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SELAH CONTENTS A quarterly news publication of Cannon 2 Letter from the Director Beach Conference Center. PO Box 398 • Cannon Beach, OR 97110 3 Kitchen/Dining Room Project 503-436-1501 • Fax 503-436-1047 Update info@cbcc.net • www.cbcc.net An audited financial statement, statement 5 2020 Summer Conferences of faith, mission statement, and literature about the programs are available upon 7 2020 Fall Conferences request. Executive Director......................Marc Hagman 9 Length of Service Award Editor......................................... Patrick Bergman Design.................................... Soundview Design 11 Supporting the Conference Board Members Center During This Pandemic Mr. Ian Bingham, Mr. Stan Campbell (Secretary), Mrs. Catherine Dexter (Vice 11 Text to Give Chair), Mrs. Heather Goodenough, Mr. Zachary Hamilton (Treasurer), Mr. Steve Hanamura (Chair), Mr. Jeremiah Hansen, Mr. Joel Klett, Dr. Kim Nordberg, Mrs. Lisa Reiff, Mrs. Allyson Tedrow 1
GREETINGS
FROM THE COAST!
Wow! Just like you experienced, COVID-19 brought everything to a halt
and brought much uncertainty and much change to our lives in the last
few months. The coronavirus is even the reason this edition of the Selah
is a digital-only version.
Who would have expected this kind of 75th anniversary year? As I
write this, March, April and May have been months without guests due
to the pandemic. At least half of June will be the same. As we wait
for guidelines from our state and local leaders, we are assessing how
significant the impact will be on our summer conferences. What a crazy
time we are all living through.
Even with all the uncertainty, we have great hope. Our hope is strong
because it is rooted and anchored in God’s faithfulness. This expectation
is for each of us personally as well as for the continuing ministry the
Lord will do at the conference center in year seventy-five and beyond.
This hope buoys our expectations for what the summer holds for all of
us: guests, speakers, worship leaders, staff, volunteers—everyone. At this
point we don’t know all the guidelines that our state and local leaders
will enact. We know there will be some changes in what our summer
conferences will look like; however, they will be temporary, and we have
full confidence of the Lord doing great things in and among us as we
gather. We will be strengthened by His Word, refreshed in worship,
encouraged by fellowship with other believers and renewed in this
beautiful coastal setting.
So, with that strong confidence, please pray with us as we trust the
Lord for great days ahead. Pray with us for provision for our needs, for
protection from illness, for wisdom for our planning and for God’s sweet
presence here as we gather for conferences.
And we will continue praying for the Lord’s blessing on each of you.
In His grace and service,
Marc Hagman
Executive Director
PS: Stay up to date by checking our website and our social media.
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KITCHEN/DINING ROOM
PROJECT UPDATE
As you undoubtedly know, due to overwhelmingly generous support,
last September we were able to move immediately into the second
and final phase of the Kitchen & Dining Complex construction. In the
months since then we have demolished the old building, prepared the
site, installed geopiers, built temporary restrooms, re-routed utilities and
poured the concrete slab for Phase Two. Framing and close-in over the
next several months would be the next step.
With the financial impact and the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19
pandemic along with the inability to have volunteers, we have
temporarily paused the work on the project. This was done with the
approval of the Board of Directors. Since we had no guests for over two
months, this is a wise and prudent move. Before this postponement
we finished all of the primary concrete work (slab, porches, ADA ramp,
steps), which positions us for a quick restart when things get back to
normal as well as potentially doing some incremental framing work if
circumstances allow.
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We currently have two hundred
thousand dollars in the K-DR
account after the work that has
been done and approved. We
still need about $800,000 to
finish the project, but the current
money could see us to the close-
in of Phase Two. We have also
received encouragement from the
M.J. Murdock Trust to apply for
another grant to finish the building.
Unfortunately, if circumstances
become too dire this summer, some
of those unrestricted funds might
be needed for operational survival.
We will post further updates on our
website and Facebook as things
unfold, but we wanted you to know
where we stand in a little more
detail. If you see your way clear
to make an additional gift for the
building project, those funds would
help us ramp up construction more
quickly when the time is right this
summer or fall.
This is a highly unusual time as
we all know. What seems unclear
to us is clear to God, and we have
confidence in our Father who
cares for us and knows the end
from the beginning. Our project
will be completed, but in God’s
timing, not ours.
