High school students from all over the Oregon Conference, including small groups and at least five high schools, began the year with a Youth Night of Worship. The Holden Center was filled with students as they welcomed in the Sabbath with worship music, trivia, and a message from Crosswalk PDX pastor, Paddy McCoy.
After beginning his ministry in the Oregon Conference nearly 15 years ago in 2008, Pastor Nate Hellman accepted and began working in his new role as associate ministerial director of the Oregon Conference last December.
On Sabbath, December 17th, the Grace Seventh-day Adventist Russian congregation in Troutdale celebrated its official organization into “company” status––the final step before being organized as a “church.”
For nearly two decades now, volunteers from all over have come together on the campgrounds at the Oregon Conference to bring the Christmas story to life in the live-action interactive experience.
Oregon Young Adults partnered with Portland Adventist Academy Campus Ministries for the December 10 Christmas tree lighting service at the Gladstone Senior Center.
On December 12, Oregon Young Adults took an incredible group of ministry leaders to a Blazers game which included a shooting session on the floor and a group pic with 2022 NBA Champ Gary D. Wayne.
A potentially life-threatening condition during pregnancy led the Hungate family to OHSU's fetal surgeons where God led the way.
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.