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January 31, 2024 - Praise for student film on animal shelter

By Oregon Faith News Note; Two spirited Pacific University students Benjamin Martin and Shinia Kildill made a short form movie about Oregon Friends of Shelter Animals. KOIN-TV ran this news story:


January 27, 2024 - 72% parents considering new school

By Kathryn Hickok Cascade Policy Institute The National School Choice Awareness Foundation conducted a survey of parents of school-aged children in early January. The results indicate that parents “increasingly see school choice as the ‘new normal’ in a post-pandemic world.” The survey report, New Year, New Schools: U.S. Parents View […]


January 24, 2024 - New thoughts on God and money

Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon If I had any doubts about whether people are genuinely interested in learning about and applying God’s perspective on finances, they ended late in 2001 when my little book The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving was published. It immediately […]


January 22, 2024 - Archbishop closes rare mass ceremony in Beaverton

By Faith News Note; Although they’ve been doing it nearly 40 years, Catholic priests can no longer celebrate Mass at the ecumenical Lutheran-Catholic Spirit of Grace church in Beaverton, Ore., according to a dictate just before Christmas by U.S. Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland. The archbishop sent a letter to […]


January 17, 2024 - Snow storm puts extreme pressure on shelters

By Oregon Faith News Note, As of January 17, four people have died from hypothermia from the snow storm.   Washington County has opened an additional 100 shelter beds and Multnomah County 450 additional shelter beds. Here are some local TV news outlets on the dangerous risks of homeless dying during […]



January 10, 2024 - Is everything going wrong with the world?

Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon The following was first posted on my blog ten years ago. The grandson of Marden Wickman, my first pastor, recently shared it on Facebook, and it made me think that given all that has happened in the last ten years, and even […]


January 8, 2024 - Big NW mission event nears in Portland

By Mission Connexion NW, It’s a new year and also a new month for Short-Term Mission Connexion. That’s right… it’s happening in January. More importantly it’s all taking place in 2 WEEKS! We don’t want you to miss out on this focus event that is paralleling the larger MissionConnexion Northwest […]


January 4, 2024 - Palau: A special moment from 2023

By Luis Palau Association, Remembering Gospel moments of 2023… Celebrate with us! A local pastor in Nanyuki reported that not only were many schools powerfully reached with the Gospel, but Nanyuki also experienced a reduction in crime and drugs as a result of the unified Gospel-sharing efforts. How beautiful! What […]


January 1, 2024 - Good New Year Resolves Begin and End with God

Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon . Note from Randy: Today is the first day of 2024. What better time to stop and evaluate our choices and the direction we’re headed than at the start of a new year? I hope these reflections from Marshall Segal, staff writer […]