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February 19, 2024 - Twin sisters perished in church fire

By Oregon Faith News Note, Two 76-year-old twin sisters who served as pastors of the Word & Spirit Church in Northeast Portland perished during a fire that broke out in the early morning hours of Jan. 14th during the Pacific Northwest’s arctic snowstorm, according to the Oregonian/OregonLive. Neighbors and church […]


February 14, 2024 - Brock Purdy’s faith & family are a great Super Bowl story

Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Based in Oregon Nanci and I watched the Super Bowl together every year since we met in 1969. She loves Jesus, people, dogs, and football. And I think she would enjoy the videos of a strong Christian athlete and his family I’m linking to in […]


February 12, 2024 - Archbishop Sample, Elias Moo discuss the Mission of Catholic Education

By Portland Archdiocese News release Join Archbishop Alexander Sample and special guest Elias Moo as they discuss the bright future of Catholic Education in Western Oregon with the newly established Office for the Mission of Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. Elias Moo recently accepted the position […]


February 7, 2024 - Ray of Hope portraits serves critically ill kids & their families

By Corban University Salem, Oregon “Ray of Hope Portraits is an intersection of several answered prayers,” says Amy Winsor (’09). “I started this in honor of my friend Sara Swenson. She was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2009, and her life before cancer, her journey with cancer, and her death made […]



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 […]