North Pacific Union

Offerings

Dec. 1—Local Church Budget; Dec. 8—World/Inner City*; Dec. 15—Local Church Budget; Dec. 22—Local Conference Advance; Dec. 29—Local Church Budget; Dec. 29—13th Sabbath Offering Overflow: Southern Asia Division

*Special Materials Provided

Special Days

Curriculum Focus for the Month—Christian Hospitality†

Dec. 1-Bible Sabbath*

†Curriculum resource materials are published in NAD church resource journals—Sabbath School Leadership, Celebración, Célébration, Kids' Ministry Ideas, and Cornerstone Youth Resource Journal.

* Special Materials Provided

WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY

Calendar of Events

Dec. 1, 2, 6, 8, 9—wwuDrama presents "An Evening of John Steinbeck" on the Donnie Rigby Stage on the WWU campus. All shows are at 8 p.m. except the 9th, which is at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at www.wallawalla.edu/life-at-wwu/wwudrama or by calling (509) 527-2158. Dec. 7—WWU Music Department Christmas Concert in the University Church. Two showings at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (same program). Admission free.

OREGON

Sunnyside Events

Dec. 8—Portland Adventist Academy Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. Linda Neel directs singers and instrumentalists; Dec. 15—A Choral Christmas with the Sunnyside Church Choir at 4 p.m., with glorious music of the season directed by Travis Hatton; Dec. 21—A Portland tradition: The 26th Annual Family Christmas at 7 p.m. A plethora of happy people provide music and the spoken Word; Dec. 22—Christmas Sabbath at Sunnyside at 8:50 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. Christ child, Simeon and Anna; little shepherds and respected wise men; strings and bells; choir and organ—all in support of Pastor Dave Allen's good-news message about love; Dec. 28—The Canadian University College Chamber Orchestra at 6:30 p.m. Naomi Delafield, conductor, presents a program of sacred music; Jan. 20—The Oregon Sinfonietta at 3 p.m., Donald Appert, music director and conductor. The program features Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, Saint-Saens' Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1. Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church, 10501 S.E. Market Street, Portland, Ore.; (503) 252-8080; www.sunnyside-sda.org.

Oregon SAGE

Dec. 9—Attend a play, Tuna Christmas, in Vancouver, Wash. Call (360) 326-8996 for details. Dec. 13—Lunch at Hometown Buffet and deliver gifts to shut-ins in Medford, Ore. Call (541) 665-0637 for details. Jan. 19—Church service and Champion Barbershop Quartets in Seaside, Ore. Call (503) 343-9548 for details.

ASAM Events

Dec. 15— Adventist Single Adult Ministries White Elephant Gift Exchange and Potluck at the Beaverton Church fellowship hall, 5 p.m. Please bring a special holiday dish or dessert. Your supervised children are welcome to come. Also, bring a cash donation for families living in the Mexico City dump of Tultitlan, Mexico. Let's pool our money this year and help them through Medical Teams International, www.medicalteams.org. Jan. 19—Bowling (see Charlotte). Jan. 20—Cross-country skiing or snowshoes at Meadows. Questions? Please contact Tom at (503) 684-7971 or tom.te@verizon.net; or Charlotte at (503) 579-9549. www.beavertonsda.com, then to the Singles page.

Christmas Vespers

Dec. 15—Warm your hearts as you listen to the inspirational Valley Brass, the Forest Grove Church choir and others at the Christmas vespers, 5:30 p.m. at the Forest Grove Church, 1950 Mountain View Lane, Forest Grove, (503) 645-0123, marlad97124@yahoo.com.

Christmas Concert

Dec. 22—The Vancouver Church would like to invite you to join them for their second annual Christmas Concert at 7 p.m. RESCUE, a national recording group who draws listeners of all ages with their fresh and exciting sound, will be celebrating the birth of our Savior through their Bible-based music and personal testimonies. Invite your friends and come celebrate the real meaning of Christmas. Admission is free, and the worship experience will be richly rewarding. For more information, call (360) 696-2511 or visit http://vancouver.netadventist.org.

Attention Portland Area Kingsway College Friends

Kingsway College friends and Oshawa Missionary College friends—we are looking for former students, faculty, parents and friends of Kingsway College (formerly known as Oshawa Missionary College) in the Portland (Western Washington/Oregon area). If you ever attended, or know someone who did, please contact Larry Gutman ('66) at (360) 723-5775 or e-mail gutman617@comcast.net. We are trying to create a database of friends of the school in our area.

UPPER COLUMBIA

Sandpoint Missing Members

The Sandpoint, Idaho, Church is seeking information regarding the following missing members: Terry Clifford, Melaine Keyes, Ed Emerson, Benjamin Graham, Norman Hayes, George McGahuey, Beverly McGahuey, Erick Morton, Angel Nowell, Heather Rivers, Leslie (Jerry) Scott and Michael Sherman. If you have information regarding any of these members, please contact Lynda Bailey at (208) 265-9309 or lynda@sandpoint.net.

