Late last year, Isaac Kim, JD, joined the Oregon Conference, as associate director for Planned Giving/Trust Services and Legal Counsel, stepping into the role that the recent retirement of longtime general counsel, Herald Follett, left vacant.

In March, podcasters, YouTubers, filmmakers, and more will meet at the Holden Convention Center to learn from each other, create new friendships, and spend intentional, focused time exploring what it means to share our faith through digital media.

Gary Parks announced to the Oregon Conference team that he will be departing conference ministry in early March 2024, after 38 years in Adventist ministry.

On Sabbath, January 13th, as many churches moved to online services due to icy weather, at least one church remained open in Hillsboro, Oregon. Two best friends–students from Tualatin Valley Academy–and their families, prepared for baptism at Crosspoint Adventist Church.

More than 350 pastors, teachers, and staff from across the Oregon Conference met at the Columbia Riverfront Holiday Inn at Jantzen Beach, January 8-9, for the first in-person Together as One convention since 2020!

On Sunday, January 7th, the joint Nominating and Executive Committees approved the nomination of Ron Jacaban to serve as the Vice President for Education in the Oregon Conference.

Since last spring we’ve seen quite a few new faces joining the Oregon Conference pastoral team, with more on the way! Take a look at who has joined our pastoral family, the internal transitions made, and who has retired.

With the help of her mom, Irma, Alison Dominguez has been bringing new faces to her Adventurer club in Gresham, Oregon.

It was late November on the Oregon Coast. Twenty-five people—comprised of pastors and their spouses—gathered for a few days of voluntary spiritual retreat.

It had been almost three years since we last knew what this felt like, and we could not have made a more poignant example of why we need community in the post-COVID world.