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Members of the Chino Hills Chinese Adventist church wrote numerous ‘autographs’ (pacts, commitments, praises), some of which displayed very beautiful Chinese caligraphy by elderly Chinese members. ...
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SCC April 2017 "Keeping in Touch" Newsletter
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San Pedro “Ports O Call” had an additional visitor one sunny Sabbath afternoon. A missionary van from the San Pedro Lighthouse group arrived at the Marina seafood restaurant’s side parking lot at 2...
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The phone rang at about 3 a.m. local time in Valencia, Spain, on August 3, 2016. “Fedly, I am getting a lot of calls from church members because of tropical storm Earl,” said Antonette Simpson. “Th...
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When Resurrection church and Lighthouse church merged in 2014, Kalēo church was born and, with it, an idea. How could the church minister specifically to former members as well as those in the comm...
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More than 20 women gathered to pray about the 2017 Retreat and about ways to minister to women in their churches and communities. Chaired by Dimple Fields, liaison for the conference Women’s Minist...
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Fifty-eight students from West Covina Hills Adventist Elementary School and approximately 25 volunteers combined forces to distribute G.L.O.W. tracts at the Eastland Shopping Center.
The day began ...
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“A NAD Barna study on Adventist young adults notes that 70 percent of Adventist young adults are walking away from the church,” noted Pastor Ron Pickel, director of the North American Division Secu...
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As the saying goes, every journey starts with a single step. Just ask Beth (Loop) Petersen. A member of Vallejo Drive church, Petersen has completed 55 marathons — and more than 30,000 miles — in t...
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What would it look like if people from different churches, cities, stories, worldviews, ages and races came together with one purpose and one goal of worshipping as a community? As Temple City chur...
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“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.” John 13:14-15.
Th...
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Teams of members and leaders from nearly 20 SCC churches drove to Los Angeles’ Skid Row on Thanksgiving Eve to share Thanksgiving dinners with more than 1,000 homeless people. Initiated by Tamarind...
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On Sabbath afternoon, Sept. 24, the La Voz Sylmar Spanish church celebrated the inauguration and grand opening of “Getsemani,” a prayer garden that is their newest addition to their church premises...
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In August, teachers in the Southern California Conference were invited to attend a workshop to learn strategies for bringing technology into the classroom.
The two-day workshop took place at San Ga...
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At the Downey church on Sabbath, Sept. 24, the theme of the day was community; it was clearly a theme that members knew well. From welcoming hugs and friendly conversation to presentations from the...
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What do you say to a teenager who has been abused? A man whose addiction controls his life, no matter how many times he confesses and promises to stop? A woman whose guilt and shame convince her ...
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“As a church and as members, we are called by God to pray for our government leaders and all those who serve our government,” said Carlos Acosta, senior pastor at the Spanish American church in Los...
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“What I’ve learned is that when I pray specifically, God will answer,” said Ronald Lacson of his first summer participating in Youth Rush. “It’s crazy how God answers prayers right away.” He had pr...
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With tensions running high, these are trying times for law enforcement and American citizens alike. Amid growing divisions and constant violence, a number of SCC churches and at least one Adventist...
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“Two weeks after our Board decision to have a health-van ministry, the Lighthouse Church Plant in San Pedro had a van and a plan,” said Nancy Bogdanovic, a family health practitioner and the group’...
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Volunteers, the lifeblood of Adventist outreach, will again be key to two free health clinics that pastors and lay leaders are planning in two SCC regions.
Pastors and lay people in the South Bay ...
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Sept. 2016 SCC "Keeping in Touch" Newsletter
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“I was driving in Salem, Oregon, when I saw a man running on a sidewalk,” said Abel Lopez, district pastor of the El Monte, La Puenta and San Gabriel Valley Spanish churches. “His tee shirt said, ‘...
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On July 9, 2016, Chad Washburn was ordained to the gospel ministry, while pastoring the Sylmar church.
Chad Washburn and his twin brother Eric were born on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. His early y...
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Great excitement was in the air when 25 members of the Culver City church arrived early to make preparations for Compassion Sabbath. Beans, eggs, rice, cheese and salsa were assembled into 150 brea...
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On Monday, June 7, Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) Directors and
Principals gathered at the Southern California Conference Office for a meeting with Associate Superintendent Pamela Forbes,...
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Four-year-old Grant Fisher was jubilant. His soccer team had just won a game and he had played a big part in helping them win. Then his pastor father, Cary Fisher, asked him a question. “Is it more...
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One morning in the fall of 2014 Debby Delaney, Vallejo Drive church administrative assistant in Glendale, was surprised to see a box of bibles and songbooks in a church hallway. “What's going to h...
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June 2016 SCC "Keeping in Touch" Newsletter
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“In the midst of the racial tensions going on in our society, how can our denomination speak with any credibility to provide solutions to the world if we haven’t dealt with our own issues?” This wa...
