Oregon Conference Aaron Payne Ordained On Sabbath, Sept. 10, Aaron Payne was ordained to the gospel ministry at Meadow Glade Adventist Church in Battle Ground, Wash. Alf Birch, pastor and former Oregon Conference president, set the tone of the event when he publicly affirmed Payne: “In... Read more Revival at Milo A Challenging Week of Prayer Inspires Commitment Revival at Milo Read more Oregon Conference Strategic Initiatives In addition to continuing goals initiated in 2001, Don Livesay, Oregon Conference president, outlined the following new initiatives for the next four years.• Reaching the greater Portland area with training, community connections and reaping event... Read more Oregon Conference Constituency Report More than 500 delegates from western Oregon and southwestern Washington gathered at Portland Adventist Academy’s gymnasium, on Sunday, Sept. 18, for the Oregon Conference’s quadrennial constituency session. Delegates, by a majority of 95 percent o... Read more Outdoor Church in Cedar Creek In the midst of a cool cedar grove, the Woodland and Cedar Creek churches enjoyed their annual “camp meeting” tradition Aug. 19–20. This year the featured speaker was Joy Matthews, dog trainer and author, and Zion, a Giant Schnauzer. Together Joy ... Read more Jesus Our Forever Friend The Cave Junction Church held a two-week Vacation Bible School in August, staffed by 35 church members. Fifty-four children from every part of the Illinois Valley attended.At 8:30 a.m. the staff joined hands for special prayer for the day. Promptl... Read more Fair Booth Fares Well The Adventist booth at the Oregon State Fair in Salem has been representing the Oregon Conference for the past several years. The main focus this year was health: obesity and diabetes. The booth was open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for 10 days—Aug. 27... Read more Livingstone Students Poster Wins NAD Health Poster Contest Livingstone Student’s Poster Read more Madrone Adventist School Float Wins First Place in Labor Day Parade The Madrone Adventist School float won first place in the children's division at the Illinois Valley–Cave Junction Labor Day Parade.Students and their parents rode on the patriotic themed float, which was constructed on a 18-wheeler flatbed truck.... Read more Prison Ministry at Columbia River State Correctional Institution When David Pritchard, of the Stone Tower Church in Portland, Ore., and Len Bierlein, of the Hoodview Church also in Portland, drive past an Oregon State prison, they don’t see steel fences with razor wire, or guard towers, or massive doors with mu... Read more Emerald RV's Camping and Spiritual Fellowship The Emerald RVs have been camping throughout western Oregon now since 1988. Members come from Springfield, Eugene, Cottage Grove, Junction City, Veneta and Sweet Home churches. Former members still get our monthly newsletter, as far away as Georgi... Read more Elvera Blake Commissioned to Gospel Ministry On a warm summer evening in August, friends and family of Elvera Blake gathered to support her official commissioning to ministry. Ivan Blake, Sunnyside Church senior pastor and husband to Elvera, presented the candidate in an emotion-filled, hear... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Current page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Aaron Payne Ordained On Sabbath, Sept. 10, Aaron Payne was ordained to the gospel ministry at Meadow Glade Adventist Church in Battle Ground, Wash. Alf Birch, pastor and former Oregon Conference president, set the tone of the event when he publicly affirmed Payne: “In... Read more
Oregon Conference Strategic Initiatives In addition to continuing goals initiated in 2001, Don Livesay, Oregon Conference president, outlined the following new initiatives for the next four years.• Reaching the greater Portland area with training, community connections and reaping event... Read more
Oregon Conference Constituency Report More than 500 delegates from western Oregon and southwestern Washington gathered at Portland Adventist Academy’s gymnasium, on Sunday, Sept. 18, for the Oregon Conference’s quadrennial constituency session. Delegates, by a majority of 95 percent o... Read more
Outdoor Church in Cedar Creek In the midst of a cool cedar grove, the Woodland and Cedar Creek churches enjoyed their annual “camp meeting” tradition Aug. 19–20. This year the featured speaker was Joy Matthews, dog trainer and author, and Zion, a Giant Schnauzer. Together Joy ... Read more
Jesus Our Forever Friend The Cave Junction Church held a two-week Vacation Bible School in August, staffed by 35 church members. Fifty-four children from every part of the Illinois Valley attended.At 8:30 a.m. the staff joined hands for special prayer for the day. Promptl... Read more
Fair Booth Fares Well The Adventist booth at the Oregon State Fair in Salem has been representing the Oregon Conference for the past several years. The main focus this year was health: obesity and diabetes. The booth was open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for 10 days—Aug. 27... Read more
Madrone Adventist School Float Wins First Place in Labor Day Parade The Madrone Adventist School float won first place in the children's division at the Illinois Valley–Cave Junction Labor Day Parade.Students and their parents rode on the patriotic themed float, which was constructed on a 18-wheeler flatbed truck.... Read more
Prison Ministry at Columbia River State Correctional Institution When David Pritchard, of the Stone Tower Church in Portland, Ore., and Len Bierlein, of the Hoodview Church also in Portland, drive past an Oregon State prison, they don’t see steel fences with razor wire, or guard towers, or massive doors with mu... Read more
Emerald RV's Camping and Spiritual Fellowship The Emerald RVs have been camping throughout western Oregon now since 1988. Members come from Springfield, Eugene, Cottage Grove, Junction City, Veneta and Sweet Home churches. Former members still get our monthly newsletter, as far away as Georgi... Read more
Elvera Blake Commissioned to Gospel Ministry On a warm summer evening in August, friends and family of Elvera Blake gathered to support her official commissioning to ministry. Ivan Blake, Sunnyside Church senior pastor and husband to Elvera, presented the candidate in an emotion-filled, hear... Read more
