The White Salmon United Methodist Church welcomes new pastor Rev. Sandy Johnson. She recently retired as senior pastor at Red Mountain UMC in Mesa, AZ. Rev. Johnson’s first worship service in White Salmon is July 5th at 11:00, with an ice cream social to follow.
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During Passion Week, two days before He would be taken to be crucified, Jesus and His twelve apostles went for a hike. We see the story in Matthew chapter 24, beginning with the first two verses:
HOOD RIVER — As a young lawyer, Vicky Stifter went to El Salvador in the mid-1980s to work with a human rights organization in the midst of war.
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HOOD RIVER — Community members gathered at Riverside Community Church on Jan. 19 to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., enjoy music from gospel singer Cynta Butts, and converse about unified action.
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Free news: United Church of Christ Congregational has a new minister as of Jan. 1.
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HOOD RIVER — Around 15-20 demonstrators braved brisk conditions downtown on Nov. 21 for a conflicting milestone: 100-straight Fridays of sign-wielding, chanting and harmonizing in protest of the ongoing, U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.
The book of Acts in the Bible gives us the story of the brand new church, and here is the description from Acts 2:42-47.
David, the author of Psalm 122, exhorted pilgrims coming to the Holy City to “pray for the peace of the city.” Jerusalem’s name itself marks it as the city of peace, but in reality it has known much war and conflict, which continue to this day.
Scenes from the May 26 Memorial Day ceremony at the viewpoint near Sorosis Park in The Dalles, courtesy local photographer Gary Elkinton.
Consider the BRAND new church, the one written about in Acts chapter 2, verses 42-47.
HOOD RIVER — Celebrate Recovery, a ministry of Hood River Alliance Church for the past 17 years, marks a new milestone: The opening of Journey House, a transitional sober living home.
HOOD RIVER — The Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will be hosting an End-Of-Life educational series, “Speaking of Death,” which is open to the public from March to July on the last Sunday of each month. The series will be co-led by MCUUF Rev. Barbara Prose and Columbia Gorge De…
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THE DALLES — On Sunday, Feb. 16, Bethany Lutheran Church in The Dalles will be celebrating 40 years of proclaiming God’s mercy in Jesus Christ. The occasion will be observed at the weekly Church Service at 11 a.m., followed by a meal at 12:30 p.m.
I have, for over a year, written about the book known most commonly as the Holy Bible. I do so without apology, because I believe the Bible is the word of God, and should be spoken with clarity and conviction.
“Unity has never meant uniformity.” — Dr. Martin Luther King
Most people, who claim to be Christians, would say that there is some sort of scale and all of your works are placed on that scale. The scale might resemble one that a doctor or pharmacist would have used 70 years ago with a base that extends into a center pole that holds a beam across it.
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