March 5 was the final day of It Is Written’s Revelation Today: The Great Reset initiative here in the Oregon Conference. More than 2,000 opportunities for kingdom connections with the community have emerged and are continuing to be nurtured, and more than 100 individuals have already decided to be baptized!

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Saying "goodbye", saying "hello".

Early last year, a quiet visitor appeared one Sabbath at the Gold Beach Adventist Church.

Last Friday, nearly 30 churches around the Oregon Conference launched a month-long initiative aimed at sharing the gospel with their communities.

The Winter Retreat provided the chance to do what Big Lake does best – reconnect its visitors with their community, their earth, and their God.

"We are not willing to have a defeatist mentality because of Covid. Instead, we’re focusing on the most challenging issues, showing how the Bible has good practical answers, and providing opportunities for members to share God’s love together, regardless of Covid!”

George Gainer, much-beloved pastor of our Pleasant Valley Church (PVC), has announced his retirement from full-time pastoral ministry. At the helm as senior pastor since 1998, Pastor Gainer’s retirement officially begins on January 1, 2022.

The “Fall Fun” event with games, crafts, and food met with attendance far beyond expectations.Initially planned for 100 people, the team serving dinner found themselves with the positive “problem” of needing to find more food for a line of people that kept growing!

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A Google search on “KTVZ Bend Gods Closet” will bring you the news spot done for two clothing distributions held in October and November where the Lord brought 57 families and 132 children to the Cascade Church where 20 volunteers met them with open hearts to fill a need.

“We‘ve been looking for a new way to get involved with our community,” said Dr. Roscoe Shields, pastor of the Sharon Seventh-day Adventist church near downtown Portland, Oregon. “So, we started looking at Halloween.”

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