The North Pacific Union Young Adult LIFE Tour will be held April 19–20, 2024, at Pleasant Valley Adventist Church, 11125 SE 172nd Ave, Happy Valley, Oregon 97086. The Friday check-in will begin at 6:15 p.m. (Pacific). Steven Argue will be the featured presenter, with special guest worship leader, Robert Leslie Jr. Registration is free and [...]
Upper Columbia Conference recently ordained two pastors, James Ash and Jake Wilkinson, into the ministry.“Ordination or commissioning is a significant milestone in a pastor’s professional development and it’s wonderful to see the church affirm these men in their ministry,” shared Eric Brown, UCC ministerial director.Ash, Stateline Adventist Church and Dayton Adventist Church pastor, was ordained [...]
After a recruiting search lasting more than three months, Richie Brower has been tapped to oversee the new Serve One More initiative throughout Upper Columbia Conference. Currently serving as associate director for club ministries, youth, young adult ministry and Camp MiVoden, Brower will begin transitioning to his new role as associate director for Serve One More [...]
Reviewing the abundant blessings the Lord bestowed on their church in 2022 and 2023 has filled the members of Oromo Adventist Church with gratitude, joy and praise to God.As a result of baptisms held in 2022, the Oromo congregation welcomed 24 new souls into their faith-filled fellowship. And, even as they rejoiced over those who [...]
Peter Simpson will be joining the North Pacific Union team early this summer as vice president for Hispanic Ministries and ministerial director.Simpson is coming to the Pacific Northwest from Ohio Conference where he served as multilingual ministries coordinator as well as church planting and evangelism director for 10 years.“Through ministry, I love to touch people's [...]
Inspiration for event themes comes from a variety of places. For this year's Idaho Conference camp meeting, the theme, "Mountaintop Silence to Life-Changing Mission," came from a feedback segment during the conference's first-ever young adult retreat. What is mountaintop silence? It’s the attitude of being in a spiritual retreat with God, where one’s thoughts are focused [...]
RED 2024, the annual board members meeting in January, marked a significant milestone for Hispanic churches in Oregon Conference. With an attendance of 250 church board members, this event became a pivotal space for reflection, challenge and strategic planning.The curtain of RED 2024 rose with an emotion-filled communion service, led by Dan Linrud, Oregon Conference [...]
In January, Gary Parks, Oregon Conference relational ministries director, announced his departure from Adventist ministry after approximately 38 years. “I’ve dedicated my entire ministry to helping people understand how the gospel of Jesus impacts us practically through improving our ability to love well through relational and emotional wholeness,” he shared. “I’m amazed that I have an [...]
Where can you go this summer and attend “how to” workshops for making stone arrowheads, leading small group Bible studies, making sourdough bread, fly-fishing, crocheting, social media witnessing, sermon preparation, metal detecting, natural remedies, watercolor painting, plant-based cooking, CPR certification and much more? If your answer is Montana Camp Meeting, you are correct! From one-of-a-kind, wholistic [...]
Elected representatives for North Pacific Union heard energizing reports about church vitality at the most recent executive committee meeting on March 6.“NPUC is seeing an uptick in multiplying churches, and we celebrate this,” said Bill McClendon, NPUC vice president for administration. “Our growing churches are growing, our plateauing churches are decreasing in number and our [...]
