecoming Weekend Reunion for Pathfinders More than 100 former Hood River Pathfinders and their families came from as far away as Missouri and Canada in April for a 50-year homecoming weekend planned by long-time Pathfinder staffer Fay Ziegele and Ralph Staley, current Pathfinder leader.T... Read more
PAA Welcomes New Principal When Gale Crosby accepted an invitation in July to become the principal of Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), it was with a strong certainty that the academy was where God wanted him to be.With 23 years of experience working with Adventist schools,... Read more
Hopewell Celebrates Centennial This year marks the centennial of the Hopewell Church in Dayton, Ore. A celebration featuring Don Livesay, Oregon Conference president, was held Sept. 20 to mark this milestone.The Hopewell Church was organized on Feb. 7, 1903, with six original m... Read more
Creative Miles City VBS Attracts Kids and Helpers This summer's Miles City, Mont., nature-oriented Vacation Bible School program, Creation Station, was held in the evening to maximize helpers as well as children in attendance.The “crew chief" concept freed division leaders from some of their usua... Read more
Havre and Fort Belknap Seminars Welcome New Members The Havre church and Fort Belknap group in Montana welcomed new members recently. On March 8, Ava Welch joined the Havre Church by profession of faith. She had attended the Ray of Hope seminar presented by David Prest in February and March. Jim Je... Read more
Butte VBS Features Edible Crafts Have you ever thought of making a cute little boat with a mast and a sail and then eating it? That is what the children who attended the Vacation Bible School in Butte, Mont., did this summer. And that was not all.Every day an edible craft was the... Read more
