SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April
Evangelists to speak at Christian
Life Center
Pieter and JoAnne
Bos, co-founders of Kings
C om m issio n s M inistries
In te rn a tio n a l,
serv in g
presently as missionaries,
teachers and evangelists w ill
be at Christian Life Center,
535 W. M organ S t., in
Heppner April 8-11. Pieter
will preach Easter Sunday at
10:30 a.m. and again at 6
p.m. He will also preach
Monday through Wednesday
at 7 p.m. Pieter and JoAnne
have been in v o lv ed in
ministering and counseling
to people
w ith
life
c o n tro llin g
p ro b lem s,
te ach in g
p ra c tica l
evangelism and discipleship,
lead ersh ip tra in in g , and
m arriage
and
fam ily
re la tio n sh ip
sem inars
throughout the U.S. and
over 15 nations worldwide.
Each possesses an
unw avering com m itm ent,
c o m p assio n ,
and
genuineness in their personal
lives and m in istry , said
Christian Life Center Pastor
Tim Van Cleave.
Their ministry style
com bines solid preaching
and teaching from G od's
word with mentorship. They
have been married over 23
years and have two children,
Jamie and Heidi.
Pieter was born in
Holland, and was raised in a
Dutch Reformed home. His
desire to become involved in
ministry and missions started
when he was about 10 years
old, while he was attending
a Sunday School class where
missionaries were talking
about their experiences on
the field. A ccording to a
news release, having been
raised under ex trem ely
difficult circumstances and
after a period of teen age
rebellion, he forgot about his
vision, but God didn’t.
When God regained
his a tte n tio n , he re
com m itted his life to the
Lord, and was baptized with
the Holy Spirit. Before long
Pieter was involved in a
Pentecostal church and in
inner-city ministry.
A few years later he
married an American girl
w ho w as raised in a
M ennonite hom e, and
worked with Youth With A
Mission in Amsterdam. The
Netherlands (Holland.)
In 1983, said the
release, with the blessings of
their home church, the Lord
directed them to go to the
U.S.
Upon arrival in the
U .S. P ieter has taught
practical evangelism and
d iscip lesh ip in different
schools, youth groups and
ch u rch es
of
vario u s
denominations.
He w orked as a
counselor, over 4,(XM) hours,
and teach er at the Teen
Challenge Training Center in
P en n sy lv an ia, a state
licensed ministry. (The first
Teen Challenge Training
Center was started by the
Rev. David Wilkerson.)
As
a
fa c ility /
program/area director in the
ministry of Teen Challenge in
W ashington, a C hristian
discipleship m inistry for
people with life controlling
problems, including drugs
and alcohol. As a pastor and
an evangelist with a heart for
missions, Pieter is a minister
o f the D utch V.P.E.,
Pentecostal, Fullgospel and
Evangelical church, and is
also ordained with the A/G
in the U.S. He earned a
doctor of ministry degree
from Omega Seminary. He
says that throughout the
years God has opened many
doors for m inistry in the
U nited S tates, South
America, India, Africa and in
European countries.
The public is invited
to attend these meetings.
May 3 National Day of Prayer
The 2007 National Day of Prayer will be held on
Thursday, May 3. Everyone is invited to attend a prayer
meeting at the St. Patrick's Senior Center cafeteria from
12:15-12:45 p.m. This is a Judeo-Christian prayer meeting.
Prayers will focus on church, education, family, government
and media.
This is the 55th year of the National Day of Prayer.
According to a press release, last year it is estimated over
two million people attended over 40,000 events that began
at dawn in Maine and ended at sunset in Hawaii.
For more information, contact Chandra Arbogast,
676-5424, or Tim Van Cleave at the Christian Life Center,
676-5581.
Marriages
The County Clerk’s Office at the Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner released the following marriage
license information:
March 27-Kelly Lou Jones, 36, Heppner, and
Lorraine Marie Staples, 48, Heppner.
4, 2007
MC School District dropout rate
Joint concerts to feature
orchestra, symphony and singers falls to 1.7 percent
T hree o f the five
musical ensem bles which
make up Inland Northwest
Musicians w ill join together
for concerts in Enterprise on
Saturday, April 14. at 7 pm
and in Heppner on Sunday,
A pril 15, at 4 pm. The
groups include the Wallowa
Valley Orchestra, Willow
C reek Sym phony and
Willow Creek Singers. The
Enterprise concert will be in
the Enterprise High School
gymnasium and the Heppner
co n cert in the H eppner
Elem entary auditorium .
Each orchestra will perform
separately and will then join
together for some pieces and
will be joined by the singers.
The g ro u p s are
under the leadership of R.
