Serving Others and Sharing Faith 

Serving Others and Sharing Faith 

Linda Meyer lives her life with an eye toward serving God and others. She comes by it via nature and nurture.  Yet, opening up about the faith that drives her Christian service in a secular world is harder. She’s working on it. Serving was engrained in...
God Answers When We Ask

God Answers When We Ask

As the mother of a young child, Gail Conklin had a list of must-haves when looking for a church in Silicon Valley. She visited a number of houses of worship in her search. Most importantly, she prayed very specifically for a church close to home, a solid children’s...
To Recover and Heal is to Surrender

To Recover and Heal is to Surrender

Michelle Spencer is keenly aware of God’s work in her life these days. The single mom of two has been experiencing thoughts of a deepening of faith.  Her sensitivity is palpable; she is thoughtful and sometimes poetic in her sentiments, revealing her deepening...
A Love For Serving

A Love For Serving

Ashley Hekkert is practically one of Mariners’ own, having attending with her family since the tender age of 6, the young college student considers women like Betty Barmore and Debbie Gehret as her 2nd moms.  “I grew up attending children’s ministry from K-5, then the...
God Always Has a Plan

God Always Has a Plan

For the past six years since moving to Montara, the Avila’s have looked out from their deck onto the Point Montara Lighthouse, but they were unaware God put that lighthouse in their view almost 15 years ago, when they were still living in Fresno. Michelle and Ray,...
From Seeker To Decider

From Seeker To Decider

In March 2016, Laura McHugh, a facilities engineer and artist, was dealing with a very challenging personal situation of a relationship nature. It was clearly not all within her control as to how things were going to progress, if at all, but she was still thinking she...