Stories

This fall, Temple City church hosted its first community health fair in recent history, serving about 70 people. The health fair provided access to various health education services, such as […]

A Los Angeles native, Salvador Garcia is no stranger to Southern California Conference (SCC). He has pastored 12 churches in SCC and also shared youth week of prayer with multiple […]

“I feel that God is calling me to expand my experiences to help other Asian churches.” After 27 years serving as pastor of the El Monte Vietnamese church, Vinh Nguyen […]

This October, ONE House hosted its annual gathering at Alhambra church for a day of worship, discussion, and belonging. The theme, “You Belong,” was designed to remind young people that […]

The first weekend of September, Hispanic Youth Ministries held a camp for youth and young adults at Camp Cedar Falls where most of the Southern California Conference regions were represented.  […]

  This summer, 80 students graduated from the Southern California Conference (SCC) Hispanic Region’s annual lay ministry training. Each year’s training emphasizes a specific area of ministry for lay members. […]

The unique stories of five individuals all converged on one day this August in a special baptism event, as Van Nuys church welcomed five new members into the faith. Over […]

The mission of the North American Division (NAD) Children’s Ministries is “Empowering Leaders. Impacting Kids.” Following this model, Southern California Conference (SCC) Children’s Ministries recently held a one-day intensive training […]

Central Filipino church (CFC) commemorated both the past and present with a 65th anniversary celebration at which newly retired Simeon Rosete, who served as CFC senior pastor for 30 years, […]

This September, San Fernando Valley Academy (SFVA) celebrated 120 years of providing quality Christian education. In 1902, The Fernando College became the first Adventist secondary school in the Southern California […]

This summer, the Southern California Conference was pleased to welcome Chris Jordan as our new Asset/Risk Management Director. Jordan has worked in the industry for more than 20 years, most […]

What was intended as a small group Bible study grew into a four-day evangelistic series at San Fernando Spanish church, resulting in four souls won for the kingdom of God. […]

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, student literature evangelists spent 10 weeks this summer sharing their faith and spreading God’s word through Christ-centered literature in […]

“Today, as we review the history and the story of the Eagle Rock Seventh-day Adventist Church (ERC) for 100 years, we can say, ‘God was here,’” shared Southern California Conference […]

This summer, the Alhambra church parking lot was transformed to host the ONE House music and arts festival showcasing various Adventists artists, such as musicians, crafters, photographers, cooks, designers of […]

From July 11-16, the White Memorial church sanctuary was transformed into an inviting beachside escape for Vacation Bible School (VBS).  Each year, church members rally together to work with Children’s […]

This summer, West Hollywood Spanish church partnered with City of Hope to host its first large-scale health fair. The day-long event provided care for 230 people in the surrounding community. […]

Los Olivos Spanish church in Van Nuys and Shalom Spanish company in Northridge, two district churches led by Rolando Rivera, collaborated for a joint Vacation Bible School (VBS) program this […]

Years before the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies were already noticing the impact of video. As early as 2013, global marketing agency Insivia reported, “Viewers retain 95% of a message when […]

  This year, SCC members donated and the conference matched those funds to total $286,000 in donations to support Ukraine during the war overseas. Our SCC conference President Velino A. […]