Betty Cooney

A church health committee wants to serve its members and community but isn’t sure who to invite for health presentations. Another church is eager to present good lifestyle ministry, and a member’s out-of-state friend is asking to come and conduct a seminar. Pricing, which is high, is an issue; qualifications may not be vetted. How…

SFVA Hosts Veterans Day CelebrationIn November, San Fernando Valley Academy (SFVA) Child Development Center held a service honoring local veterans. “I feel very strongly that we should go back to basics and instill, in the lives and minds of our children, gratitude, reverence, respect, and civil manners to help them have success in life,” said…

Over Labor Day weekend, the Indonesian-American church in Azusa conducted an event some people had thought might need to be rescheduled. “You won’t be able to get enough volunteers or professionals on a holiday weekend,” many said, but the Lord had other ideas. Peter Young, D.D.S., from the L.A. Cantonese Adventist Fellowship company, enlisted 23 dental students for the…

On August 5, 2017 Hovik Sarrafian, M.Div., Dr.P.H., retired from 60 years of ministry that began in Armenia shortly before the work closed there due to political conditions. Most of his ministry was carried out in the U.S. “This is a special day for the Glendale City church,” said Velino A. Salazar, president of Southern…

According to Lonnie Melashenko, in the Camarillo church’s early days, its elders became so perplexed about the church’s soaring water bill, caused by an influx of baptisms, that they sought help from the conference. Melashenko served as the second pastor of the church (1972-1977) and was the featured speaker at the church’s 50th anniversary celebration…

The Hawthorne church had a major growth spurt on April 22, 2017, as the Carson International Group joined them in membership, adding 46 persons, 40 of them by profession of faith. An additional dozen persons plan to prepare for baptism or joining the church by profession of faith at a later date. Months before, L.A.…

The Harry Bey USA Show on Saturdays at 8 p.m. on KABC AM 790, hosted by Adventist Harry Bey, currently airs in 50 countries, 50 states, and worldwide to the military. With consistently high ratings, at the varying hours the talk show has aired, the station plans to syndicate the show in September 2017, so…

Eleven Southern California Conference churches worked together to provide volunteer staffing and other support for an AMEN (Adventist Medical Evangelism Network) Free Clinic at the Downey church on March 19 and 20, 2017. The clinic planning and implementing was done by a team from the involved churches, which included Norwalk, Downey, Bellflower, Temple City, Long…

“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 Secular Campus Ministry (ACF). “The corollary is that 70-80 percent of Adventist collegiate-age students attend non-Adventist universities. I believe a strong public campus ministry program…