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2020 SUMMER
CONFERENCES
Please Note:
•W
e will be starting one day later for select conferences. This will allow our
staff time to thoroughly clean our campus for the next week’s conference
guests. Please review the start date for the conference you’re attending.
• We will be limited to one evening session per day.
Summer Family Summer Family
Conference Conference
Philip De Courcy Darryl DelHousaye
June 22-27 (Five Days) July 5-11
Philip De 25%
Dr. Darryl DelHousaye
Courcy is discount pastored in California
senior pastor lodging, before ministering in
of Kindred Community meals & Arizona in 1981. He was Senior Pastor at
Church in Anaheim Hills, program Scottsdale Bible Church for 25 years and
California, and speaker was President of Phoenix Seminary for
on the daily radio program Know The 23 years. He is the author of Today for
Truth. Philip was born in Belfast, Ireland Eternity and the study notes for Acts in
whose Christian journey has led him Nelson’s New King James Study Bible.
through many twists, turns and incredible As Chancellor of Phoenix Seminary, he
experiences. Through it all, he has become is active in the spiritual care of students,
a splendid communicator of the Gospel. faculty and staff. He also serves as a
He and his wife, June have three grown resource to the President assisting in
daughters and one son-in-law. the development of the resources of the
Seminary. Through his on-going ministry
Summer Family as a gifted Bible expositor, Pastor Darryl
additionally serves as a distinguished
Conference ambassador of Phoenix Seminary.
Chuck Bomar
Darryl and his wife Holly have three sons.
June 28-July 4
Chuck Bomar Summer Family
25%
served nine
years at
discount Conference
lodging, Luis Palau and Josh White
Cornerstone Church in Simi meals &
program July 12-18
Valley, California before
moving to Portland, Oregon Dr. Luis Palau and his
in 2008. There he planted Colossae ministry have shared the
Church and out of this church, a total of Gospel with more than
three churches have now been planted. 1 billion people through
In addition to being embedded into the evangelistic events and
city through strategic relationships with media. He has spoken in
civic leaders in the school districts, he person to 30 million people
has authored over a dozen small group in 75 countries with more
resources and nine books with the most than 1 million registered
recent being, “Serving Local Schools.” decisions for Jesus Christ.
Chuck serves as a Faculty Advisor for the He has authored close to
Semiotics and Future Studies Doctoral 50 books, contributed articles on issues
Program at Portland Seminary. He of faith to countless publications, and
also speaks frequently, and serves as a counseled business leaders, political
consultant. Chuck and his wife, Barbara, leaders, and heads of state around the
have three daughters. world. Josh White is the founding pastor of
Door of Hope Church in Portland, OR and
currently serves there as the Vision and
Teaching Pastor. Josh is also the founder
of Deeper Well Records. When not making
music or leading the church, Josh loves to
spend his time reading and hanging out
with his wife, Darcy and 2 children.
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Summer Family Summer Family
Conference Conference
Ryan Paulson Gary Gaddini
July 19-25 August 9-15
Ryan Paulson serves as the Gary Gaddini serves as
Lead Pastor of Emmanuel Lead Pastor of Peninsula
Faith Community Church Covenant Church in
in Escondido. CA. He is passionate Redwood City, CA, a position he has
about helping people live in the way held since 2003. Before transitioning
of Jesus with the heart of Jesus. Under into this role, he worked for twenty-one
his leadership, a 35-year-old church has years in student and family ministries. He
experienced growth and revitalization. earned his master of divinity from Trinity
Ryan has been a featured speaker at many Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield,
Christian camps, MOPS International, and IL, in 1997. Gary’s ability to captivate
World Venture. Ryan lives in Escondido, the listener with incredible stories and
CA. with his wife Kelly and their three illustrations helps bring the truth of
young kids. Scripture to life.
