Serving the communities of Stayton, Sublimity, Aumsville, Lyons and Mehama
Parks got pruned, schools were painted and city offices got a little TLC recently when Christians in four cities took the biblical edict to “love one another” straight to their communities.
“iServe came about from the conviction that Christians should aspire to a servant heart,” said Tim Schabel, who initiated the neighbor-helping-neighbor outreach last year and saw it come to fruition with the help of Community Pastor Tod Schlomann and layman Tim Hophan, both of Foothills Church in Stayton.
“We’re trying to be good servants in our community, to say we’re the church and we’re here for you,” Schabel said.
By Matt Day Sublimity may have one of the youngest fire chiefs in the state, but he is a veteran within the department. Brandon Hamilton, who officially took over as chief of the Sublimity Fire […]
Two local artists keep busy by helping others make memories with “family-inspired” paper art that they sell online. “One Bright Spot gives us the artistic outlet we both really need,” said Jennifer Evans, of Lyons, who owns the Web store with her twin sister, Rebecca Grinder, of Aumsville.