Results tagged “Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church” from Yucaipa Now

Calimesa Community Garden supporters and organizers held a groundbreaking, Tuesday, at the future site of the garden on land owned by the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church on Avenue L that the church is donating for the use of the garden.

CALIMESA - Isaac Kim stood on the fertile ground of the 4.7 acres of land on south Avenue L that the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church owns. The land lies unused, but in the near future, he envisions this patch of yellow stubble being transformed into a flourishing vegetable and herb garden in which the entire community can partake of its bounty.

As the Acting Senior Pastor of the church, Kim says that the church is pleased to offer part of the land for a useful and much-needed community project in Calimesa - a community garden.

"We are excited about this," Kim said. "This is all part of neighbors wanting to be good neighbors. This is what a church should be doing in a community. This is a wonderful bonding and sharing with our neighbors."

John Bohner
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Written By Don A Roth,
Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church

CALIMESA - Inland Empire resident John Bohner has been elected president of the Yucaipa Valley Retirees fellowship of the Seventh-day Adventist church.

The new leader will be serving his first term starting June 1 and continuing for a year. He has been a resident of this area for the past 13 years. He replaces Jean Zachary of Calimesa.

The chief executive of the organization is a retired denominational auditor who spent 13 years of overseas mission service in Singapore, Guam and Hawaii..

At the time of his recent retirement, Bohner was chief auditor of the church’s Hawaiian Conference located in Honolulu. He continues working part-time as an auditor of the Southeastern California Conference of Adventists with headquarters in Riverside.

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By Don A Roth,
(909) 797-6159

CALIMESA - Two Calimesa widows with a long history of international travel are in Chile, South America this month taking part in a church-building project at Quirihue, Chile.

They are Jean Zachary and Alberta Brown, residents of the Plantation on the Lake Park, who will join more than 100 other volunteers in a project sponsored by Maranatha International, a philanthropic organization based in Sacramento, California.

Dr. Kenneth Wright

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By Don A Roth,
(909) 797-6159

CALIMESA - The story of a Belgium priest who took care of lepers on the island of Molokai in Hawaii will be presented by Dr. Kenneth Wright, a resident of Redlands, at the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sunday night, February 15, 7:30 p.m.
The church is located at 391 Myrtlewood Drive.
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Damien,” is the name of the play that has been given twice earlier last year at the LifeHouse Theatre in Redlands. Wright is a staff member of the School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, but is also a member of the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church.

There is no admission charge and the public has been invited to attend, says Dr. Ken Curtis, associate pastor of the church. This is the first time the monologue has been given in Calimesa.

Pastor, Chris Oberg

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By Don A Roth,
(909) 797-6159

Senior pastor Chris Oberg of the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church has accepted an invitation to become senior pastor of the 2,702-member La Sierra University Adventist Church, Riverside, California.

She announced this information at a recent weekly meeting of the Calimesa congregation. She has been pastor here for the past four years.

In her new position that she takes the place vacated by Dr. Dan Smith who has been given an assignment as evangelism coordinator with the Southeastern California Conference of Adventists. Before coming to Calimesa four years ago, Pastor Oberg was an associate pastor of the Riverside area church on the campus of La Sierra University. She will give her last sermon in Calimesa on February 21 and take up her new work on March 1.

Dr. Gary Bonner

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By Don A. Roth
Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church

The 140-member California Baptist University Choir and Orchestra from Riverside, California will present a concert on Saturday night, January 17, 7:30 p.m. as part of the 2008-2009 Calimesa Community Concert Series.

The venue will be the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church at 39l Myrtlewood Drive.

The director, Dr. Gary Bonner, who also directs the Gary Bonner Singers, brings this group to Calimesa for the fourth time. He serves as the Dean of Music at Collingsworth School of Music.

Dr. Robert Soderblom, Director of the Series, says that the choir and orchestra are the most exciting musical group in the country.

"This specific program in our Series is the fourth time for this musical group," says Soderblom. Call (909) 795-4960 for more information or directions. The director says that Dr. Bonner will be presenting a program of traditional and contemporary music. He says that it is difficult to describe in words the attractiveness of this youthful musical group.

"Exuberance, enthusiasm, excitement, excellence - these are the words to describe the music of this popular musical organization," according to Dr. Soderblom.

"Reflecting the philosophy that music is for the masses, not to be hidden and savored by only an elite few, this choir offers its audience a balance of music ranging from their highly-treasured music of the past to all of the most exciting music of the present," he continued.

"The exceptional communication skills of the conductor, Dr. Bonner, and his young people have delighted audiences in the Inland Empire," says Dr. Soderblom.

Dr. Michael Fillman
Photo furnished by Don Roth

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By Don A Roth
(909) 797-6159

The Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church will soon begin its Sixth Annual CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project), a lifestyle improvement program for the Inland Empire community.

It is set to begin on Sunday, February 8 in Calimesa. The Health and Wellness Committee of the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church is the sponsor. CHIP is an affordable four-week lifestyle education program pioneered by a Loma Linda resident, Dr. Hans Diehl, director of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute of Loma Linda.

The primary goal of CHIP is to focus on eating more healthful foods while avoiding those foods that contribute to many Western killer diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and high blood pressure.

Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist church has joined together to make life easier for the seniors at a local mobile home park.

By Don Roth / Communications Director
Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church

The faculty and staff at Mesa Grande Academy were looking for a community project in which the academy students could be involved to make a difference in someone's life. Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church Senior Pastor, Chris Oberg, suggested adopting a mobile home park.

With the start of this next school year, the academy students will begin their third year working one morning a month at the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park on the West side of Interstate 10. While more and more younger families are moving in to the park making the elderly residents less in numbers, there is still plenty of work that needs to be done.

During the summer months when the academy is on break, members from the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church go out one evening a month to continue the work that the elderly depend on.

The projects include spreading gravel, pulling weeds, trimming bushes, mowing, inside cleaning of mobiles, washing windows and cars. Doing whatever it is that the elderly can't do for themselves and what many can't afford to have done. The finances for the project are underwritten by a grant from the church's headquarters in Riverside.

The freshman through senior students rotate each month so that each class goes out twice a year. The 8th grade class has managed to get involved at the end of the school year as the academy students are busy with finals. This gives them a head start on the next four years.

Judie Yakush, coordinates all of the logistics of the project, including transportation, tools, and places of assignment.

"This is a very worthwhile project and instills a sense of community partnership," said Yakush.

For more information contact Don A. Roth at 909-797-6159