By Melissa Wagoner For as long as Barbara Fischer-Chase has been a part of the Silverton Zenith Women’s Club there have been two annual fundraisers, a Bunco competition in the spring and a family BINGO night in the fall. “We have BINGO coming up at the end of October – on Oct. 28,” Fischer-Chase said of the upcoming fundraiser, which will take […]
Thank You, Silverton! The Silverton Zenith Woman’s Club thanks the community of Silverton for all the help they received for their 2022 Tree of Giving project. Together we were able to make Christmas a little brighter for 208 children in the Silver Falls School District. We wish to particularly thank: Hi-School Pharmacy, Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Silver […]
By James Day “Can you see Tami without seeing Ron or see Ron without seeing Tami? They were a team. And they touched so many lives.” That was how Pastor Tom Anderson, Tami’s brother, referred to the couple at a Celebration of Life on Jan. 5, at the Silver Creek Fellowship. A standing-room-only crowd of approximately 500 was on hand for […]
For the 24th year, the GFWC Silverton Zenith Women’s Club (a charitable 501(c)(3) organization) is sponsoring the “Tree of Giving,” a project dedicated to assuring that underprivileged children living in our community enjoy gifts during the holiday season. These trees can be found at the following Silverton locations: Hi-School Pharmacy, Wilco, Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul Catholic Church, and Silver […]
By James Day Silverton pastor Kurt Barnes is back from a week-long Ukrainian relief effort in Poland. He returned tired, inspired and eager to continue to help. Poland has become ground zero for refugees from the conflict in Ukraine, and Barnes, a 39-year-old Silverton native, spent March 14-21 in Poland working with churches and relief agencies to tackle what has […]
The Silverton Zenith Woman’s Club thanks the community of Silverton for all the help they received for their 2021 Tree of Giving project. Together we were able to make Christmas a little brighter for 210 children in the Silver Falls School District. We wish to particularly thank: Silverton Together for help with screening families; Hi-School Pharmacy, Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. […]
By Melissa Wagoner When the wildfires swept through Oregon on Labor Day, Kaiser Permanente immediately leapt into action, contacting the Red Cross and asking how the organization could help. But it wasn’t because it provides health care – though the company’s providers continued that important work throughout the days and weeks following the devastation, even while many of them were […]
By Brenna Wiegand With all the programs Silver Creek Fellowship offers, starting a new one might seem risky, but the opposite proved true. It’s summer intern program proved so successful it promises to be the start of other new opportunities for service. Youth Pastor Kurt Barnes heads the endeavor, geared to help young people discover themselves, their gifts – and […]
By Kathy Cook Hunter Kim Visser of Silverton is passionately enthusiastic about her church’s Mission of Hope project. “Serving the poor is at the heart of our church’s mission, and mine as well,” she says. The home physical therapist for Providence Benedictine in Mount Angel is acutely aware of physical pain. “Many people who come to MOH are hurting physically, […]
Many working poor people are unable to go to their local food bank during business hours. Though these agencies often meet after-hours requests, for the one asking it means one more stressor, one more favor, one more potentially embarrassing moment.
Silverton resident Tim Aman – who in September will visit Kipkaren, Kenya, for the third time to share his knowledge of farming – has noticed that when a Kenyan asks a friend or neighbor for something – whether to borrow a phone, a car or money – the request is granted.
By Linda Whitmore The tale of 2008 – the stock market is down, home foreclosures are up, the job market is soft. and times are just plain hard. Perhaps it “‘tis the season to be jolly” but parents are experiencing difficulties they never anticipated would happen in their lifetime. Some are struggling, but they want to make the holidays […]
There’s excitement in the faces of the nine children participating in stimulating after-school activities. In a safe environment with adult supervision, they are enjoying learning experiences and getting a little tutoring, if needed.
