Ministry News

Mens

A multi-church Men's study group meets each Monday morning at 7:00AM in Big Pine.

Womens

Women's groups meet regularly for Bible Study and for Devotion and prayer. Call the church office for information.

Childrens

The Sunday morning portion of Children's Ministries includes children participating in the music portion of Sunday Morning Worship. Following the song designed especially for the elementary age young people, they are dismissed to Children's Church for age appropriate lessons during the sermon time. AWANA meets each Wednesday at 6:30PM, during the school year,in the Family Center/Gym.Young people 3 years old thru sixth grade are encouraged to attend this nondenominational ministry intended to win and grow kids for Christ.

Youth

All Student Ministries (including students 6th grade thru high school) meet in the Chapel at 6:00PM on Sunday evenings. After Worship the groups take part in activities and discussion according to their varying interest levels.

Missions

Missionaries for September - Ben and Maggie Chan, Missions Door. Ben and Maggie serve the Lord among the Chinese in Southern California and China. After successfully planting two Chinese churches, Ben was appointed to be Missions Door's Chinese Ministry Specialist. Through their ministry, over 2000 people have heard the Gospel, and over 100 people have believed in God and gotten baptized in Southern California. During this time they have taken mission trips to China to minister through preaching, visitation, discipleship, social concerns and training. The training is provided to church leaders, pastors and lay leaders. To be more effective in the ministry, Ben and Maggie are working hard to build a Chinese ministry team, by both planting churches in the United States and wide-range ministry in China.

Adult Ministries

CBC Men’s and Women’s Ministries are both loosely knit, informally run entities.

Men most often meet informally for work projects or outings.
There is attendance at the annual Men’s Retreat at Pine Summit (CBASC camp in Big Bear area) or locally.
Often the men fellowship best during Deacon sponsored work activities. There are always donuts or sometimes a real breakfast to enjoy before the work begins.
Men’s study groups are in the formation stages.

The women’s activity highlight is an annual Tea or Luncheon with guest speaker, extraordinary gastronomical delicacies and décor.
A sizable group of women attend the annual Pine Summit retreat for women.
There are a number of women’s events centered around Deaconess activities; fellowship in a working side-by-side atmosphere.
Women gather to study or pray together weekly throughout the year.

Included in adult ministries is Young At Heart for senior adults (see the Young At Heart Page).

All adult fellowship groups are intended to grow friendships and connections in a casual setting enabling a sense of true community or church family feeling to develop.