Summer Family Summer Family
Conference Conference
René Schlaepfer John Mazariegos
July 26-August 1 August 16-22
René Schlaepfer is Senior John Mazariegos, who
Pastor of Twin Lakes Church founded Friends of Misión
near Santa Cruz, CA. His de Gracia, is a man who
superbly clear and humorous teaching has committed his life to serving this
always results in Jesus transforming many community for the past 25 years. His
lives through His Word. René is an author thoughtful insight and passionate love of
with his most recent book, Chasing David. Scripture helps audiences “grab hold” of
He lives in Santa Cruz with his wife Laurie. the promises of God’s Word. John and his
wife Robin live in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Summer Family
Conference Summer Family
Ed Underwood Conference
August 2-8 Gary Gulbranson
Ed Underwood is Executive August 23-29
Officer and Lead Counselor
Gary Gulbranson is senior
of Recentered Group, and
pastor of Westminster
every year helps dozens of
Chapel in Bellevue
churches become healthy and thrive by
Washington where he shepherds a
loving one another in ways that build a high
large and dynamic congregation. Gary’s
trust leadership culture and by equipping
teaching is warm, compassionate, and very
leaders to cultivate a disciple making
much from a pastor’s heart. With his wife
community. Ed brings over forty years of
Jorie, their ministry has reached into many
experience as a lead pastor in a traditional
communities across the U.S. and around
denominational church in the Midwest,
the world, through both tragedy and God’s
a church plant that grew into the largest
wonderful blessing.
church in the county in the Northwest,
and his last 21 years as lead pastor of
the historic Church of the Open Door in
Southern California. Ed has authored three
books: When God Breaks your Heart,
Reborn to Be Wild, and The Trail.
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Summer Family Men’s Conference
Conference Gary Gaddini
Ray Pritchard September 25-27
August 30-September 3 Gary Gaddini serves as
Dr. Ray Pritchard Lead Pastor of Peninsula
serves as the $859/ Covenant Church in
$929 Redwood City, CA, a
president of flat rate
Keep Believing Ministries. position he has held since
Ministering extensively overseas, 2003. Before transitioning into this role,
speaking at conferences, and appearing he worked for twenty-one years in student
on Christian radio and television talk and family ministries. He earned his
shows, Ray focuses on evangelism and master of divinity from Trinity Evangelical
encouragement to spread the hope of Divinity School in Deerfield, IL, in 1997.
Jesus Christ through the world. For 27 Gary’s ability to captivate the listener with
years he pastored churches in Los Angeles, incredible stories and illustrations helps
Dallas and Chicago, and most recently bring the truth of Scripture to life.
served at Calvary Memorial Church in
Oak Park, Il. Dr. Pritchard is the author Women’s Conference
of twenty-seven books. Ray and his wife, Jill Briscoe
Marlene, have three sons. October 2-4
Jill Briscoe has an active
Labor Day speaking and writing
Conference ministry that has taken her
Matt Hannan to many countries. She
September 4-7 has written more than 40
books, including study guides, devotional
Matt Hannan is the former
material, poetry, and children’s books.
lead pastor of New Heights
Jill is executive editor of Just Between
Church in Vancouver, WA.
Us, a magazine of encouragement for
Under his leadership, New Heights has
ministry wives and women in leadership.
grown from a church of a few hundred to
She serves on the board of World Relief
a multi-site church with eleven services in
and Christianity Today, Inc. A native of
four different locations. Additionally, he
Liverpool, England, Jill launched into youth
has served as key leader in a Northwest
evangelism after becoming a Christian at
Church Planting, an organization that
age 18. She married her husband, Stuart, in
provides training, coaching and consulting
1958, and since then they have ministered
for leaders and networks committed to
together through Telling the Truth media
starting new churches. Matt maintains a
ministries at conferences and mission
busy schedule as he leads all community
organizations around the world. They
and mission connections and is part
reside in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
of the teaching team for New Heights.
Both Stuart and Jill now serve Elmbrook
Guests appreciate Matt as always Biblical,
as ministers-at-large. They have three
sometimes unconventional and that his
children, and enjoy the blessing of 13
refreshing honest and practical teaching
grandchildren.
will challenge them about important areas
of their lives.
Retirees’ Conference
Stuart Briscoe
2020 FALL October-5-8
Stuart Briscoe is known for
CONFERENCES his logic and wit. He has an
in-depth perspective in his
Women’s Conference Bible teaching, dry English
Bo Stern humor, and practical application that ties
September 18-20 it all together. He continues teaching the
Bible on nearly every continent with his
Bo Stern is a sought-after
wife, Jill, in their roles as ministers-at-large
speaker, a writer, and a
for Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, WI.
teaching pastor at Westside
Stuart has written more than forty books,
Church in Bend, Oregon.
preached in over 100 countries and has
She is the author of Beautiful Battlefields,
received honorary doctorates from several
in which she showed readers what God
schools and universities.
can do with them through battles. She
is also passionately involved in raising
awareness and funding to research ALS.
