Greetings from Ventura! Today was our incredible International Sunday Service where several disciples and visitors alike dressed in varying cultural garbs! Our service began with a welcome in nine different languages! Then Luke preached an incredible message – that moved many to tears – to our record attendance of 109 with standing room only in the back! Concluding our service, we witnessed two modern day miracles with the baptisms of Cherie […]
Month: September 2013
September 22nd
Greetings from beautiful Ventura!! God has done“immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine!” This week, we witnessed Michael, Cassandra, Monique and Jacob saved through the waters of baptism! It all began earlier this month when I met a young man at Ventura College named Michael and set up a Bible study. However, he didn’t show up to the study even though he confirmed the day before! He also changed […]
Spiritual Triplets!
Greetings from the Central Region! Today we saw three incredible young souls added to God’s Kingdom through the waters of baptism! First, we baptized Enrique who is a student at ELAC and has a dream to one day study at UNAM in Mexico City to become a doctor! After studying the Bible, Enrique was overjoyed to learn that as a disciple he can also be a doctor for those who are sick […]
International Sunday!
Please come join us as we celebrate “All Nations” on September 29th! Please wear clothing from your heritage to church and bring a dish from your favorite foreign land for a pot luck after church! Courtyard Marriott Oxnard – 10am 600 E Esplanade Dr Oxnard CA, 93036
First Principles Study Series
We will be studying the ‘First Principles’ taught in the bible and how to teach them to others. We will be meeting on Fridays, starting September 20th, and meeting for 10 weeks, ending November 22nd. These meetings will be in place of our normal midweek service during this time. Fellowship begins at 7pm. Lesson begins at 7:30pm. We will be meeting at the Racquet Club Apartments Clubhouse (44045 15th Street […]
How do you speak the truth in love?
Have you ever said something that you regretted and hurt someone you really loved? Kerry exceptional example of not doing this. Never said – I wish I had never married you (not because I am perfect) Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. How do you do this? Speak the truth […]
September 8th
Greetings from Ventura! The Lord graciously added one more to our number this week! Bobby was baptized in the Pacific Ocean today after our Park Service! He was a former coworker of Marcel who was recently restored. Even though Bobby knew him while Marcel was in the darkness, when Marcel changed and restored his relationship with God, Bobby noticed and wanted to change as well! He diligently studied the Bible […]
Cameron’s Baptism – September 1, 2013
Cameron is an awesome carpenter living in the student populated area known as Isla Vista, that was met through our tagging efforts! He overcame a challenging past and was baptized today on the beach of one of the most wicked areas of the whole Santa Barbara County – Del Playa! It is the ocean front street that is infamous for its flagrant sin and today God placed a ray of […]
Alex’s Baptism – August 27, 2013
Alex is an incredibly talented UCSB graduate student, pursuing a Master’s in Mathematics. He graduated high school at 15, graduated Stanford at 19, worked at Yahoo for a couple of years before deciding to go back to school, as well as teaching undergraduate math classes. Alex came from a Scientology background with almost no knowledge of Jesus, and in just under three months came to faith in Jesus, and completely […]