Lee Friese of Athena who is
m usic
d ire c to r
and
co n d u cto r
of
Inland
Northwest Musicians. Friese
is a ssisted by asso ciate
conductor Dane Mickelson
of Wallowa and by associate
conductors, Karl Blaeuerof
lone and Holly MacDonnell
o f A rlin g to n . All three
associate conductors are
music teachers in the schools
w here they live. The
Wallowa Valley Orchestra
rehearses in Wallowa School
and
W illow
C reek
Symphony and Singers in
H eppner
E lem entary.
Persons interested in joining
any of the ensembles, which
also
include
Inland
N orthw est
M u sician s
Orchestra and Chorale, are
invited to contact INWM at
322 S W 3rd Street, #1,
P end leto n , OR, 97801,
telephone 541-966-6649,
email info@ inw m .org. to
learn about upcom ing
rehearsals and concerts.
"Inland Northwest
M usicians m em bers are
volunteers who rehearse and
perform for love o f the
musical experience, often
traveling lengthy distances to
rehearsal and concert sites at
their own expense," said a
spokesperson. “Concerts are
presented free to the public
with donations accepted.
Expenses for the groups,
such as m usic and hall
rentals, staff and office costs
and tra n sp o rta tio n o f
equipment, are covered by
income from donations at
c o n ce rts,
su stain in g
memberships by supporters,
sponsorships by businesses,
industries and other groups,
and o ccasio n al g ran ts.
Inland Northwest Musicians
has as its goal the bringing
of fine music to all the cities
and towns of the region at
no cost to the community
members."
A recep tio n w ill
follow each concert to allow
the audiences to greet the
musicians.
AWANA
12 confirmed at St. Patrick Catholic
Dropout Rates
Dropouts
School
Total
Oregon Statewide Total,
Schools
7.397
Withdrew
Finished
Did Not
During
School
12th Grade
Without
Return From
Summer
Year
Graduating
Break
2004-05
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Morrow Education Center
Alternative Program
2
2
Heppner Jr/S r High School
1
1
0
0
Imgon Jr/S r High School
1
1
0
0
7
7
0
0.
11
11
0
0
Riverside Jr/S r Hiqh School
2005-06
908
944
5 545
1-Year
j
District Totals
M orrow C ounty
School
D istric t
has
announced that, according to
state d a ta, the d istric t
dropout rate has reduced to
1.7 percent for the 2005-06
school year, with "all schools
below the state average.
District totals fell from 3.4
percent in 2004-05.
According to MCSD
S u p e rin ten d e n t
M ark
Burrows, “Our alternative
school program has been a
great incentive for at-risk
students to stay in school.
Likewise, our board goal to
keep students involved in
ex tra and c o -c u rric u la r
opportunities has also helped
retain students in our school
systems.
H ep p n er Ju n io r/
Senior High School had one
student drop out for the
2005-06 school year for a .7
dropout rate. In 2004-05 no
stu d en ts d ro p p ed out at
H JH S/H H S. D uring the
2005-06 school year one
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The AWANA Bible
Club will have its annual year
end awards on Thursday,
April 12, from 6:30-7:30
p.m. at Willow Creek Baptist
C hurch
in
H eppner.
Refreshments will be served
after the program.
AWANA is a non-
denom inational Christian
B ible club for kids in
kindergarten through the
sixth grade. Leaders from
sev eral ch u rch es are
in v o lv ed w ith the local
group. Attendance for the
year has averaged about 50
clu b b ers each T hursday
night.
All AWANA Club
m em bers will receive
reco g n itio n du rin g the
program. Those who have
finished handbooks will be
given special aw ards.
Everyone is w elcom e to
attend.
W illow
C reek
Baptist is located in the
Seventh Day A d v en tist
building. 560 North Minor
Street. AWANA will start up
again next September.
St. Patrick’s education class members confirmed
for each student, his or her
Iwelve members ot which followed the 11 a.m. sp o n so rs, p aren ts, and
St.
P atrick
C ath o lic service, a table was reserved
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stu d en t d ro p p ed out at
Irrigon Junior/Senior High
School for a .6 p ercent
dropout rate. Their dropout
rate the previous year was
one p ercen t. R iv ersid e
Junior/Senior High School at
B oardm an had seven
students drop out in 2005-
06 for a 2.3 percent dropout
rate. RJHS/RHS' dropout
rate for 2004-05 was 1.7
percent. Morrow Education
Center Alternative Program
in Irrigon had two students
drop out during 2005-06,
but that program does not
receiv e a d ro p o u t rate
percentage. District totals
were 11 dropouts in 2005-
06 for a 1.7 percentage. The
district had a 3.4 percent
dropout rate for 2004-05.
S tatew id e, 7,397
students dropped out during
the 2005-06 school year for
a 4.1 statew ide average.
During 2004-05 the state
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