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Women’s Conference Thanksgiving
Carol Kent Conference
October 16-18 Jerry Benjamin
Carol Kent is a bestselling November 26-29
author and international Dr. Jerry Benjamin travels
speaker. With vulnerable extensively as an “Itinerant
openness, irrepressible hope, Bible Teacher,” proclaiming
restored joy, and a sense of the simple singular message of the
humor, she directs you to choices based on living and indwelling Lord Jesus. Jerry’s
God’s truth. Carol holds a master’s degree Jewish upbringing adds rich insights
in communication arts and a bachelor’s while interweaving themes and practical
degree in speech education. Carol has been applications, all concentrating on the
a featured speaker at Women of Faith, Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Extraordinary Women, and Women of Joy His purpose is to introduce sinners to their
arena events. She is the author of over Savior, and to refresh and strengthen the
twenty books with her newest title being spirits of the saints. The teaching is a clear,
a 365 page-per-day devotional titled, He simple, devotional, yet challenging Biblical
Holds My Hand. exposition of the Scriptures, focusing on
the Person of Christ. The Thanksgiving
Couples’ Conference is a great opportunity to spend
Conference a long holiday weekend in Cannon Beach.
Bill and Pam Farrel For Families, there is an exciting kids
November 6-8 program, nursery through high school.
Bill and Pam Farrel have
made it their life’s work
Christmas Conference
Ed Underwood
to help people succeed
December 11-13 $145
in their own lives, and be men and women
after God’s heart. Their book Men Are Ed Underwood per
person
Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti is Executive
launched them into the publishing arena Officer and Lead
with material that connected and spoke Counselor of Recentered
to a broad audience. Engaging, fun, Group, and every year helps
and energetic, audiences at CBCC have dozens of churches become healthy and
enjoyed journeying through life with this thrive by loving one another in ways that
exceptional couple as they’ve shared build a high trust leadership culture and
Biblical principles on Marriage and healthy by equipping leaders to cultivate a disciple
relationships. making community. Ed brings over forty
years of experience as a lead pastor in a
Grandparenting with traditional denominational church in the
Midwest, a church plant that grew into
a Purpose Conference the largest church in the county in the
Ray Pritchard
Northwest, and his last 21 years as lead
November 13-15
pastor of the historic Church of the Open
Dr. Ray Pritchard serves Door in Southern California. Ed has authored
as the president of Keep three books: When God Breaks your Heart,
Believing Ministries. Reborn to Be Wild, and The Trail.
Ministering extensively
overseas, speaking at conferences, and
appearing on Christian radio and television
talk shows, Ray focuses on evangelism
and encouragement to spread the hope
of Jesus Christ through the world. For
27 years he pastored churches in Los
Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, and most
recently served at Calvary Memorial FOR MORE INFORMATION
Church in Oak Park, Il. Dr. Pritchard is the & REGISTRATION:
author of twenty-seven books. Ray and his
wife, Marlene, have three sons and eight
grandchildren.
800-745-1546
503-436-1501
www.cbcc.net
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LENGTH OF
SERVICE
AWARD
Proverbs 22:29 says, “Do you
see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve before kings…” This
verse perfectly applies to Dale
Thompson, our IT Administrator.
In 2020, Dale will celebrate
fifteen years of service. Every
staff member and conference
center guest has been blessed
by Dale’s amazing knowledge of
technology and his heart to offer
his service to the King of Kings.
Born in Oxford, England in 1961, Dale was just six months old when he
came back with his parents to the United States. Dale’s father was from
the Seattle area but had been stationed at an Air Force base in England
when he met Dale’s English mother. Growing up, Dale remembers
moving constantly until the family finally settled in Bremerton,
Washington when Dale was fifteen.
While earning his Computer Science degree at Western Washington
University, Dale worked part-time at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center
where he had his first opportunity to write computer programs. After
graduating, he worked for the Naval station, King County Metro Transit
and Immunex Corporation as a Database Administrator and Computer
Programmer.
In 1990, Dale was leading a Bible study when he met his wife Cassie.
