Southern California Conference

Lauren Lacson

Articles by Lauren Lacson

  • San Fernando Valley Filipino Church Celebrates 15 Years

    San Fernando Valley Filipino Church Celebrates 15 Years

    The theme for the 15th anniversary celebration of the San Fernando Valley Filipino church this fall was “Hope in Uncertain Times.” The morning’s message was presented by SCC President John H. Cress, anchored in the gospel of John 14:1-6, 25-29. “Today is your anniversary but it’s more than an anniversary—today is a testimony of God’s…

    Lauren Lacson
  • Hyun Ouk John Is Ordained

    Hyun Ouk John Is Ordained

    Gratitude and commitment to the calling were evident throughout the ordination service of Hyun Ouk John this October. John was raised in the Adventist faith in South Korea. Upon emigrating from South Korea, he settled in Loma Linda where he served in the Loma Linda Korean church for 10 years. When this chapter closed, John…

    Lauren Lacson
  • Alhambra Church Celebrates 100 years

    Alhambra Church Celebrates 100 years

    This fall, the Alhambra church celebrated a milestone a century in the making. Since 1926, believers in Alhambra have been committed to reaching their community for Jesus. From different church homes, led by different pastors, to different ministries and programs, and different phases of its history—God has brought Alhambra church through a century of ministry.…

    Lauren Lacson
  • SCC Celebrates 80 Years of Pathfinders at Anticipated Camporee

    SCC Celebrates 80 Years of Pathfinders at Anticipated Camporee

    This September, the Southern California Conference (SCC) celebrated 80 years of Pathfinders with the first SCC camporee in seven years. All weekend, Pathfinders were busy at Lake Skinner, California, with activities, worship, honors, fellowship, and much more. There were 950 registered, and 44 clubs were represented throughout the course of the weekend. As Pathfinders and…

    Lauren Lacson
  • Tammie Lindsey Is Ordained

    Tammie Lindsey Is Ordained

    The sanctuary at Bethel church in Pomona was full on August 29 as friends, family, and colleagues gathered for the ordination of Tammie Lindsey. Lindsey has served in three Southern California Conference churches since joining the conference in 2022. The service was filled with praise, celebration, and recognition of God’s leading. Lindsey’s biography highlighted her…

    Lauren Lacson
  • John Strehle Joins SCC Office Team as Director for Planned Giving and Trust Services

    John Strehle Joins SCC Office Team as Director for Planned Giving and Trust Services

    John Strehle has worn various hats throughout his career. For the last 12 years, he served as a pastor here in the Southern California Conference (SCC). Before joining SCC, he pastored various churches outside SCC, was a district pastor, served as a school chaplain and Bible teacher, and was the Natural Church Development (NCD) director…

    Lauren Lacson
  • Essential Characteristics for Cultivating Our Mission

    Essential Characteristics for Cultivating Our Mission

    Every organization needs direction and purpose. As part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Southern California Conference (SCC) joins in the church’s mission of proclaiming the gospel to all people with a Christ-centered message of hope and wholeness. But how we do that is unique to our context and territory. In August 2024, “Exalting Christ…

    Lauren Lacson
  • SCC Equip Training Comes Back for a Second Year

    SCC Equip Training Comes Back for a Second Year

    This May, hundreds of leaders in SCC churches gathered for training and fellowship from all areas of the conference—from Santa Barbarato Rolling Hills—for Equip26. Thirteen breakout sessions included classes titled “Reaching Gen Z Today,” “Seeking the Shalom of the City: The Church in the New Mission Field,” “The Steward’s Calling: Managing God’s Resources With Integrity,”…

    Lauren Lacson
  • San Fernando Spanish Church Celebrates God’s Faithfulness Throughout 50 Years

    San Fernando Spanish Church Celebrates God’s Faithfulness Throughout 50 Years

    This summer, San Fernando Spanish church celebrated decades of ministry. A small group that would become San Fernando Spanish church met to worship together for the first time in the 1940s. A church building was later purchased, where the congregation met until a 1971 earthquake damaged the buildingbeyond repair. But this didn’t dim the congregation’s…

    Lauren Lacson
  • Grace Hill at Vallejo Drive Church Takes First Global Mission Trip to the Philippines

    Grace Hill at Vallejo Drive Church Takes First Global Mission Trip to the Philippines

    This year, Grace Hill at Vallejo Drive church lived out its belief in global evangelism by taking its first global mission trip to the city of Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines. The team spent one week involved in evangelistic meetings, medical and dental services, a gospel concert, and more. During the two days of medical and dental…

    Lauren Lacson & Samuel Adarme
Southern California Conference
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