Compassion in Action Reaching Out to Locals in Need Urged on by the Linn County Health Department and the Albany Police Department, Compassion in Action (CIA) was founded by Curtis and Joy Miller to meet basic needs of Linn County homeless or impoverished men, women, children and infants through Da... Read more
Churches Come Together for Refreshing Retreat Members of the Christmas Valley (Ore.) and La Pine (Ore.) churches gathered for a spirit-filled weekend at the first REFRESHED retreat, held Aug. 25–28 at the bottom of nearby Paulina Peak.The retreat, which included a special children's program, ... Read more
Welcome to SunnyCity! The busy little town isn't on a map, but it really exists ... in a city park, in Portland, Ore. It's only three years old and has SunnyCity ever grown. Here, children love running, jumping, singing — even praying.At the Visitors Center on Friendsh... Read more
Columbia Adventist Academy Gives Back to the Community Commitment to service is a hallmark of Columbia Adventist Academy in Battle Ground, Wash. Nearly every month of the school year a group of students spends a day serving the community. Students have three opportunities to serve throughout the year:... Read more
PAA Welcomes Back Teacher Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) welcomes back Mark Kooy to the fine arts department. He returned to PAA from a one-year educational sabbatical to learn Rhino, a 3-D imagining software program. The new software will enhance the PAA curriculum, whi... Read more
Molalla Vacation Bible School Sees Black and White The Molalla (Ore.) Church was filled with "Pandamania" for one week in July with bamboo, Chinese lanterns and panda paw prints everywhere. Thirty-six children, 20 of them from the local community, enjoyed singing, hearing stories and eating health... Read more
Grants Pass Students Commemorate 9/11 The students of Grants Pass (Ore.) Adventist School (GPAS) honored local police officers, firefighters and military veterans with a special program Sept. 9 that commemorated the Americans who gave their lives in the 9/11 attacks.Thomas Kennedy, GP... Read more
Hearts Directed to God During Vacation Bible School Last May, Ron Hart, Hood River (Ore.) Church pastor, asked each church-board member to report on his or her activities for the past month, as is his custom. Jessica Bailey, acting personal ministries director, had a particular burden on her heart ... Read more
Eugene Adventist Korean School at Eugene Korean Church Every Sunday morning, people gather at the Eugene (Ore.) Korean Church, not for Sunday School but Korean School. This year, 40 students have enrolled in the school with the majority of students not being church members. Currently there are five cl... Read more
