Lecture Series
Fall Lecture Series, November 8-9
Carl Wilkens

Friday Evening – 6:00pm Vegetarian Soup Potluck, 7:30pm Film screening – “I’m Not Leaving”
Sabbath School, 9:30am -“Winding your way to freedom from anger and bitterness”
Church Service, 11:00am -“Made in the un-erasable image of God”
Sabbath Afternoon, 1:30pm -“Jesus’s parable of the Vineyard workers”

Fall Lecture Series, Nov 14-15

Sigve K. Tonstad

Research Professor of Biblical Interpretation and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University.

He completed a B.A. in theology at Middle East College, Beirut, Lebanon, and Andrews University, received his MD from Loma Linda University and a PhD in New Testament Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He is married to Serena Hasso Tonstad, who grew up in Baghdad as the daughter of a Swiss mother and an Iraqi father. They were classmates in medical school. Serena has a Ph.D. in Lipid Research and has done pioneering work in preventive medicine.

Live Stream – Always On – copy
Watch our Church Service

Live Stream every Saturday at 11:00am or archived any time.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast or RSS feed.

previous arrow
next arrow


  • Everything in Store

    In Deuteronomy, God takes Moses to the top of a mountain to show him everything in store. How would you feel if God did the…

  • Wise Men, Part 2

    Wisemen seek the truth wherever it may be found. In Acts chapter 17, Paul gives a lesson on what this looks like. Join us this…

  • Wise Men, Part 1

    In Matthew chapter 2, we read the story of the wise men following the star. And, based on that scripture, the question that I have…

  • The Ongoing Complexity of Hope

    In a season when we are invited to acknowledge darkness and also pay attention to light, at a time when violence both locally and globally…

  • Name Above all Names

    If ever a name was packed with significance, it is the name Jesus. Scripture says Jesus has been given “the name that is above every…

  • Love Never Fails

    The Love God calls us to is the greatest of all. It is a lifestyle and a choice to love people in this way. We…

  • Joy to the World

    The story of our faith, our very existence, begins and ends in joy. Between the beginning and the conclusion there is joy: at the center…

  • How to Experience God’s Peace

    “What does Scripture mean by peace? What does Paul mean when he says, ‘The Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and…

  • Advent: Hope

    Today, we enter our annual sermon series of Advent. As we have taken this week to reflect on thankfulness, together, we will talk about what…

  • Courageous Empathy, Part 3

    At the conclusion of the series, Pastor Kevin shares stories about the power of empathy to break down barriers, reexamine beliefs, and transform enemies into…

  • Courageous Empathy, Part 2

    Moral courage comes from standing up to your own “side,” when necessary, on behalf of the side of the “enemy.” This sort of moral courage…

  • Courageous Empathy, Part 1

    Trauma makes us turn inward. It creates justifications for the harm we cause other groups. Yet, if we allow ourselves to have compassion for the…