Powerful Dreams Bring Victories In Canyonville Church Welcomes Six New Members A strange dream startled Lenette Buchanan awake on Saturday morning, April 2, 2005. A powerful message gripped her mind with undeniable urgency: Get up! You must go to the Canyonville Seventh-day Adventist Church today! Take your entire family!Buc... Read more
Got Hope? She was sad, lonely and cold. But for Sherry Sullivan of Liberty, Ky., hope knocked on her front door with ambitious hands and open hearts. Armed with tools and energy, 34 Meadow Glade Church members joined with three other Adventist school groups... Read more
Emerald Christian Academy Students Reach Out to Community and Classmates More than 35 Emerald Christian Academy (ECA) students, staff and family participated in the annual three-mile “Walk to D’Feet ALS,” on Sept.17, 2006. They raised more than $500 for the walk in a show of support for student Chad Hansen, whose mom P... Read more
Pastor Prayer Breakfast At Portland Adventist Academy It’s the goal of every Adventist school to work closely with their constituent churches. But if you ask most pastors and school staff they’ll tell you the job is harder than it sounds.Les Zollbrecht, Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) chaplain, saw ... Read more
Renk to Retire Marilyn K. Renk, pictured left, Oregon Conference Health and Community Services director, will retire on Dec. 31. Her future plans include establishing a business of consulting and event planning. The North American Division will keep Renk involve... Read more
Oasis Christian Center Organizes as a Full-fledged Church In 1996 a small group of Seventh-day Adventists started worshiping in a living room, hoping to appeal to non-churchgoers. They established a nontraditional way of doing church, with music, drama, and a message, inviting others to “come as you are”... Read more
Livingstone Students Walk To Raise Funds for Diabetes Research Under the leadership of their teachers, Sharon Cutz and Elizabeth Fish, Livingstone Adventist Academy’s middle school students learned about walking in the footsteps of Jesus. As a part of their Bible Outreach class, they participated in the city ... Read more
Oregon Conference Administrative Headquarters Relocates to Gladstone The sale of the Oregon Conference headquarters in Clackamas was completed Oct. 11, and the office has temporarily relocated to the Holden Convention Center on the Gladstone campus. The Adventist Book Center (ABC) will remain at the Clackamas locat... Read more