Dick Duerksen Storycatcher and storyteller By Dick Duerksen Celebrating Schools, Building Support for Families The Oregon Conference will be hosting a one-hour online celebration of your Oregon Conference schools on Feb.13, 2021, at 6 p.m. You’ll meet students, teachers and supporters from all 32 schools. Music, science, computers, history, Bible, spelling... Read more In the Face of Fire, 'I Belong to God' Abundio Reyes is a single, 76-year-old farm laborer who came to the United States many years ago. A hard worker, he never attend school and doesn't speak English. This faithful member of the Medford Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern... Read more Gladstone Hosts Very Different Camp Meeting The words "camp meeting" have brought folks from Oregon, Washington and beyond to Gladstone for more than 90 years. They come for spiritual refreshment, for inspiration and for Pronto Pups. They come to pitch their tents beside the same families t... Read more Big Lake Youth Camp's Lodge Gets New Life The 116 mph winds were far stronger than anyone had expected, sprinting down the Clackamas River through Portland, Oregon, tipping over trash cans and snapping off giant trees as if they were stalks of wheat. When calm finally came, Gladstone Park... Read more Life and Health Network Presents Free Clinic in Eugene Adventist-led organizations conducted a two-day free optical, medical and dental clinic in Eugene, Ore., Nov. 23 and 24, 2019. The decision to hold the clinic was made only three weeks before it began. Read more Hood View Presents CREATION Life Kids Event Kids learned about healthful living through a CREATION Life Kids event held Nov. 17, 2019, at Hood View Church in Boring, Ore. Eight principles of healthful living make up the acronym CREATION: choice, rest, environment, activity, trust in divine ... Read more Lisa's Church My wife and I belong to a social media group called “Next Door Neighbor.” The posts typically beg for help finding a missing cat or want help identifying the “creep” who stole their daughter’s Jeep. But the other day, a different post caught our h... Read more Seaside Remembers Pastor Editor’s Note: This Thanksgiving week we are thankful for all of our pastors who give selflessly to the congregations of the Oregon Conference. We are saddened by the loss of Bill Smith but are thankful for the legacy that he built. Read more Last Call Everyone knew her, or at least recognized her voice. For 29 years she had been the Tillamook County (Ore.) emergency response dispatcher. When you heard her call sign, “813,” on your radio, your heart began to beat faster. Read more The Egyptian Plate My father, Victor Duerksen, turns 101 years old this September. Overall, he’s in good health and has a positive outlook. He lives in his own place, and the home-care worker who comes in several hours a day has become a good friend. Yet, when I was... Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ››
Celebrating Schools, Building Support for Families The Oregon Conference will be hosting a one-hour online celebration of your Oregon Conference schools on Feb.13, 2021, at 6 p.m. You’ll meet students, teachers and supporters from all 32 schools. Music, science, computers, history, Bible, spelling... Read more
In the Face of Fire, 'I Belong to God' Abundio Reyes is a single, 76-year-old farm laborer who came to the United States many years ago. A hard worker, he never attend school and doesn't speak English. This faithful member of the Medford Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern... Read more
Gladstone Hosts Very Different Camp Meeting The words "camp meeting" have brought folks from Oregon, Washington and beyond to Gladstone for more than 90 years. They come for spiritual refreshment, for inspiration and for Pronto Pups. They come to pitch their tents beside the same families t... Read more
Big Lake Youth Camp's Lodge Gets New Life The 116 mph winds were far stronger than anyone had expected, sprinting down the Clackamas River through Portland, Oregon, tipping over trash cans and snapping off giant trees as if they were stalks of wheat. When calm finally came, Gladstone Park... Read more
Life and Health Network Presents Free Clinic in Eugene Adventist-led organizations conducted a two-day free optical, medical and dental clinic in Eugene, Ore., Nov. 23 and 24, 2019. The decision to hold the clinic was made only three weeks before it began. Read more
Hood View Presents CREATION Life Kids Event Kids learned about healthful living through a CREATION Life Kids event held Nov. 17, 2019, at Hood View Church in Boring, Ore. Eight principles of healthful living make up the acronym CREATION: choice, rest, environment, activity, trust in divine ... Read more
Lisa's Church My wife and I belong to a social media group called “Next Door Neighbor.” The posts typically beg for help finding a missing cat or want help identifying the “creep” who stole their daughter’s Jeep. But the other day, a different post caught our h... Read more
Seaside Remembers Pastor Editor’s Note: This Thanksgiving week we are thankful for all of our pastors who give selflessly to the congregations of the Oregon Conference. We are saddened by the loss of Bill Smith but are thankful for the legacy that he built. Read more
Last Call Everyone knew her, or at least recognized her voice. For 29 years she had been the Tillamook County (Ore.) emergency response dispatcher. When you heard her call sign, “813,” on your radio, your heart began to beat faster. Read more
The Egyptian Plate My father, Victor Duerksen, turns 101 years old this September. Overall, he’s in good health and has a positive outlook. He lives in his own place, and the home-care worker who comes in several hours a day has become a good friend. Yet, when I was... Read more
