North pacific union

Offerings

Feb. 3—Local Church Budget; Feb. 10—World Budget: Adventist Television Ministries; Feb. 17—Local Church Budget; Feb. 24—Local Conference Advance.

Special Days

Feb. 3–24—Black History Month; Feb. 10–17—Christian Home and Marriage Week*; Feb. 24—Health Ministries 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 College

Calendar of Events

Feb. 3—Evensong, at 4:30 p.m., in the College Church. Feb. 24—Young Artists’ Night, at 7:30 p.m., in the Fine Arts Center. Feb. 24, 25—wwcdrama presents the “Festival of One Acts,” at 8 p.m., in Village Hall. For tickets, call (509) 527-2158 or visit drama.wwc.edu. Feb. 25—Join us at the Student Missions International Food Fair, at 8 p.m., in the Alumni Gymnasium. For more information, call (509) 527-2633 or e-mail stumiss@wwc.edu.

Idaho

Small Church Needs Reader Board Sign

Garden Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church is looking for a reader board sign (lighted sign) with a set of letters and punctuation marks. Please contact Dan Ross at (208) 938-8488.

Share Him at Meridian Church

Feb. 9—Share Him: A Prophecy of Hope seminar begins. Explore how Bible prophecy reveals truth for today and hope for tomorrow. Invite your friends and loved ones to come to our new location at 1855 N. Black Cat Road at 7 p.m. and continuing Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call (208) 288-2727 or (208) 887-1770.

Gem State Adventist Academy Homecoming

April 6–8—GSAA invites all alumni, former students and faculty, parents and friends to Alumni Weekend 2007. The graduating classes ending in "7" will be honored plus 1982. For more information, contact Linda Klinger at (208) 459-1627 ext. 158 or lklinger@gemstate.org.

Oregon

Sunnyside Church Activities

Feb. 2–4—Center for Bible, Faith and Mission (Formerly IBCC): Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2:30 p.m.; Sunday at 10 a.m. Feb. 11—Rehearsals begin for an all-Mozart concert on March 24. We are looking for new orchestra members. Especially needed are Principal Bassoon, section 1st Violin and section Viola, but all are welcome to audition. For more information, contact Travis Hatton, music director, at travishatton@comcast.net. Feb. 17—Solid Brass Concert at 7 p.m. This ensemble of Portland-area musicians is directed by Fred Sautter, former principal trumpet with the Oregon Symphony. Feb. 24—“Celebrating the Spiritual” featuring Carl Parker, Canticle of Praise, Wanda Vaz and other special guests at 5 p.m. Sunnyside Church is located at 10501 S.E. Market St., Portland, Ore.

Retired Workers’ Fellowship

Feb. 6—The monthly potluck of the Oregon Retired Workers' Fellowship will be held at 12 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Gladstone Conference Center, 19800 Oatfield Rd., Gladstone, Ore. Our program will be brought to us by a bluegrass group from the Kelso-Longview Church. Invite a friend to come enjoy this time with you. Although the potluck is primarily for retired denominational workers, we would encourage and welcome all retirees to bring their food and join us. It is no longer necessary for retirees to bring their own table service, as paper goods and plasticware will be furnished. For more information, phone the Jorgensons, (360) 423-1612.

True!mprov: Comedy With Purpose

Feb. 7—We are holding auditions for new players for True!mprov. Be a part of this exciting ministry in Vancouver, Wash., inspired by Improv Church at Walla Walla, Wash. Next True!mprov performance: Saturday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m. Visit www.trueimprov.com for more details.

Oregon SAGE

Feb. 10—Barbershop quartets, 2 and 7:30 p.m. in Canby, Ore. Feb. 18— Valentine luncheon, 1 p.m., at the Monarch Hotel in Clackamas, Ore. For more information, contact Wynn Knowling at (509) 343-9548.

10th Annual Milo Prayer Conference

Feb. 16–17—High school students are invited to a weekend of spiritual renewal. Learn to fix your attention on God, and you'll be changed from the inside out. Call for details at (541) 825-3200 ext. 3326 or e-mail carl.wilkens@miloacademy.org.

Adventist Singles Activity

Feb. 17—Singles potluck sponsored by the Beaverton Adventist Singles at 12:30 p.m., Beaverton Church. Please bring a dish; sing for a local facility at 3–3:30 p.m.; then serve dinner at the City Team Ministries Mission, downtown Portland. We will meet at Beaverton Adventist Church at 5 p.m. and carpool. Come support this worthwhile mission outreach. You will be blessed! For information, contact Tom Terry at (503) 684-7971, tom.te@verizon.net or Charlotte at (503) 579-9549, www.beavertonsda.com, then go to the Singles Web page. Maps for the mission outreach will be made available at the Beaverton Adventist Church foyer and potluck. March 17—Save the date for Trillion Trilliums hike at Tryon Creek State Park.

Tabernacle Vespers Concert

March 3—The Tabernacle Church invites you to a concert by Carl Parker and the Tabernacle Orchestra under the direction of Nadine Sample at 5 p.m. The program will also include numbers by Wanda Vaz, Lonnie Stephens and Howard Handley. An offering will be taken for People to People Ministries. The Tabernacle Church is located near downtown Portland at the intersection of SW Barbur Blvd. and Hamilton St. For information, please call (503) 984-1071.

Adventist Heritage Weekend

March 9–10—A faith-affirming Adventist Heritage weekend will be held at Portland's Sunnyside Church beginning Friday evening at 7 p.m. Special guests include, James Nix, Ellen G. White Estate director, Silver Spring, Md.; Thomas Neslund, Adventist Heritage Ministry president; and Bill Knott, Adventist Review editor. As part of the Sabbath afternoon program, Portland Adventist Academy's drama team, Elbow Room Theatre, will present a skit. All are welcome. For more information: sue.patzer@nw.npuc.org.

Upper Columbia

Irrigon Missing Members

The Irrigon Church has lost touch with Laura Anderson, Rick Boursaw, Robert Brown, Emily Dyer, Gordon Dyer, Jonathan Glenn, Jeremy Gollyhorn, Tamira Lohman, Jolene Martuscelli, Roni Mitchell, Rodney Virgil and Glenda Williams. If you have any contact with these people, the church would love to hear from them. Please contact Lavenia Casey at (541) 567-1171.

Washington

Washington SAGE

Feb. 11—Valentine banquet at La Quinta Inn Tacoma featuring the Schurch family singers and Maylan and Zach. March 18–25—Hawaii Cruise (round-trip from Honolulu). April 29–30—Marine biology trip to Anacortes, Wash. Transportation, lodging, meals included. May 6–11— Sunset Lake workbee. Call Joanie at (253) 681-6008, e-mail joan.libby@wc.npuc.org, on the web www.sage-seniors.com.

Missing Members

The Washington Conference church is seeking information regarding the following missing members: Delbert Banner, Rosa Baraja, Lopez Baustista, Salvador Bello, Michael Bonilla, Vicente Brambilla, Kaleo Brown, Joseph Brunky, Jorge Cabazos, Francisco Cabrrera, Eliseo Camal, Rosalina Camal. If you have information on any of these members, please contact Janeth Carnduff at (253) 681-6008.

World Church

La Sierra University Homecoming

March 9–11—“A Time to Remember.” Special invitation to the classes ending in "7" plus 1982. Sabbath church guest speaker: Elder Jan Paulsen, General Conference president. Pre-register for all of the Homecoming Weekend activities at https://www.lasierraconnect.net/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?&pid=198&srcid=225.