NORTH PACIFIC UNION

Offerings

Nov. 1—Local Church Budget; Nov. 8—World Budget: Annual Sacrifice*; Nov. 15—Local Church Budget; Nov. 23—Local Conference Advance; Nov. 29—Local Church Budget

*Special Materials Provided.

Special Days

Curriculum Focus for the Month—Health+

Nov. 1–29—Native Heritage Month; Nov. 8—Stewardship Sabbath; Nov. 9–15—Week of Prayer; Nov. 22—Human Relations Sabbath; Nov. 29—Welcome Home 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

Nov. 2—AGA (Women's Club) Hour of Charm at 8 p.m. For more information, call (509) 527-2531. Nov. 15—OSF Shakespeare Actors' Visit, 7 p.m. Location TBA. For more information, call (509) 527-2641. Nov. 16—Distinguished Faculty Lecture, 7 p.m. presentation by Greg Dodds, assistant professor of history at WWU.

MONTANA

Needed: For Mission Work

Pictures of Jesus and children, Second Coming, new earth, angels and felt set of Ellen G. White for work with Native Americans and story hour. Contact Darian Conklin, P.O. Box 1349, Trout Creek, MT, 59874; (406) 827-4376.

OREGON

Women's Health Seminar

Nov. 6—Dr. Rebecca Orwoll, (Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine at Adventist Medical Center), will present "Breast Cancer Basic Awareness and Detection" and "What Most Women Want to Know" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Rockwood Church, 1910 S.E. 182^nd Ave., Portland, OR, 97233.

Milo Academy Concert Schedule

Nov. 8—North Valley Church service at 101 Acorn St., Merlin, OR, and Grants Pass Church for a 5 p.m. vesper service at 1360 N.E. 9th St., Grants Pass, OR. Nov. 22—Gladstone Park Church service at 1475 Ohlson Road, Gladstone, OR.

Adventist Single Adult Ministries

Nov. 15—Church fellowship dinner at 1 p.m. Please bring food, enough for yourself and another person. Then meet back at church at 5 p.m. to carpool for a progressive dinner party. Bring a friend and a canned food item for the needy. Sponsored by the Beaverton Adventist Singles. For more information, contact: Tom at (503) 684-7971; e-mail tom.te@verizon.net; Charlotte at (503) 579-9549; or Karen at (503) 332-3563. This event is open to all singles. Your supervised children are welcome. Visit www.beavertonsda.com, then to the ASAM Singles page.

CAA Presents "Number the Stars."

Nov. 22–23—Columbia Adventist Academy Play-In-A-Round Theatre Group presents Lois Lowry's "Number the Stars" on Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 23 at 2 and 6 p.m., in the campus music room. Tickets are $9 each and can be purchased by calling the academy office at (360) 687-3161. Seating is limited for each performance. For more information, visit www.caasda.org.

Oregon Adventist Men's Chorus Annual Festival

Nov. 22—This is a perfect time to invite a friend or co-worker to church. The Vancouver Church welcomes you and your friends to the 2008 Oregon Adventist Men's Chorus Annual Festival concerts on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m. or 7 p.m. The concerts are free, but ticket reservations are recommended. Online ticket reservations (preferred) at www.oamc.org. Telephone reservations at (503) 317-5159. The church is located at 9711 N.E. St. John's Road, Vancouver, WA. Directions and information at vancouver.netadventist.org.

Missing Members

The Oregon Conference Church is looking for the following people: Gloria Castillejos, Donna and Robert Castro, Bill R. Case, David and Candace Churchley, Rachel Churchley, Kyle Back, Kaglee, Kenda, and Jeremy Cleveland, Kati and Margot Colburn, Christy Coleman, Billy X. Collier, Rick Couron, Angela and Karen Nanocchio, Elizabeth Cromwell and Jeffrey and Teresa Cusic. If you have any information about these people, please call (503) 850-3571, e-mail maryjane.zollbrecht@oc.npuc.org, 19800 Oatfield Road, Gladstone, OR, 97027.

UPPER COLUMBIA

Christmas Light Festival

Dec. 12–14—Join Spokane Adventist singles for the Christmas Light Festival in Leavenworth, Wash., and a weekend of fellowship and fun at Cascade Christian Academy gym in Wenatchee, Wash. Bring a sleeping bag and your favorite games. We'll join Wenatchee Church for worship services and potluck. We'll carpool to the Light Festival in Leavenworth. Bring snacks and/or potluck food to follow our return from events. Volleyball and basketball are available! Sunday morning breakfast is sponsored by Spokane Adventist singles. For more information, contact Melodie DeVaney, (509) 325-7844.

WASHINGTON

Country Sabbath

Nov. 22—Once a year in Kent we dust off our cowboy hats, bring out the banjos, and listen to good country gospel music. Join us for a drama about thankfulness for God's blessings over the years. Service starts on Sabbath at 10:30 a.m. Country attire optional. Call (253) 852-3883, or go to the Web site http://kentsda.org/. 25213 116th Ave. S.E., Kent, WA 98030.

SAGE

Nov. 30—SAGE representatives meeting at 9:30 a.m. at the Emerald City Church with pizza lunch. Nov. 30—Nutcracker performance at McCaw Hall, Seattle Center. Dec. 14–15—Christmas in the Bavarian Village of Leavenworth. Call (253) 681-6008, e-mail joan.libby@wc.npuc.org, on the Web www.washingtonconference.org, 32229 Weyerhaeuser Way South, Federal Way, WA 98001.

Walk Through Bethlehem

Dec. 5–7, 12–14—A 300-foot-long live-action replica of the streets of Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth, will be open to the public from 6–8 p.m. at the Baker View Christian School, 5353 Waschke Road, Bellingham, WA.

WORLD CHURCH

Hot Springs (Ark.) 100^th Anniversary

Dec. 5–7—The Hot Springs Arkansas Church will celebrate its 100^th anniversary. Former pastors, members, teachers and students are encouraged to attend and renew old friendships. Your presence will make the weekend a memorable one. Contact the church at (501) 767-3336 or leave a message at hotsprings100@gmail.com.