Linwood Missing Members

Please contact the Linwood Church office in Spokane, Wash., at (509) 327-4400 or linwoodsda@asisna.com if you know how to contact any of the following people: Donna Parks, Aaron Patenaude, Michael Payton, Teresa Payton, Ron Peckham, Baetty Peters, Greg Pipoly, Michael Pipoly, Donald Rathbun, Jason Raynow, Jody Raynow, Tamara Richman, Eric Ripplinger, Kelly Rowell, Norman Saaveda, Corey Scanlan, Geoff Scanlan, Merton Scott, Roy Shoemaker, Tawnya Shupe, Brigid/Chris/Tom Sivertsen, Shaun Slinkard, Steve Smetana, Charles Smick Jr., Edwin Steinebach, Steven Steinmetz, Dale/Kami Sumbureru, Timothy Lee Tate, Dereck Tobias, James Whitley, Wendi Whitley, Maura Widhalm and Matthied Williams.

WASHINGTON

Christmas Musical at PSAA

Dec. 1—PSAA's Impact Chorale will present their annual Christmas dramatic musical under the direction of Estyn Goss, at 4 p.m., in the Kirkland Adventist Church, 6400 108th Ave. N.E., Kirkland, Wash. For more information, call Juliette, (425) 828-7888.

Journey to Bethlehem

Dec. 6–9—Come enjoy an interactive outdoor drama, complete with a cast of costumed townsfolk, live animals and holiday music. Tours leave regularly from 6–9 p.m. from Auburn Academy Church. More details at http://aaachurch.org or by calling (253) 833-5853.

Maranatha Celebration

Dec. 8–9—The Washington Conference in partnership with Maranatha Volunteers International has done some very significant projects during the past few years. Please join us for a special Missions Sabbath with Dick Duerksen to learn about the amazing growth of Adventism in Ecuador, Chile, India and Mozambique. Hear about Maranatha's exciting efforts that will help to fulfill the need for more churches. Learn about upcoming mission trips and how you can join in taking the gospel to the world. Saturday, 9:20 a.m.–12 p.m. Potluck follows. Sunday, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., the church will host Dick Duerksen again for the latest and greatest stories from around the Maranatha planet; also included is a buffet brunch and book signing. Proceeds from the event will go for the Mozambique Mission project in May 2008. For the brunch, RSVP to Alice at (253) 833-7910.

Dedication Ceremony

Dec. 11—Washington Conference will hold a dedication ceremony for its new administrative office at 1:30 p.m. The office is located at 32229 Weyerhaeuser Way South in Federal Way, Wash. For directions and details, visit www.washingtonconference.org.

Yelm Missing Members

We have lost track of the following members of the Yelm Adventist Church: Deanna Bonner, Harold Bonner, Eugene Brown, Mary Brown, Douglas Neubauer, Alicia Neubauer, Steve Neuschwanger, and Steve Salvador. If anyone knows their current address, please notify Connie Flanagan, Yelm Adventist Church clerk, at P.O. Box 3772, Lacey, WA 98509 or at (360) 456-5416.

Washington SAGE

Dec. 18—Canadian Brass Concert at Benaroya Hall, Seattle. Dec. 25–Jan. 11—“Path of the Just" building project at La Sierra University, Calif., and fun tourist days; Feb. 10—Valentine Banquet at La Quinta Inn, Tacoma. Contact Joan Libby at (253) 681-6008, joan.libby@wc.npuc.org, 32229 Weyerhaeuser Way South, Federal Way, WA 98001 or see www.washingtonconference.org.

WORLD CHURCH

Health Summit Orlando

Feb. 1–9, 2008—Do you need motivation and new ideas for health ministry outreach? More than 25 seminars will be taught including the following brand-new offerings: Forgive to Live, Reaching Out to Your Community, Foundations of Health Ministry (earning college credit), Women's Health, and Black Family Health. To learn more about this exciting training, which is co-sponsored by the North American and Inter-American Division Departments of Health Ministry, go to www.nadhealthsummit.com.

Union College Homecoming

April 3–6, 2008—Union College alumni, friends and former faculty are invited to come to "Remember When…" Honor classes are the years ending in "8" and "3." For more information, contact the alumni office at (402) 486-2503, 3800 South 48th Street, Lincoln, NE 68506 or alumni@ucollege.edu.

Music for the 2010 GC Session

Needed: high-quality sacred music from vocalists, instrumentalists, choirs, and ensembles for the General Conference Session in Atlanta, June 23–July 3, 2010. Please visit www.gcsession.org for details and application. Send all requested materials to NAD Music Coordinator, Attn: Ron Christman, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600. Deadline for application: Jan. 31, 2009.