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  • Propel Conference Provides Church Growth Playbook Inspiration

    May 07, 2025, by Heidi Baumgartner
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    April 23, 2025, by André M. Wang
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Lisa Sheldrake, Lisa Sheldrake

CVCS fifth- and sixth-grade teacher

By Lisa Sheldrake, Lisa Sheldrake

  • Central Valley Christian School Celebrates 50 Years

    July 01, 2007, by Lisa Sheldrake, Lisa Sheldrake
    Fifty years ago, in 1957, a small school, Corvallis-Albany Seventh-day Adventist Union School, started with 34 students in grades one through eight. Through the years, the name of the school has changed to Central Valley Jr. Academy and presently ...
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  • World Awareness at CVCS

    July 01, 2006, by Lisa Sheldrake, Lisa Sheldrake
    This year Central Valley Christian School (CVCS) put an emphasis on world awareness. Every week, students were given clues about a different country. The first to guess the correct location received a small prize. The Fall Festival was replaced wi...
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  • Planting Seeds of Kindness

    August 01, 2005, by Lisa Sheldrake, Lisa Sheldrake
    Tangent, Ore., residents look forward to May Day when Central Valley Christian School children make their annual pilgrimage of love to their 400–500 neighbors. The outreach has been expanding for more than 10 years. Local nurseries donate potted p...
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  • Central Valley Students Raise Funds for ADRA

    July 01, 2005, by Lisa Sheldrake, Lisa Sheldrake
    I was sorting mail yet again when I came across a letter from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). I opened the letter to find statistics and facts that made the hair on my arms stand on end. Were other people really reading what AD...
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