Stories

A few years ago as Patrice Bovero was struggling with the challenge of raising a teenage son, she was approached by Debbie Gehret. “Debbie told me about her LifeGroup which was comprised of other moms with teenagers. They would meet in the prayer room of the church,...

About this time last year, Susan Palmer, a coastside resident since 1978, was living in central California, tending to her critically ailing mother, Kae.   “Mom had Glioblastoma on the left frontal brain, and there is no cure for this aggressive cancer.” As the cancer...

"He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”  Micah 6:8 (NIV) The curriculum for our recent 40 Days in the Word gave the assignment for LifeGroups to do a Micah 6:8...

"Then the Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."  Genesis 31:3 Decades after leaving Fairfield, KY, for “city life” in Louisville, the U.S. Army and eventually California, his boyhood home remains...

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 Successful ministry often depends on the individual talents of many. For instance, consider the team from Mariners Church...

“For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them." Matthew 18:20 Taylor and Grayson are close friends. They pal around together at Mariners HSM, serve KidMin on Sunday Mornings and enjoy youth camps at Hume Lake. Coming home from winter...

Maureen is on a trip at this moment to the Holy Land, which she has wanted to see for a lifetime. Following the route Moses took through the Red Sea, she is on the Exodus Tour and has wanted to take this trip for a long time. Now is the perfect time. Many times...

Every personal relationship with God requires a first step. For Arturo Hernandez, it began with a letter. For five years, Arturo had longed to get to know a young woman, Aida, who had captured his heart. He asked her out several times but her answer was always “no.”...

Over the last several years Stacy Frink has been plagued with health problems. Frequently in and out of the hospital, she has faced multiple kidney surgeries with complications including two strokes. Despite it all, it’s evident that her faith journey up to this point...

June Troller lives in peace with God’s sometimes unexpected plans for her life, and she feels blessed with the opportunity to serve God wherever his needs might take her. ​ One day last August it began raining at the home June shares with her son Kevin’s family in...

Neil and Britt Kopping were looking for a renewed sense of community when they decided to host a “40 Days in the Word” LifeGroup in their Pacifica home – community with their church in Half Moon Bay, with their neighbors in Pacifica and with God. The Koppings lived in...

Brian Wilson moved to the coastside because he heard it was a good place to be homeless. It turns out it was an even better place to find God and a growing heart for serving others. Brian’s life began to spiral into homelessness when he lost his driver’s license and,...