The Oregon Faith Report - Faith News from Oregon

Dr. Tim and Maryl Smith in Aloha, Oregon, started Worship Without Borders in 2006 to facilitate and release worship around the world. His desire is to encourage, impact and serve worshipers internationally, regardless of style or methodology. For the past 33 years Tim’s life-calling has taken him around the world. Worshipers in many nations including Uganda, Russia, India, Malaysia, Brazil, Japan and Indonesia, have benefited from his insight and inspiration in the area of worship. Worship leaders from all over the world have studied under his expert supervision.

NW Baptist Convention, Northwest Witness, By Sheila Allen

Vancouver, WA. – Highly motivated Sunday school and small group leaders can sometimes feel their teaching grow stale. Those concerns and others will be addressed at the upcoming Connections Conference, slated for three consecutive Saturdays in September. The conferences will be situated throughout the Northwest to allow leaders and prospective teachers from across the Northwest Baptist region to access relevant training on several levels.

Beginning Wednesday June 18th. 6:30pm to 9:00pm and continuing weekly on Wednesday Evenings for 7 weeks at Highland Community Church in Gresham . Evolution is a theory that has never been a proven fact, yet public teachers erroneously and repeatedly confirm it. One of the most skilled authorities and debaters on the creation-evolution controversy is Dr. Kent Hovind. 

Multnomah University has taken its first step in establishing an educational presence outside Portland, Oregon. In a recent agreement with Meadows Bible Institute, effective June 30, 2008, Multnomah will begin developing a new teaching site in Reno, Nevada at the former Meadows Bible Institute facility.

By guest opinion,

Summer is here, yet people’s idea of getting away is the same as if it was December.   When the weekend hits there is a natural rush to hide in a dark movie theatre, rent a DVD or visit a busy restaurant.   Summer is your best chance to get outdoors and we need to use it not just for ourselves but also for our spirit side as well.

This year’s City Fest will be held at Portland’s WaterFront Park and will be featuring artists; TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, MercyMe, Kutless. Livin’ It Action Sports will be featuring X-Games gold medalist Kyle Loza, Jimmie McGuire, and others as they skate, BMX, and freestyle motocross all in one place as they share their stories and demonstrate their skill!

From Holt International,

Portland, Oregon—First given in 1979, the Bertha Holt Award honors those who have selflessly, and with loving care and concern, given themselves in personal service to help homeless children of the world.  The 2008 Award was presented in honor of Myrtle Croy, the second employee ever hired by Harry and Bertha Holt. She worked for Holt International from the late 1950s until 1976, helping to develop Holt’s adoption work. Korean adoptee Stephen Nelson recalled Mrs. Croy as the “angel” who helped him find a family in 1959, cooked for him when he visited, and joined him in intercessory prayer for his son when she was 99. “I could not imagine not having her to call and talk to, or living without her prayers for me and my family,” he wrote for her memorial. Mrs. Croy passed away October 2006 at age 100.

KPDQ invites all area pastors to our annual Pastors Masters golf tournament! This year’s tournament will be taking place at Stone Creek Golf Club in Oregon City on Wednesday, August 13, beginning at 7 a.m. If you would like to attend, please R.S.V.P by emailing your name, phone number, and the name, phone number, and city of the church you are a pastor of to rsvp@kpdq.com. You can also reserve your spot by calling 503-652-8119.

By Guest Opinion,

Dan Merchant is an Oregonian who created the new full length movie “Lord Save from Your Followers” which has been touring the nation this summer.  It is a combination of a documentary, comedy, and at times a very hard hitting commentary on pop culture and church culture.    It has been highlighted by USA Today and Good Morning America.

From the Mount Angel Letter, Mount Angel Abbey,
By Abbot Peter Eberle, OSB

In the Rule, Saint Benedict declares that monks should take turns cooking for the community. Such an arrangement probably created some unique misadventures in dining. (“That’s OK, Brother Pambo. I’ll pass on the stew. Just hand me the Pepto-Bismol, please.”) Times have changed. Today many monasteries have hired cooks to manage their kitchens. However, it is rare that a world-class chef should hold that position. Six years ago Mount Angel Abbey found itself in this enviable position when Hans d’Alessio was hired as head chef and manager of the Abbey kitchen.

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 27 /Christian Newswire/ — Customers looking to purchase their favorite songs from OCP artists now have a new option. OCP’s recently redesigned Web site, OCP.org, now offers full-length, high-quality (256 kbps), DRM-free MP3s for download.  Downloads of this quality (DRM-free) were previously available only through major digital music services like iTunes. DRM-Free means that access restrictions have been lifted, allowing OCP (and others) to provide them directly to customers. (DRM stands for Digital Rights Management.)

From Compass Point,
BetterDads.net

As we continue on our series on mentoring, let’s look at the needs of fatherless boys. I stated last month that I am convinced that the greatest, most effective way we help other people is through mentoring. At Better Dads we believe that by helping boys become good men we can make an effective change in our country in future years.  So what happens when boys don’t have positive male role models in their lives?

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 26 /Christian Newswire/ — Nonprofit organizations around the country are preparing for a long, hot summer. Their concern: the nation’s ongoing financial woes, coupled with the summer’s traditional decline in donations as Americans take vacations, will leave them short on funding. While many will see a decline in giving, it is not just the economy that is to blame – it is fundraising practices that do not connect donors deeply enough to the nonprofit.