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Ecommuniqué Visit A new way to keep up with what's going on in the Oregon Conference —without wasting paper. e COMMUNIQUÉ SEPTEMBER | 2011 | VOL.NO. 21 Photo by Ben Dalusong, Jr GETTING OFF THEIR KNEES Sam Pellecer and Dan Patchin have gotten involved in a minis- try you might not normally think of... Disaster Response. PAGE 2 THE POWER OF TWO MEET THE NEW OC STAFF By Dave Allen In the past few months, several new faces have joined the Or- n January of each year, the Conference the congregation, attending their first town hall egon Conference team. Learn schedules town hall meetings at various lo- meeting and they were, in fact, ‘2’ of 952! about these new team members. Ications throughout our territory. It is a time to That night I connected with Galen and Lucille PAGE 3 reflect on how God has blessed and look for- Kelm, two new members in ministry, faces and ward to ways we can all be members in min- names to the ‘2’ in the statistic I had reported. istry for Him. Part of my EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT role in Administration is Luci and Galen were Executive Committee took place to keep track of statistics ...It struck me that two baptized by Pastor John August 25th. Read a summary relating to the Conference Witcombe on October of the topics discussed, and the and at these meetings, of these new members 23, 2010 and became changes and decisions made. I was reporting on how were sitting right there in members of the Rogue PAGE 5 our church had grown to River Seventh-day Adven- 35,669 members by the tist Church. Since retiring end of 2010. During the congregation, ...they in Rogue River in 2003, this past year, we were their faithful attendance of NOTE WORTHY NEWS were, in fact, ‘2’ of 952! blessed with 952 new mass at the local Catholic Bits of news from around the members who joined the church would include a conference and around the Seventh-day Adventist Church! While we were drive past the Adventist Church. They had at- world that we thought you reporting to the Southern Oregon members in tended some health seminars, including a Coro- might find interesting. the Grants Pass Church, it struck me that two nary Health Improvement Program (CHIP). PAGE 6 of these new members were sitting right there in One Sunday as they drove by, they noticed continued on page 2... Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists • 19800 Oatfield Rd • Gladstone, OR 97027 • 503-850-3500 • www.OregonConference.org THE POWER OF TWO continued from page 1 a banner advertising a prophecy seminar. They also received a brochure in the mail GETTING OFF and decided to attend. Sam and Dan pose for a playful photo with ASC DR leaders. Front row (L to R): Jeannie Reed, Colette Newer; Byron Dulan; Sam Pellecer. THEIR KNEES Back row: Cheri Corder; Dan Patchin; Rod Tachenko; Patty Marsh; Joe Two other members in ministry have been By Cheri Corder Watts; and Doug Venn. close friends to Galen and Luci in this pro- cess. Calvin and Virginia Smith have spent am Pellecer has been a rock solid Seventh-day Adven- Lord just as much as we do. It’s really been a blessing for a lifetime in church service on different con- tist his whole life. He’s been active in his local church, me to experience that. Now I’m comfortable outside of Sworked in the hospital system, and gone on numerous the circle, just talking to anybody. ” tinents of the world, including a number of years as department directors at the Gen- mission trips. However, his spiritual life and his service eral Conference of Seventh-day Adven- for the Lord have recently expanded in two major ways Dan Patchin works closely with Sam. He has also served tists. They retired in Southern Oregon and – and he says it has all come about through an area he the church in a wide variety of ways over his lifetime, continue to be members in ministry in our would have never expected: Disaster Response, a major including as a missionary overseas on three long-term as- Conference. They have spent many hours aspect of Adventist Community Services (ACS DR). signments and numerous short-term projects. The passion with the Kelms in Bible study. and conviction that motivate Dan run deep. He loves to “I really like to help people,” grins Sam, “I’ve helped discuss these, but even more, he loves to act them out. Luci and Galen testify,“We love the faith- build a lot of churches, and that’s great, but I prefer helping people in a more personal way, when they really “Too often,” says Dan, “we take our requests before the fulness of our Adventist family; they are so need you. It changed me quite a bit when I went to Lord on Sabbath morning, but forget all about them as warm and loving, and represent Christ in Beaumont, Texas, to help in the recovery from Hurricane we leave the church. We forget that to a very large de- a very positive manner. We have learned Ike. There were miles of devastation, hundreds of homes gree, He is depending on us to fulfill those requests! We so much about Christ’s life and leading a that had just collapsed… I still remember seeing a guy can pray for Mrs. Jones at church on Sabbath morning, healthy lifestyle. We feel this has helped us hugging some elderly lady he’d helped who was crying but on Sabbath afternoon, He needs me to get off my to continue to spread the word of God because she felt somebody finally knees and go visit Mrs. Jones!" and praise God’s glory, along with being a cared about her. He was crying good example of His teachings. We eagerly because he felt he was finally do- He was crying Dan has been “getting off his are waiting for the second coming of Christ ing what God wanted him to do. knees” for many years. He was to take us home with Him! Alleluia, Al- I could relate to him.” because he felt he was with Sam in Beaumont, TX, and leluia, Amen!” now works with Sam in ACS In addition to volunteering at finally doing what God DR. He is also involved with There is something special in the way Jesus other disaster sites, Sam started the American Red Cross, spe- sent out His disciples two by two (Luke teaching how to be prepared for wanted him to do. cifically in the sheltering aspect of 10). This is what God is doing in the Or- disaster, as well as leading training emergency services, and with the egon Conference as two members in min- sessions for people who would like to respond to disas- warming shelters in the city of Portland. istry, with their pastor and church family, ters through ACS DR. As a volunteer, Sam now serves are empowered by Him to reach two new as the Disaster Response Coordinator for the Oregon “These are opportunities to reach out and make available members in ministry for Him. Conference. This is what brought about the second area to people life-changing experiences. If I’ve been flooded of personal growth. out of my home but there’s a Red Cross shelter and I I was privileged to meet these two couples receive food and a warm place to sleep, that changes my again at Camp Meeting 2011 where Ga- “I now go to a lot of meetings with other organizations life in a pretty profound way. At Lents SDA Church, len and Luci testified to the larger church active in disasters. This is a new experience for me, be- we’re working with the Red Cross and we are an official family about the power of ‘2’ in 952! cause I am a reserved person. The first time I went to one, shelter. If Johnson Creek floods, come on in. It’s not the they all looked at me and asked, ‘Who are you?’ When Hilton, but it works. This is a viable, meaningful way to I told them, they said, ‘Oh! The Adventists are back!’ reach out to our neighbors. as if they were amazed or as if to mean, ‘It’s about time!’ It really made an impression on me! I don’t want the “To think – I did nothing to deserve to be born in Amer- Adventists to ever be missing from those tables again." ica with liberty and abundance and antibiotics. This is not an award I earned, but a gift I received. I give my Father “As Adventists, we can live in such a closed circle, and in Heaven glory for that opportunity, and then I ask my- this is a chance to get out of that circle. As I’ve gotten self, ‘Dan, what are you doing to make lives better for to know people, in the various faith-based organizations those who were not born in these circumstances?’ I think especially, I’ve found out that many of them love the God expects us to get out there and make a difference.” MEET THE NEW STAFF MEMBERS AT THE OREGON CONFERENCE avid Freedman rian Gosney DVice President of Finance BUnder Treasurer David accepted Jesus as his Savior in his third year of Brian graduated from California State University Sacra- college. He was attending Rutgers University in New mento with a B.S. in finance and then went on to get Jersey where he completed a degree in business adminis- his CPA license.
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