Cassie would cook meals for some of the Bible study attendees each
week. Dale found himself staying after the study to talk to Cassie and he
got to know Cassie and her two youngest daughters Mary and Elizabeth
very well. The couple were married in October 1992. When Dale and
Cassie met, Cassie had six children with two living at home. They now
have twenty-seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren!
During their first year of marriage, Cassie heard a radio ad for Cannon
Beach Conference Center and requested a brochure. Dale immediately
recognized some of the speakers listed on the brochure that he was
interested in hearing. Taking Mary and Elizabeth with them, they
attended their first conference. Dale remembers how impacting their
time at CBCC was and how much they felt drawn to the ministry.
9“During our first stay here, I distinctly recall spying a computer monitor
through an admin building window and the strong thought came to me
that I would really like to work in a place like this,” recalls Dale.
After coming to summer conferences every year for five years, Dale and
Cassie became CBCC volunteers. “Cassie is a very skilled seamstress
and she really wanted to volunteer her skills to help out CBCC. She was
asked to come down for about ten days to sew. I followed her down to
the coast a few days later and was easily persuaded that I could help
out by utilizing my IT skills. My first project was developing software
for the Volunteer Coordinator to manage and schedule volunteers. In
1999, I took on a bigger project of writing a new Mailing List and Donor
database system.”
In 2002, Dale began creating a new reservation system. Still
volunteering, he made roughly twenty trips to the conference center
each year. Over time, he realized that Cannon Beach was beginning to
feel like “home.” When an IT position opened in 2005, Dale recognized
the opportunity to answer the call he had felt years earlier. Still, he had
some trepidation about leaving his comfortable government career.
He happened to come across a verse in Luke: “And now Jesus said to
Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.’ And
when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and
followed him.” Trusting God, Dale made the decision to join the staff of
CBCC in a full-time IT administrator role.
In his role, Dale is responsible for all of CBCC’s networks and wifi
hotspots. He also manages the corporate e-mail system, database
servers, and computer workstations. What he enjoys most is writing
software. His recent projects have included HR and employee
scheduling software and the online CBCC Speaker Library. “My main role
is helping the staff succeed at their roles. When our staff can count on
the computers and data systems they use to efficiently and accurately
provide the information they need to serve our guests and accomplish
our mission, then I have succeeded at my job.”
In his extra time, one of Dale’s passions is to study theology and history.
Lately, he’s been conducting genealogical and DNA research to solve
some family mysteries. Among his discoveries, he determined that his
mother’s father was Jewish. Dale continues to lead Bible studies and
teach Sunday school. He’s even had the opportunity to be a song leader
at his church.
Cannon Beach Conference Center is greatly appreciative of Dale and
Cassie Thompson’s longtime support of the ministry, both as volunteers
and staff. We celebrate Dale’s fifteen years of service unto the King!
10SUPPORTING THE
CONFERENCE CENTER
DURING THIS PANDEMIC
As we all know, this is an unusual and challenging time in our nation and
for the many ministries God has raised up to share the Gospel and bring
hope to a lost and broken world. Some ministries have weathered the
storm better than others for various reasons.
We rely on having guests to stay open. For the past three months, we
have had no guests and no guest income. We anticipate being able
to hold summer conferences, but still face uncertainty regarding the
overall impact.
Thankfully, through the wisdom of our Board and staff, some reserve
funds had been set aside for emergencies. However, these were never
intended to carry us through several months without guest income. And,
of course, major cuts to operational expenses have been instituted.
We are grateful beyond words that many of our friends have stepped
in and given generously to help us weather this time without fatal
financial damage. However, as the pandemic continues, those funds are
now disappearing. If you can make a recurring or one-time generous
donation you will be joining us during a critical time for this ministry.
Thank you.
Gifts may be given in a variety of ways…
• by mail HERE
• Bank Bill Pay HERE
•C
redit Card gifts via phone – 503-436-1501, through our CBCC app,
a transfer of securities or on our website HERE
•C
ontact us if you have any questions at 503-436-1501 or email Jeff
Carlsen at jeffcarlsen@cbcc.net
TEXT TO GIVE…
FAST. EASY. SECURE.
Text Giving is now available. Text the word
CBCC to 1-888-364-GIVE (4483). After
sending the text, you will get a reply with a
link to our giving page through the CBCC
mobile app providing an easy way for you to
give on-the-go. (NOTE: A Subsplash giving
account is needed to process all donations.)You can also read
