Humans of Adventism Founder Kaleb Eisele Joins the Oregon Conference Communication Team

IF YOU SPEND YOUR TIME IN THE ADVENTIST CORNERS OF THE INTERNET, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE NAME KALEB EISELE.

He is the founder of Humans of Adventism, and has been a guest lecturer in Adventist universities, teaching about social media and story telling. He has presented for the Society of Adventist Communicators convention and is the host for the Adventist Church-sponsored How the Church Works podcast. For the last three and a half years, he has edited Oregon Adventist stories and managed social media for Oregon Conference as an independent contractor.

Recently, Oregon Conference announced that Eisele joined the conference communication team as digital content specialist. In this new role, Eisele will continue to edit Oregon Adventist stories. In addition, he’ll get more opportunities to connect with Oregon Conference communities and share the stories they have to tell.

“Kaleb is an excellent communicator and storyteller,” said Jonathan Russell, assistant to the president for multimedia communication. “He clearly thinks deeply about the impact of his work and seeks to build up the communities in which he serves. His creativity and insight are a fantastic addition to the

OREGON SEES BUMP IN 2022–2023 ENROLLMENT

OREGON CONFERENCE ADVENTIST SCHOOLS have seen a dramatic increase in enrollment over the past couple of years, culminating in a 15-year high of over 2,700 students projected for this 2022–2023 school year.

Brandon O’Neal, Oregon Conference vice president for education, stated, “Many families came to our schools during the pandemic because we offered more educational opportunities than the public schools. Even after COVID-19 restrictions have eased, families have stayed because of the love their children felt in our school communities.”

The increase in enrollment has not only had an impact on students, but on their families as well. Megan Hall, Rivergate Adventist Elementary principal, said, “Openness to community families has increased our enrollment significantly. One of these families took an opportunity to attend church with our school. I was told later that this was the first time the parent had attended church in 25 years. It has been amazing to see the opportunity to minister not only to students but also to families.” communication team. We are beyond excited to have Kaleb joining the team full-time!” Oregon Conference members, is there something exciting happening in your faith community? Reach out to Eisele and let him know! You can email him at kaleb.eisele@ oc.npuc.org or reach him via social media @KalebEisele on Twitter and Instagram, and Kaleb.Eisele on Facebook.

KRISSY BARBER Oregon Conference associate director of communication nwadvent.

Another critical part of the success of the 32 Oregon Conference schools are the teachers who have the sacred task of leading students to Jesus. Growth in enrollment has meant that school administrators had substantially more educator positions to fill for this school year than average. In spite of a shortage of available teachers, the schools were able to fill all 35 positions with quality educators — including bringing more international teachers to the team!

As this new school year is under way, we pray that Oregon Conference schools will continue to not just be centers of excellent academics, but also spaces where students are loved and nurtured in faith.

MCKENZIE WALLACE Oregon Conference education department writer nwadvent.st/117-7-