PAA Violinist Puts Sabbath Above Career Ellen Cockerham, a Portland Adventist Academy senior, has been selected as the concertmistress of the Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) for the 2003-04 season. She was chosen for this prestigious honor through a blind audition by Mei-Ann Chen, orc... Read more
Oregon Youth Challenge Changing Lives, One Knock at a Time "Hello!, my name is——. I am working my way through school, and I have something special to show you. Please take a look!"At the more than 26,000 doors Oregon Youth Challenge (OYC) particpants contacted, people heard this friendly refrain as the po... Read more
Columbia Adventist Academy Student Nominated for Principal's Leadership Award Chase Hendrickson, a Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) senior, has been nominated to compete in the national Principal’s Leadership Award (PLA) scholarship program, sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.Berit von Pohl... Read more
Creative Open House Trains New Church Officers The Sweet Home (Ore.) Church held their first open house and orientation workshop on Sunday, June 29, to orient members to the church offices that they had accepted for the new year. It featured booths or tables for each of the primary church func... Read more
Young People Needed to Boost Church Near Eugene A few young people have come forward and volunteered to carry some of the load of the Everlasting Gospel Church near Eugene, Ore., and more are needed.Originally called the Veneta Church, this 350-seat church was built when the timber and building... Read more
Hopewell Celebrates Centennial This year marks the centennial of the Hopewell Church in Dayton, Ore. A celebration featuring Don Livesay, Oregon Conference president, was held Sept. 20 to mark this milestone.The Hopewell Church was organized on Feb. 7, 1903, with six original m... Read more
PAA Welcomes New Principal When Gale Crosby accepted an invitation in July to become the principal of Portland Adventist Academy (PAA), it was with a strong certainty that the academy was where God wanted him to be.With 23 years of experience working with Adventist schools,... Read more
50-year Homecoming Weekend Reunion for Pathfinders More than 100 former Hood River Pathfinders and their families came from as far away as Missouri and Canada in April for a 50-year homecoming weekend planned by long-time Pathfinder staffer Fay Ziegele and Ralph Staley, current Pathfinder leader.T... Read more
