Slavic and Linwood Church Services Go Live on the Web The Spokane Slavic Church has experience with international broadcasting. For more than a year, the sermons from Volodymyr Nesteruk, pastor, have been broadcast on the Hope Channel Europe (HCE) and can be seen as far away as his native Ukraine. No... Read more
Boot Camp 2007 Lay Evangelism Off to a Great Start More than 167 lay people joined a ShareHIM boot camp held Nov. 30–Dec. 2, 2007, at Camp Mivoden. We arrived with a common interest, a hunger and thirst for soul winning. From opening night it was obvious the unity we felt, was fueled by our passio... Read more
Moped Helps Pastor in Vietnam Go More Miles in the Ministry Imagine being a pastor, trying to serve a thousand members in more than 30 congregations, traveling on foot. Through stories told by Linnea Torkelson, Adventist Southeast Projects board member, the Spokane East Central Church youth group learned a... Read more
Fall Festival for Spokane Linwood Church More than 100 people came to the Country Bumpkins Fall Festival on Oct. 28, 2007, sponsored by the Spokane Linwood (Wash.) Church. Activities included a treasure hunt for more than 100 mini candy bars, music by the Forever Country Singers, and a g... Read more
Yakima Student Wins Award Jonathan Sharley, 16, won the Yakima/Ellensburg regional Young Pianists Award. The son of Harry and Lori Sharley, Yakima Church pastor and wife, performed Schumann’s "Piano Concerto in A Minor" in his bid for the award at the Dec. 2, 2007 event. J... Read more
Oregon Adventist Hispanics Welcome Two New Congregations Two new Oregon church families joined the Hispanic Adventist community in December and January.Monitor Spanish became a company on Dec. 8, 2007, with Ivan Cruz as their pastor. Woodburn Spanish sent about 15 members to Monitor in February 2007 to ... Read more
Pleasant Valley Primary Project Proves Dimes Really Do Count Primary Sabbath School members from the Pleasant Valley Church will help children in Africa go to school through their $350 donation to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). Over the last two years, the 35-member class has been parti... Read more
Gift of Love Holds Open House Laurelwood Neighbors Participate Gift of Love held an open house Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007 in the old Laurelwood store building. Scott Noon, from the Oregon Department of Human Services, came and answered questions from the 40 neighbors, including 16 Laurelwood Church members, who at... Read more
Knowing God Evangelistic Series in Grants Pass More than 75 people came every night for the Grants Pass Church evangelistic series Oct. 12–Nov. 10, 2007. Edward Nelson, assistant pastor, was the speaker for the series "Knowing God." The series emphasized the character of God, His love and how ... Read more
