New Staff Join the Milo Family Several new staff members have joined Milo Adventist Academy.Matt Melashenko is the new computer network administrator. Melashenko, an accomplished singer and pianist, wants to be a daily positive influence to students. He and his wife Cindy have ... Read more
PAA Welcomes Community to Block Party Portland Adventist Academy connected with its community by inviting neighbors to come on campus for the second annual neighborhood block party.The free three-hour event brought nearly 100 neighbors to the campus in an effort to spur conversation a... Read more
Waldport Makes It Official More than 150 guests from the community and from the Florence and Newport churches attended the Waldport Church open house May 3. Invitations were sent as far away as Belgium. Several members from the Maranatha group who helped build the church al... Read more
Vacation Bible Schools Captivate Kids Many children look forward all year to a favorite summer activity—Vacation Bible School. Several churches in the Oregon Conference hosted VBS programs this summer, each with a theme designed to teach children about Jesus while having fun.Gladstone... Read more
Oasis Improv Brings in the Unchurched It's another Saturday night with the True!mprov Troupe. A woman on stage says, "Give me the name of an unlikely charity." Her attentive audience throws back a flurry of responses, "IRS, Microsoft, Superman..." A few moments later, two people act o... Read more
Northwest Students Complete Leadership Expedition In mid-July seven academy students from six academies traveled to central Oregon for a Leadership Expedition with Mountain Leadership Institute.Justin Walker and Joni Dickerson from Livingstone Adventist Academy; Phillip Workman from Upper Columbi... Read more
Young People Spread Gospel In Silverton and Beyond The Silverton Church wants to recognize a group of young people who, under the banner of Oregon Youth Challenge, planted “apple seeds” in Silverton and surrounding areas for a whole week. No, not on a neighboring farm or orchard, but right here.As... Read more
Kelso-Longview Connects With Vege-burgers It almost didn't happen, but in the end Annette Koelsch, Kelso-Longview church member, rounded up a crew of more than 75 people to run a vege-burger booth at the annual Go Fourth July 4th celebration in Longview for the 17th year in a row. This fo... Read more
Gladstone Camp Meeting Makes Lasting Memories With his first shot at memory making at the Oregon Conference Camp Meeting, Art Harding, a recently baptized member of the Pleasant Valley congregation, recalls what made an impression on him. “My favorite memory is the sense of family I found. Ev... Read more
