Dear SBPC Family, On behalf of the entire Associate Pastor Nominating Committee (APNC) I am pleased to report that the search for an Associate Pastor of Student and Children’s Ministries is progressing on schedule. Our overarching goal is to present to Session a fully qualified ordained pastoral candidate who possesses the requisite spiritual, organizational, and leadership skills that can best serve the needs of our children, students, and their families. In order to accomplish our goal, we have broken our work plan into three distinct phases: Listening, Searching, and Selecting. Our initial......

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!  We reached our goal of $1.6M and will be able to move forward debt free! Over the last 7 years, 831 families and individuals have given $13M to complete our campus building plan which included a new preschool, Hispanic worship center, children’s center, chapel, and expanded outdoor spaces. Because of God’s faithfulness and your generosity, we have been able to realize this dream of a campus that has been designed for our community. Our campus is a launching pad for ministry. A place to gather and be......

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We are so pleased to introduce our new part-time Minister of Visitation, John Illian. John will be working with Cindy Wright, Deacons, and Stephen Ministers to visit the homebound, bereaved and hospitalized and to officiate at memorial services. From John: Coming back to SBPC has been a homecoming of sorts. As some of you know, after I graduated from U.C.L.A. I became a teacher at what was then Earl Warren Junior High School. Connie and I were married in Dec. 1971 and lived in Cardiff. We became members of SBPC, were active......

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