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Araya Moss

Articles by Araya Moss

  • Interactive Program Rekindles Interest in Reading at NPAA

    Interactive Program Rekindles Interest in Reading at NPAA

    Students share their projects. Newbury Park Adventist Academy (NPAA) is striving to bring back the joy of reading for students through a new independent reading program that launched last summer and continued throughout the 2025-2026 academic year. As a longtime educator, Mike Taylor, NPAA English and journalism teacher, has noticed with each new generation that…

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  • Pastor Zaid Is Ordained

    Pastor Zaid Is Ordained

    “Do you know God’s purpose for your life?” This was the question Pastor Zaid was asked in his 20s that set him on a path he didn’t expect to walk. “When I was approached with that question, I didn’t have an answer,” Zaid recalled. “That caused me to really fast, pray, seek God, hear his…

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  • “Less Preaching, More Teaching”: Hispanic Region Lay Evangelism School Provides Intentional Training

    “Less Preaching, More Teaching”: Hispanic Region Lay Evangelism School Provides Intentional Training

    “The mission of the church requires more than preaching—it requires intentional training,” Juan Osorio, Hispanic Region director of the Southern California Conference (SCC), said to summarize Ellen G. White’s emphasis on “less preaching, more teaching.” This is the foundation of the Lay Evangelism School of SCC’s Hispanic Region, which was created to train active disciples,…

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  • Campus Connect Ministries Is Building Bridges for Adventist Students on Public Campuses

    Campus Connect Ministries Is Building Bridges for Adventist Students on Public Campuses

    Dafne Enriquez heard about Campus Connect Ministries through the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at the University of Southern California (USC). To Enriquez, the ministry is “a bridge for Adventist students at colleges—a place where you can get plugged into an Adventist Christian community on your campus and also meet other students who share…

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  • Outdoor Learning Takes Root at Conejo

    Outdoor Learning Takes Root at Conejo

    At Conejo Adventist Elementary School (CAES), kindergarten and first-grade students are learning beyond the walls of the traditional classroom. Every morning, these young learners have worship outside before heading out to hike one of the various trails around the campus. On these daily excursions, imagination, sense of wonder, and exploration are nurtured as they observe…

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  • Glendale City Church Celebrates 120 Years of Faith, Community, and Service

    Glendale City Church Celebrates 120 Years of Faith, Community, and Service

    This January marked a significant milestone for the Glendale City church (GCC) as it celebrated 120 years of faith, community, and service. The two-day celebration highlighted its rich history, commitment to Christ, creative ministry, and love for the community. In January 1906, a group of people met in the parlor of the Glendale Sanitarium (now…

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  • Hollywood Hub: A Central Place for Community Care

    Hollywood Hub: A Central Place for Community Care

    What began in 2013 as a shower program at Hollywood church has grown into the Hollywood Hub—a centralized community resource center providing support for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. By consolidating multiple services to one location, the Hub is designed to increase access to care, improve efficiency, and bring dignity to guests seeking support.…

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  • “God Has Done a Good Thing”: L.A. Eastside Korean Celebrates Mortgage Payment

    “God Has Done a Good Thing”: L.A. Eastside Korean Celebrates Mortgage Payment

    More than 200 people gathered at the quaint building in Hacienda Heights to celebrate a significant milestone for the Los Angeles (L.A.) Eastside Korean congregation: paying off its mortgage. The history of the L.A. Eastside Korean church, formerly Hacienda Heights Korean church, began more than 40 years ago when a group was formed out of…

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  • Smyrna Church Celebrates 45 Years of Love and Faith, Awaiting Jesus’ Return

    Smyrna Church Celebrates 45 Years of Love and Faith, Awaiting Jesus’ Return

    Smyrna church’s 45th anniversary celebration brought together friends, visitors, and members from near and far. With the theme “45 Years of Love and Faith, Awaiting Jesus’ Return,” the celebratory day focused on reflecting on God’s faithfulness of the past and looking forward to how He will continue to lead in the future. Although the church is…

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  • Enduring Faith in Jesus: For Such a Time as This

    Enduring Faith in Jesus: For Such a Time as This

    This fall, Tamarind Avenue church celebrated 60 years of ministry in Compton. The congregation can trace its roots as early as 1957 from a seed planted by R. Hope Robertson, then pastor of the Philadelphian church in Long Beach. The former Baptist Church of Compton became the location of Tamarind Avenue church under Robertson’s leadership…

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