For decades the community in Gladstone, Ore. has gathered food, toys, and teen gifts in an effort to help struggling families provide Christmas presents for their families. This year the Oregon Conference office staff joined the effort.

On Sabbath afternoon, November 19, two church communities gathered at the Sunnyside Adventist Church in Portland to acknowledge the calls to ministry of Violeta and Ben Bilan.

If you have ever stood in front of a congregation to preach a sermon? Then you have a good idea of how difficult that can be. That is exactly what eight Pathfinders did on Saturday, November 12, though, as they spoke as part of the Oregon Pathfinder Preaching Challenge.

Three Sisters Adventist Christian School is incredibly excited for the new year – our 100th year as a school and we are especially excited about the addition of a bouldering wall in our gymnasium!

Light Bearers returned to Oregon to host its ARISE Intensive event in the Oregon Conference Holden Center in Gladstone on November 4th-6th.

After a couple years without overnight field trips, Big Lake Youth Camp and the Oregon Conference education department once again partnered to put on sixth grade Outdoor School this month at Big Lake Youth Camp.

Big Lake director Les Zollbrecht is credited in a film gaining international recognition at the Banff Centre Mountain Film & Book Festival this year.

It was a smoky Thursday afternoon as members made their way through the Columbia Gorge toward Skamania Lodge for the Oregon Conference Executive Committee Retreat. On the agenda: worship, fellowship, and the business of the church in Oregon Conference as the group came together for the first time since its election.

Sunnyside Symphony Conductor Travis Hatton’s sudden passing in early October has left much of the greater Portland music community grieving. An accomplished musician, a father, a mentor, and a friend, Travis’s impact on others over the years cannot be overstated.

On October 23rd, PACS held its annual fundraiser in a brand-new way––a family friendly fall event at Rossi Farms!