By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, People think that all the homeless need is a little helping hand. When drugs are involved it can make doing charity work outright dangerous. An elderly Seaside man who tried to help a homeless teenager wound up beaten with a chain and padlock, stabbed […]

Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon I was on the Faith & Finance podcast with Rob West, talking about giving guidelines to fight materialism. (You can read all 11 guidelines here.) We don’t need to be victimized by the world’s materialism, especially at Christmastime. By taking our focus […]

By Oregon Veterans Association, A church in Bend has donated more than 1,200 pairs of socks and more than 140 cases of Spam to the Central Oregon Veterans Outreach for distribution to those who need them, according to KTVZ. Holy Communion Church has worked for a decade with the Veterans […]

by Christopher C. Thompson As featured in NW Adventist newsletter Tiffany died in September of 2010. It was a very painful loss as I had provided premarital preparation for her and her then fiancé. I officiated their wedding. I was also pastoring them through a very difficult season they were […]

. Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon . Kirk Cousins, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, and former QB of the Washington Redskins, is a faithful and Christ-centered brother. We’ve gotten to know each other well over the last seven years, seeing each other once or twice a year and often texting. Several […]

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) recently joined Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation that seeks to boost access to healthy foods for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. Currently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not gather data […]

AG Rosenblum Urges Oregonians to Watch Out for Scammers this Holiday Season By Oregon Attorney General Press Release,  For many Oregonians, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to check items off their holiday shopping lists. For others, it’s an opportunity to trick people out of their money […]

Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon I shared these reflections on my Facebook page , but I wanted to also share them on my blog and add some other important things about C.S. Lewis. Wednesday, November 22, flooded me with memories of exactly 60 years ago, as a […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation Since Russia invaded their homeland in February 2022, nearly 6 million Ukrainians have fled the carnage, seeking asylum in other European nations and throughout the world.   About 4,550 have settled in Oregon, struggling to survive with little money and few possessions.   More […]

By Carmen Prada, October 18, 2023 NW Adventist Newsletter article, On July 22, 2023, Monroe Adventist Church (WA) collaborated for the first time with Project Love, a felt-needs event held at New Hope Fellowship. Twice a year, local groups come together to freely offer much-needed items to families and individuals […]