by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 18, 2012 | Adventure, Children, Community, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, School Days, The Extraordinary Ordinary, West Linn news, Youth
So, my twins and I are up late watching the snow accumulate as God is blanketing the street and the house and the yard in a blanket of soft white. And the twins who are 14 say, “Mom, it’s really sticking and there must be an inch at least and they will at...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 4, 2011 | Christianity, Christianity Today, Church, Communication, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach, Youth
What struck me the most about the film Sex + Money: A National Search for Human Worth, which screened at Portland State University this month, is how young. Thirteen- and fourteen-year olds, and some as young as eleven, being led into sex trafficking. I have twin sons...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 31, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Church, Community, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Outreach, Parenting, Youth, Youth Ministry
I just returned from five days away at Riverview Bible Camp on the Pend O’Reille River as a junior high church camp counselor. I had a cabin filled with 10 almost-eighth grade girls, and my 13-yeard-old twin sonswere in tow, part of a cabin filled with...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 28, 2011 | Adventure, Children, Christianity, Church, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Parenting, Youth, Youth Ministry
My twins along with other 412 junior high student leaders left today from Rolling Hills Community Church for a week retreat in Sunriver. I am so thankful for the men (and women) who are coming alongside us to disciple our kids! Jesus was our role model for having...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 26, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Parenting, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news, Youth
Karlene Norby remembers her son Clifford, now 21 and an Eagle Scout, and West Linn Boy Scout Troop 149 raising money for a police dog several years ago. “The boys sold candy bars and raised over $1,000,” she said. The Scouts’ efforts, along with...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 8, 2010 | West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, Youth
Published April 3, 2010 in The Oregonian’s SW Weekly-West Linn section Taylor Wells, 17, a member of West Linn Boy Scout Troop 149, began thinking about doing his Eagle Scout project at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church a couple of years ago as a way to give back to...
