OREGON CONFERENCE WOMEN'S RETREAT
November 14-16 • Rockaway Beach, Twin Rocks Conference Center
Ladies, you're invited to this year's Oregon Conference Women's Retreat! This year we'll be looking at what it means to Live a Life of Purpose. Featured speaker, Carla Gober Park will share what it means to be called, what it means to be inspired by the right things, and what it means to be transformed through a sense of wonder and awe. Learn more and register today at orad.us/OCWomensRetreat2025
PAA HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL GAME NIGHT
November 15 from 6:00-9:00 pm • Portland Adventist Academy
The PAA Student Association (SA) invites all high school and middle school students (parents are welcome) to a fun-filled evening at Portland Adventist Academy!
Enjoy table games, a movie, gym activities, and more! Come laugh, play, and spend time together as a community. SA will also be selling nachos, candy, and drinks throughout the evening. Invite your friends — it will be so much fun!
Enjoy table games, a movie, gym activities, and more! Come laugh, play, and spend time together as a community. SA will also be selling nachos, candy, and drinks throughout the evening. Invite your friends — it will be so much fun!
OREGON CONFERENCE MONTHLY PRAYER GATHERING VIA ZOOM
November 18 at 7:30 pm • Via Zoom
Everyone in the conference is invited to meet on Zoom to pray for the promised power of the Holy Spirit. Mark your calendar for the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30 pm. Use this Zoom link to join the Oregon Conference monthly prayer gathering:
https://orad.us/OCPrayerMeeting / ID: 93041082161 / Passcode: 235079
https://orad.us/OCPrayerMeeting / ID: 93041082161 / Passcode: 235079
CELEBRATION OF THANKSGIVING CONCERT – Featuring Natalie Grant
Friday, November 21, 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm • East Hill Church, 701 North Main Avenue, Gresham, OR 97030
Join us for this FREE evening with 8-time GRAMMY® nominee and one of the most powerful voices in Christian music, Natalie Grant. Known for her soaring vocals, heartfelt storytelling, and hope-filled songs that inspire and uplift, don’t miss this unforgettable evening of music and gratitude.
Free admission with:
Free admission with:
- Your ticket
- A nonperishable food item (for Portland Adventist Community Services)
- A new pair of socks (for Portland Rescue Mission to help our houseless neighbors)
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DANNY MONES
November 21 at 1:00 pm • Tabernacle Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 26 SW Condor Way, Portland
A memorial service for Danny Mones will be held on November 21, 2025 at 1:00pm, followed by a haystack meal at the Tabernacle Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 26 SW Condor Way, Portland.
ADVENTIST HEALTH PORTLAND – 1st Friday
December 5 starting with dinner @ 6pm, program at 7:15 pm • AHP Lower-level Amphitheaters
Save the date for an inspiring evening of fellowship in community. This First Friday will feature an inspirational talk by Pastor Paddy McCoy and music by Crosswalk Worship Team.
Remember that dinner registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and please let us know how many guests you will be bringing with you. Soup and salad will be served from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Join us for this FREE event and invite your friends and family members. Register for dinner by Wednesday, December 3. Learn more and/or register for dinner at adventisthealthfirstfriday.com
Remember that dinner registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and please let us know how many guests you will be bringing with you. Soup and salad will be served from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Join us for this FREE event and invite your friends and family members. Register for dinner by Wednesday, December 3. Learn more and/or register for dinner at adventisthealthfirstfriday.com
FOLLOW THE STAR
Performances: December 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, 14 • Seventh-day Adventist Conference Center, Holden Auditorium, 19500 Oatfield Rd., Gladstone, Oregon
Follow the Star invites you to experience the story of Jesus' birth at our live nativity event!
Come join the thousands of people who have made Follow the Star part of their Christmas traditions since 2002!
Starting and ending in a modern-day home, tour groups are transported back in time to follow the wise men as they search for the new baby King. Visit the temple in Jerusalem, King Herod's palace, a shepherds' camp, Bethlehem, and finally the stable where the Messiah is born. You will never forget your journey to discover what Christmas is really all about!
Go to followthestarevent.com for tickets and information. Tickets are $2.50/each. All tickets will be sold online. Remember to mark your calendar! Parking is free.
