Prospective Student Visitation Day is Friday, February 28. Enrollment for new students opens Monday, March 31. Many classes are expected to fill quickly, so do not delay if you want to enroll your child for the 2025-2026 school year. Contact the school office for more information at 503/663-4568.

Creators Lab is a collaborative effort between the Oregon Conference and Washington Conference communication and media teams, with additional support provided by the North Pacific Union. This year, the event will be hosted in Washington at the South Tacoma Adventist Fellowship church, and will feature new and familiar faces including Pastor Rome Ulia, Pastor Alex Portillo, NPR College Podcast Challenge finalist Lindsey Gispert, Kaleb Eisele, Ernesto Hernandez, Pastor Kevin Wilson, and more! Sunday’s hands-on learning labs will cover a variety of topics including how to conduct interviews for digital media, camera, lighting, and sound for content creation, and emerging artificial intelligence tools among others.

The theme for Creators Lab 2025 is “Called to Create,” and will focus on God’s call to use digital and creative means to introduce our communities to Jesus. Beginning on Friday night and continuing through Sunday morning, Creators Lab is a unique blend of intentional community-building, inspiring presentations, and hands-on learning labs for creators of all levels of experience.

Creators Lab will happen February 21-23, at the South Tacoma Adventist Fellowship located at 230 S 94th St. in Tacoma, Washington. Registration will include access to the full event and all meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch for $99. Watch for registration links launching soon!

Would you like to experience a vibrant, ongoing, authentic walk with God? Come learn how! This seminar is presented by Dr. S. Joseph Kidder, who has been involved in ministry for the past 28 years.

Feb 28 @ 7pm - Journey to the Heart of God Through Prayer
Mar 1 @ 9:30am - Journey to the Heart of God Through Touching Lives
Mar 1 @ 11am - Escape from Iraq
Mar 1 @ 7pm - Journey to the Heart of God Through Experiencing His Grace

All are invited to attend this year’s prayer conference. It is going to be absolutely amazing! Dr Richard Davidson, has a real passion for the sanctuary and he will be talking about “prayer and the sanctuary.” We are in for a real deep and meaningful journey together, that will help us to become better at praying. You don’t want to miss this amazing opportunity to grow closer to Christ. The prayer conference is open to everyone, including community members.

Register HERE

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Camp Meeting so far. In January, members contributed over $18,000 to the Camp Meeting fund. Including matching funds, we’ve raised $97,300 toward our goal of $390,000. Yes, there’s more work to do to reach our goal. Yet God has been faithful to see our community through so far, and He can do it again. Let’s press together to see how God can work through us to bless and encourage the community.

Some have asked, “Why do we have to raise money by the end of March when the event is so much later?” The short answer: Planning. To do our best to make sure Gladstone Campground is safe and welcoming for all attendees, March is the time when we lock in service contracts and finalize plans for the thousands of hours of labor required to make sure the campus and programming are ready. By the end of March, it’s important for all of us to definitively answer the question that so many have asked: “Are we doing camp meeting this year?” By God’s grace, let’s work together to answer with a resounding, “Yes!” Also, there’s a brief video at https://vimeo.com/1056181775/e5b1680b0b that explains a bit about why there is so much urgency to set our fundraising deadline for the end of March. In the Adventist Church, the conference only receives offering reports once monthly (around the 15th). The next regular update on our progress toward the goal will be around March 15.

On campus, the finishing touches are being put on the new Gladstone Pavilion. As for camp meeting plans, Ty Gibson is planning to return as our featured speaker for 2025, and the Gladstone Park grounds team is making tentative preparations already. Now we invite everyone to join us in helping make this dream a reality in just a few short months!

Gladstone Camp Meeting is tentatively on the calendar for July 22-26, 2025. You can help ensure this event happens by giving online at https://orad.us/ORGiving or writing "Gladstone Camp Meeting" on your tithe envelope.

At this clinic, you will be able to receive vison tests, free prescription eyeglasses, screening for diabetes and glaucoma, and cataract evaluation. Call the church at 503/512-9055 or click HERE for more details.

Check in will begin at 8:30 am and includes a Continental Breakfast. We’ll start at 9:00 am sharp and finish by 4:00 pm. This will be a day filled to the brim with training, a catered lunch, resources and an idea exchange. Be ready to have some fun and make new connections.

This is NOT just for Women’s Ministries leaders, but for any woman at your church who helps or hopes to at some point. We look forward to seeing you there! 

 The annual Hood View Adventist School Auction is scheduled for Sunday, April 27, 2025. The school board recently voted that funds raised this year will be used for playground improvements with any excess funds above what is needed for that project to be used for other campus improvements.

In 2020, the auction funds were designated for the addition of a natural playground. Although almost $40,000 was raised for this project, when quotes were received for the work, the cost far exceeded the funds available. The school board recently voted to re-appropriate the 2020 Auction funds in their entirety to be used for playground features and/or improvements. These funds would be added to any funds raised this year to go toward upgrades of existing playground features or adding additional features to the playground.

The school is required to share information regarding this reallocation of funds with constituent churches and the parents of students enrolled at the school for four weeks before finalizing this decision. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school office at 503/663-4568.

Hood View Adventist School is looking for someone to fill a long-term substitution position as PE teacher for the remainder of the current school year. This position would be approximately 22 hours per week and the schedule is open to negotiation. The position requires an individual who can keep confidentiality, have basic computer skills including working knowledge of office machines, computer software e.g. MS Office and Adobe products, and a cleared background check with the Oregon Conference of SDA. Wages and benefits are based on the denominational wage scale and policy. Must have the legal right to work in the United States and be able to provide evidence of that right if employed. If interested, please email your resume and cover letter with three references to principal@hvja.org.