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Holiday Shopping Made Meaningful
Dick Duerksen
November 26, 2021

Join Dick Duerksen at PACS where he recently discovered it's a great place to shop for the holidays. The best part is knowing that every dollar spent there goes to help people in the community!

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Need a Camel?
Dick Duerksen
November 5, 2021

Need A Camel? Call Shirley! Need a palm tree, a manger scene, a backdrop that looks like Bethlehem, or almost anything else you can imagine? Call Shirley! She’s got ‘em all.

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Hallowed Halloween
Dick Duerksen
November 5, 2021

“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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Pastor Jana Lee Appointed New Director for Children's & Family Ministry
Jonathan Russell
November 5, 2021

On October 21, the Oregon Conference Executive Committee elected Pastor Jana Lee as the new director for Children's & Family Ministries.

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Children's Ministries Director Shirley Allen Announces Retirement
Jonathan Russell
October 28, 2021

Shirley Allen has announced her retirement from a career of advocacy, ministry, and support for children and those who believe in them. She will retire from her position in the Oregon Conference on December 31, 2021.

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Executive Committee Votes Personnel Changes for Oregon Conference Office
Jonathan Russell
October 26, 2021

At its meeting on October 21, the Oregon Conference Executive Committee took the following personnel-related actions:

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Portland is On Fire
Dick Duerksen
October 22, 2021

Flaming at the Pittock Mansion

Burning in the Japanese Garden

Painting canvases Monet would covet

Framing waterfalls

Littering lawns

 

Portland is best

When The Creator sets it on fire!

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Marines Return to Help Out Big Lake
Dick Duerksen
October 14, 2021

Three platoons of United States Marine Engineers have been spending intense training time at Big Lake Youth Camp this week.

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Samoan Church Celebrates Mortgage Burning
Jonathan Russell
October 8, 2021

In the small community of White City, Oregon, an Adventist congregation is thriving. The Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church is committed to lifting up the name of Jesus in their community and preserving the customs, traditions, and language of the Samoan people in their church.

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The Dalles Celebrates New Church
Krissy Barber
September 30, 2021

September 18, 2021 was a high Sabbath for The Dalles Adventist Church congregation as they celebrated the long-awaited grand-opening of their new church building in The Dalles, Oregon.

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