Recently, Oregon Conference educators were immensely blessed by a visit by New York Times bestselling author and speaker, Bob Goff.

Recently, Eric Valdes, head teacher at Gold Coast Christian School shared a poem he wrote about a student who seems shy, but in reality, is a victim of abuse. The purpose of this poem is to remind us that sometimes we may think that everything is fine at home, when in reality it is not. 

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Pastor Bill Mayne of the Lincoln City and Nestucca Seventh-day Adventist churches was invited to be the speaker for this year’s Interfaith Association Easter Sunrise Service in Lincoln City.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to help plan and lead out in the Teen Rock Climbing event which was held in Bend. I had never been rock climbing before, so I didn’t know what to expect. Additionally, this was my first event to help plan and I wasn’t sure what to expect or how hard it was going to be but with the mentoring and help of so many wonderful people we did the event with very little problems.

Conversation is an important part of a healthy community experience. The goal of Conference Connect meetings in 2022 is to foster conversation to enhance community in the body Christ.

For the disciples, Sabbath was a time of quiet thinking and deep frustration. “Was it something we did?” they wondered as they walked back through their time with Jesus. They had been so certain that He was The One, The Messiah, The Coming King. But now he was gone.

In Boring, Oregon, Hood View Adventist School is offering a unique learning environment for young students through a “Forest Kindergarten” program. Rather than spending the school day in a traditional classroom, Lizzie Segoria teaches her eight kindergarten students in a forest classroom behind the school.  

A praying church is a growing church. In the midst of an ever-changing world, the White City Samoan Adventist congregation has discovered the best place to be is “at the foot of the cross” in prayer.

KEVE Better Life is back on in the Portland area! Find out how you can tune in to Better Life TV, Better Health TV, Nature Channel, and Vida Mejor (Spanish language) broadcasting from your home set.

This school year, the Tillamook Adventist School seventh and eighth graders created artwork for a local micro-shelter. This gave residents of each shelter something special to hang on the wall as well as something to take with them when they move on.