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Gladstone Camp Meeting Gets the Green Light for 2025
Jonathan Russell
April 4, 2025

Camp meeting planning is only possible because of the faithful donations of camp-meeting lovers around the conference. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We’ve heard the question this week: “Did we really raise $390,000 by March 31?”

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Pleasant Valley Church Launches “Micro Groups” to Foster Deeper Connections
Guest Author
March 27, 2025

Pleasant Valley Church is experimenting with a tiny solution to the challenges of coordinating small groups in a large community.

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Church Ministries Team Supporting Engaged Members in Local Churches
Jonathan Russell
March 27, 2025

Last fall, Conference leaders announced a strategic realignment of Conference ministry to meet continued financial challenges. In the ensuing months, the team has been hard at work to develop the vision and clarify how Conference ministry leadership and support will continue.

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Oregon Prayer Conference Encourages Prayers of Gratitude
Kaleb Eisele
March 27, 2025

During this year's Oregon Prayer Conference, attendees enjoyed a journey of prayer, reflection, and community revival.

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Pathfinders from Across the Northwest Gather in Portland
Kaleb Eisele
March 20, 2025

Each year Union-level Pathfinder Bible Experience and the Pathfinder Area Coordinators Convention rotates between conferences in our union, and this year the Oregon Conference had the honor of hosting our fellow Pathfinder communities!

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Elders and Pastors Come Together for Portland-Area Training Day
Kaleb Eisele
March 20, 2025

This March, more than 100 elders and pastors undertook a weekend of training and growth together at the first of two spring Elders Training events which included preaching workshops, leadership training, roundtable discussions and planning activities, and much more.

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Communication Teams Collaborate for Second Annual Creators Lab
Kaleb Eisele
March 13, 2025

In 2024 the communication and media teams for Oregon, Washington, and North Pacific Union embarked on a journey to connect a growing community of digital creators in the Pacific Northwest and beyond through Creators Lab. This year, they continued that journey in Tacoma, Washington!