Southern California Conference

Araya Moss

Articles by Araya Moss

  • The Miracle of Camp Cedar Falls

    The Miracle of Camp Cedar Falls

    When Kayden stepped into the baptismal waters on Sabbath afternoon at Camp Cedar Falls (CCF), few people knew what led him there.  A month before camp, his mom wrote to the SCC youth department and shared that after a horrible tragedy took Kayden’s dad away, she and Kayden both felt lost. Not knowing where to…

    Araya Moss & Paulo Tenorio
  • Anchored in Hope: Delaware Avenue Celebrates 75 Years of Ministry

    Anchored in Hope: Delaware Avenue Celebrates 75 Years of Ministry

    “Seventy-five years is far more than a milestone on a calendar,” said John H. Cress, Southern California Conference (SCC) president, in his greeting to the church. “It is a testimony to the faithfulness of God and to generations of believers who have answered His call to worship, serve, and share the everlasting gospel.”  In 1941,…

    Araya Moss
  • Central Spanish Church Celebrates 65 Years of Ministry 

    Central Spanish Church Celebrates 65 Years of Ministry 

    The history of the Central Spanish church began at the end of 1960 when Pastor Samuel Weiss of Spanish-American church invited members to create a new congregation in the central Los Angeles area.   By 1965, the new growing congregation was meeting at a Presbyterian church. After meeting at various facilities, the congregation of 500 members…

    Araya Moss
  • North Hills Church Creates a Path for Intentional Discipleship

    North Hills Church Creates a Path for Intentional Discipleship

    What does it mean to develop intentional disciples in our modern context? North Hills church set out to explore this through creating a discipleship journey framework based on Jesus’s call in Matthew 28:19-20 to go make disciples. “This has been something that has percolated a long time for me,” said Tim Cress, North Hills church…

    Araya Moss
  • Marco Topete Is Ordained

    Marco Topete Is Ordained

    “I remember telling my pastor,” Marco Topete recalled, “once upon a time, way before I ever did any form of full-time ministry, I said, ‘I want to become a pastor.’ And he said, ‘Why do you want to become a pastor?’ I replied, ‘Because I love preaching.’ And he shared with me after I made…

    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…

    Araya Moss
  • 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…

    Araya Moss
  • “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,…

    Araya Moss
  • 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…

    Araya Moss
  • 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…

    Araya Moss
Southern California Conference
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