Gladstone Park Church Member Writes Award-winning Book The story of Gladstone (Ore.) Park Church member Hedi Jones' miraculous deliverance from wartime danger and near-death is chronicled in her recently published, award-winning book, Under the Shadow of the Almighty.The daughter of an Adventist pasto... Read more
Parenting the Second Generation Project PATCH Helps Grandparents Project PATCH presented a weekend seminar in Portland, Ore., to answer a growing need for equipping and empowering grandparents to become effective parents to their grandchildren."In one week we received seven phone calls from grandmothers raising... Read more
Area Leaders Dedicate New Oasis Facility Adventists from four area churches helped Oasis Christian Center, an Adventist fellowship in Vancouver, Wash., celebrate their move into a new, larger worship facility Feb. 10–11.More than 50 people gathered at the new building on Friday night for... Read more
Senior Class Interviews Guantánamo Bay Prosecutor Contemporary Moral Issues is a Bible class that students take during their senior year at Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA). This year, the class was presented with an unusual opportunity — the chance to interview Colonel Morris Davis.Col. Davis wa... Read more
Milo Players Use Winning Teamwork to Help Driver in Need Milo Adventist Academy (MAA) in Days Creek, Ore., lost the basketball game. As students loaded onto the bus, Milo’s principal, Randy Bovee, and his wife, Carol, headed home in their car along the remote, dark and slippery highway.At the bottom of ... Read more
Cooking Classes Teach Godâs Original Diet at HVJA Delectable scents waft throughout the classroom as children prepare Chinese fried rice in honor of the Chinese New Year. It’s all part of their monthly cooking and nutrition learning time — a day in the life of a second grader at Hood View Junior ... Read more
RVAA Elementary Students Share Christmas Cheer First- and second-grade students at Rogue Valley Adventist Academy in Medford, Ore., had fun making beaded candy canes and bookmarks. Led by their teacher, Michelle Wachter, they then shared these gifts with the nearby Three Fountains retirement c... Read more
Christmas in Springfield The Springfield (Ore.) Church celebrated God's love in special ways during the Christmas season.The kindergarten, cradle roll and some primary children, along with adults, played a big part in the Dec. 10, 2011, Sabbath service. Songs, festive dec... Read more
Oregon Christian Womenâs Retreat Leads to Baptism The long, hard walk that brought DeziRae Mendoza to the baptismal fount has taken many turns. One of them was through the 2011 Oregon Conference Christian Women's Retreat.Abused and neglected as a child, shuttled back and forth between an alcoholi... Read more
