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
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
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
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
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
Camp Meeting 2005 Traditionally, camp meeting season is “the” time for Adventist family and friends to reunite in one location for fellowship and spiritual renewal. This year was no exception.In the Oregon Conference, camp meeting season begins with Southern Oregon... Read more
Who's New at Milo? Milo Welcomes Its New Staff Members Milo Adventist Academy welcomes Edwin and Stephanie Johnson from Campion Academy in Colorado. Edwin teaches English and global studies and has already brightened the campus with his dry humor. Stephanie is the new guidance counselor and teaches Bi... Read more
Church Renovation Task Completed Meeting the challenge of a two-year plan to renovate their church building, the Redmond (Oregon) Church successfully completed the task in July 2005.Begun under the leadership of Del Greibel, Redmond's former pastor, and finished under Phil Vasseu... Read more
