Standing in the Gap for Oregon

Woodson area, Columbia County, Oregon Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness… Ephesians 5: 8-9 County Focus: Columbia County Columbia County is the final County in the Northwest region of Oregon. Along with Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington, it makes up the four-county region along the Columbia River and into the upper Willamette Valley between the Cascade Mountains and the Coast Range. The other three counties are mostly part of the Portland urban area, while Columbia County is more rural. It is the third smallest in geographical size, but 18 th largest in population in Oregon. The county seat is the pretty town of St. Helens, which lies along the Columbia River. The County is governed by a three-person non-partisan board elected every four years. The Board is responsible for some of the most important issue...

Cherry Grove Church, Washington Co. I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city. Isaiah 1:26 County Focus : Our recent look at Multnomah and Clackamas Counties puts us back in the state's North West Region, which includes Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, and Columbia Counties, and the main population center, Portland. Washington County, which includes part of Portland, is our prayer focus this week. The United States has 30 counties and one parish named after George Washington. With a population of over 600,000, Washington County, Oregon, is the second-most populous in our state and has the highest population of any of the other Washington Counties in the country. Hillsboro is the county seat. Washington County, Oregon The government is a Council-Manager form with the five-member board having legislative responsibility, and the administration delegated to a Boa...

Original Methodist Church in Oregon City  …Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands, Your walls are continually before Me. Isaiah 49:15-16 Prayer Focus : Clackamas County Commissioners: Chair Tootie Smith, Paul Savas, Martha Schrader, Mark Shull, and Ben West. The County Sheriff’s Office: In 1845 the first sheriff of Clackamas County was William Livingston Holmes. The current sheriff, number 33, is Angela Brandenburg . Legislator of the week : Lori Chavez-DeRemer represents Oregon’s Congressional District 5 in the U.S. House of Representatives. District 5 covers most of Clackamas County as well as Linn, Deschutes, and parts of Multnomah and Marion Counties. In 2022 she became one of the first Latinas and the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Oregon. She and her husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, are small business owners and the parents of twin daughters.                  ...

Portland and Mount Hood Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. John 14:23 We have now come full circle around the state praying for those in leadership in each county, now back in Multnomah County.  Multnomah County is, of course, home to the largest city in the state, Portland, which is also the county seat. It is the smallest by area, about 474 square miles, with the largest population, 815,428. Its northern border is the Columbia River, and it lies just to the west of Hood River and north of Clackamas County. The county was formed in 1854 out of parts of Washington County and the northern part of Clackamas County. Multnomah is Chinookan for “lower river.” Multnomah County, Oregon Numerous denominations were established in Multnomah County, especially in the growing city of Portland, in the early pioneer days. Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic, and Episcopalian a...