Umapine Celebrates 25 Years Fifty charter members planted a new Adventist Church in Umapine, Ore., in 1977, and on July 12 and 13, the now-90-member congregation celebrated its 25th anniversary.The congregation serves the Umapine area in the Walla Walla Valley with weekly Sa... Read more
Cookies Retreat Centeru Dedicated Sabbath, Aug. 24, was a big day in the Upper Columbia Conference and North Pacific Union.Polly’s Place Ministries of the Northwest held a dedication ceremony for Cookie’s Retreat Center, a Christ-centered healing retreat for women and children who... Read more
Cedar Creek Baptism During worship services at the Cedar Creek Church in Washington, members were blessed as Mindy Lorraine Nogle was baptized by Pastor Marty Jackson. Nogle’s grandparents and other relatives attended the special service. • Read more
Faithful Landscapers After 23 years of landscaping and maintaining the Gladstone Park Adventist Church grounds, Ervin and Vadah Dunn have retired. They were honored during a church potluck with a special cake and testimonies by friends and family. There, the Dunns wer... Read more
Pleasant Hill Hosts "Extreme" VBS The Pleasant Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oregon was transformed into a “10-foot mountain of faith” for vacation Bible school (VBS) students this summer. Read more
Portland Learning Center Celebrates 10 Years of Ministry When Carl Parker of Portland, Ore., a counselor at Portland Community College, read about local inner-city students who were scoring two to three grade levels below their peers, he wondered if he could help.So in 1985, he and his wife, Audre’, est... Read more
Winning Drill Team The Rogue Valley Pathfinders’ Drill Team took first place in the Basic Drill Team Category at last year’s Pathfinder Fair, but this year competed in both Basic and Fancy categories—their first attempt in the more demanding category—and they made h... Read more
Canby Prophecy Seminar Leads to Baptisms Kathryn Dikeman and Dean Bayless have been baptized and received into membership in the Canby, Ore., Church, after attending a Bible prophecy seminar held at the local public school cafeteria.The computer-illustrated seminar ran from March to June... Read more
Literature Evangelists Master Art of Fair Ministry Philip Miller, literature evangelist for Cowlitz and Clark counties in Washington and member of the Hockinson Heights Adventist Church, recently received a trophy in recognition of three years of outstanding service.With the encouragement and volu... Read more
