Cam’s Journey

Celebration of Pastor Cam Arensen’s life

Our Arensen family has appreciated your continued prayers during this difficult time. We now have a date for the Celebration of Life service. It will be held on August 11 @ 2pm at the Eastmont Church in Bend, Oregon. The service will be live streamed and a recording will be made available. Details...

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Thursday 13 June 2024: The end of the journey

Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, pastor, brother and friend slipped away peacefully at 9:12 am this morning, surrounded by a cloud of witnesses as well as his earthly family. He surely was "like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not...

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Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Pastor Cam continues to fade but is still comfortable and peaceful as he rests.  We have been blessed by all the prayers, support, visitors and some unexpected special interactions with Cam that we will all cherish forever.  As we go through this together, we find ourselves asking why less,...

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Friday, 7 June 2024

The original intent behind setting up this feedback facility was for Cam to remain in contact with his worldwide network of family and friends, and for him to send a brief update every few days. Over the past couple of days his health deteriorated quite rapidly and he is no longer able to type the...

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Saturday, 1 June 2024

As the introduction to this month’s sermon makes reference, I am again battling cancer. Beginning in September last year when tumors in my liver were identified I have endured numerous hospitalizations, a major surgery, radiation, chemo, and scans without number. In consultation with my doctors I...

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