This is an outdoor event which runs in all weather. Please dress appropriately.
Come join the thousands of people who have made Follow the Star part of their Christmas traditions since 2002!
Starting and ending in a modern-day home, tour groups are transported back in time to follow the wise men as they search for the new baby King. Visit the temple in Jerusalem, King Herod's palace, a shepherds' camp, Bethlehem, and finally the stable where the Messiah is born. You will never forget your journey to discover what Christmas is really all about!
Go to followthestarevent.com for tickets and information. Tickets are $2.50/each. All tickets will be sold online. Remember to mark your calendar! Parking is free.
This is an outdoor event which runs in all weather. Please dress appropriately.
PAA PERFORMING AT THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AT THE GROTTO
December 5 at 6:00 pm • The Grotto, 8840 NE Skidmore Street, Portland
We’re excited to announce that PAA’s Choir and Alegria will be performing at The Grotto this year. If you have never listened to a concert at The Grotto, you are in for a treat. Kick off the Christmas season with some exceptional music performances. Tickets are required and this year all tickets to “The Festival of Lights” will be sold online at their Ticketing website. Be sure to select December 5!
PAA CHRISTMAS VESPERS CONCERT
Wednesday, December 10 at 6:30 pm • Sunnyside Adventist Church, 10501 SE Market Street, Portland
Join us for Portland Adventist Academy’s annual Christmas Music Program! Enjoy an evening of beautiful music featuring all of PAA’s ensembles — Performance & Production, Band, PASO (strings), Bel Canto (handbells), Choir, and Alegria (select choir). Come celebrate the joy of the Christmas season with us. All are welcome — we look forward to sharing this special evening with you!
PAA - IT STARTS WITH YOU!
Monthly Support for Portland Adventist Academy
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EVENSONG @ SUNNYSIDE
December 20 at 4:00 pm • Sunnyside Adventist Church, 10501 SE Market Street, Portland
The program will feature arrangements of holiday favorites from J.S. Bach and Brahms, as well as recent works by Melvin West and Paul Fey (an arrangement of the Widor Toccata combined with O Come All Ye Faithful). Also included will be singing of several favorite carols and an improvisation by the organist. The full range of sounds from the Rieger organ will be featured, from the quietest whisper to the thundering full organ. It will be presented by Michael Koller on the organ and Loren Dickinson with the spoken word. Several of the selections were arranged by Melvin West. Loren Dickinson and Melvin West lived next door to each other for some 12 years during their teaching careers at Walla Walla College (now University). It was during their many gab sessions that the idea of this vesper-type service, Evensong, was born. Doctor Dickinson was looking for an opportunity to present some of the wonderful gems of literature, while at the same time Doctor West was exploring the possibility of a vesper-type program with the organist providing several compositions, but relieved by readings from literature. So it seemed natural to create an EVENSONG program in which the organ music was separated by selections from literature.
COWBOY CHURCH
Date coming soon! 5:00 pm • Sandy Seventh-day Adventist Church, 18575 SE Langensand Rd, Sandy
Join us for a special Cowboy Church program. Enjoy a lively country gospel sing-along and be blessed by the music. After the program, stay for a delicious vegetarian meal served free of charge. This is a family-friendly event, and everyone is welcome—come as you are and experience an evening of music, fellowship, and inspiration!
Oregon Conference Mobile App
Now Available
We are excited to share our new Oregon Conference app, hosted by VOBO! This app will be our Conference app the rest of this year.
We are still building out the special Conference app content, so stay tuned!
Click the link below or scan the QR code with your phone.
We are still building out the special Conference app content, so stay tuned!
Click the link below or scan the QR code with your phone.
BIBLE ANSWERS
from Amazing Facts
Amazing Facts Ministries International offers you an opportunity to have that bible question that has been on your mind answered. Any age can write and ask a question.
Submit questions HERE
Dr. Stan Hatkoff, PhD is part of the bible answer team with Amazing Facts and lives in Gresham, OR. If you would like him to answer a question directly email your question to: drhatkoff8@gmail.com.
Submit questions HERE
Dr. Stan Hatkoff, PhD is part of the bible answer team with Amazing Facts and lives in Gresham, OR. If you would like him to answer a question directly email your question to: drhatkoff8@gmail.com.