Stories
Bringing Co-workers to Christ
Matt Klein sees opportunities to share the Gospel everywhere – especially at work, where he spends much of each day. “I make it quite clear to everyone that I have faith in God,” said Matt, who is a program management director at work. “I don’t want to bulldoze over...
God Provides Amid Fear and Persecution in China
Growing up in China, Eunice’s family never discussed religion. It’s safer that way. “I never had any chance to know anything about Christianity as a belief, not from family, not from school, until I attended university.” Eunice said. She discovered Christ while...
Blessed by Fellowship in her Faith Community
Meaghan Joynt has attended church most of her life but discovered the blessing of fellowship only recently. She never felt community at the church she attended as a child. And her church experience as a young adult in New York was as part of a professional choir that...
A Quiet Time Story: Ivette, Connecting with God Through Spiritual Snacking
The demands of busy lives driven by unpredictable calendars can make it difficult to commit to a daily time, place and resource for connecting with God. Dedicating a block of 60, 30 or even 15 minutes to praise, prayer and learning can seem impossible. “As a mom, as a...
Mariners Posada Offers a Prelude to Christmas
There was no room in the inn for Mary and Joseph on that first Christmas, but Mariners will have plenty of room for the Coastside community at a traditional Posada celebration from 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the church and nearby neighborhoods. You, your family...
Surrendering to Christ’s Persistent Invitation
Garold “Murph” Murphy lived life on his own terms for more than 60 years before he finally asked Christ to enter his life. He has battled addiction, relationship and other issues common to the world, and never felt very good about himself. “I just got tired. I’d had...
Mariners’ Generosity Shared To Our Community
Part of Ivette Moctezuma’s role at Mariners is to build bridges from our church to the Latino community in Half Moon Bay. Last year we sponsored a Financial Peace class with associates of Bay City Flowers. It was very successful and plans for a class this fall was in...
Meeting God Amid the Beauty of His Creation
God is constantly at hand, but sometimes the distractions of life and the world obscure his presence. Like many of us, Jim Davis says he feels closest to God when out alone in His creation. Jim recalls a particularly powerful connection one summer while working as a...
Sharing God’s Blessings to Grow His Church
God’s path for his church and its impact often isn’t clear to Christ’s followers until we look over our shoulders. Seven years ago, Joaquin Hernandez felt God call him to begin a new church here on the Coastside. With support and encouragement from his brothers,...
God’s Plan Opens New Vistas Via LifeGroup
The Coastside was comfortably familiar to Kathy Oler when she returned to Half Moon Bay in 2013 after 24 years in Arizona – the mountains and ocean, family and friends, church and community. Not that much had changed. But God had a new and unfamiliar plan in store for...
New Wave – Evangelism Matters
“Paul Richardson, Lead Pastor at Mariners, was in college the first time God used him to bring others to Christ. The new believers were 9 years old. He recently had committed his life to serving Christ and had pledged to embrace the first service opportunity to come...
Hope In Action Stories Touched My Life
“From where I was, it seemed like the picnic was really great,” stated Collene Meador. “I had fun walking around and getting stories from people.” Collene offered to capture people’s experiences during the picnic in how they served on Hope In Action day. “I learned a...