FEATURES
By Jessie Brunner | March 24, 2007
Fairview Community Church's new reverend may not resemble the majority of her congregation, but she does embody the spirit of their beliefs. An enthusiastic advocate of gay rights, immigrant rights and workers' rights, 30-year-old Rev. Sarah Halverson returned to Costa Mesa, where she grew up, in August as the progressive church's senior pastor, and her post will be made official during today's installation ceremony. "What we were looking for was somebody younger who could reach out to a younger crowd and somebody who was very open and welcoming," said Martha Blake, 66, who joined the congregation in 1999.
NEWS
By Daniel Tedford | July 25, 2008
St. James Anglican Church named a new pastor this week after a yearlong search to find a new leader for the church that has been shrouded in four years of controversy. The Rev. Richard C. Crocker will become the senior pastor of the 1,000-member congregation, coming from the Truro Anglican Church in Fairfax, Va. His work will officially begin in January 2009. St. James has made headlines in recent years because of an ongoing battle due to its former connection to the Episcopal Church.
NEWS
By Jillian Beck | July 20, 2012
A theology graduate student likely died of a heart attack while surfing off Newport Beach, according to a friend. Brian Cohee, 58, of Claremont died Thursday at Hoag Hospital after firefighters took him there in critical condition. His friend, Min-Woo Shin, 33, said Friday that doctors at Hoag informed him that Cohee probably suffered a heart attack, but that an autopsy was still needed to confirm that. Earlier that afternoon, Cohee had traveled down to West Newport near Highland Street and West Oceanfront with Shin.
NEWS
August 6, 2013
Reverend William Steel Reverend William (Bill) Steel passed away peacefully on July 27 in his home with loved ones by his side. Bill was born in Monticello, AR, on December 31, 1932. He grew up in Dallas, TX, and went to college at Hendrix College (BA), Perkins School of Theology (MD), Union School of Theology, and received his Doctor of Religion from Claremont School of Theology in 1979. His life was spent serving the church in California. He founded and served at the Woodland Hills Methodist Church from 1958 to 1976 and finally at Mesa Verde United Methodist Church from 1979 to 1994.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Tom Ragan | May 24, 2010
Residents can check out some super cool classic cars in Costa Mesa tonight to help a fledgling university in Zambia, a landlocked African country that’s struggling with the AIDS epidemic and poverty. Crevier Classic Cars at 365 Clinton St. is playing host to Northrise University, which has a satellite office in Costa Mesa and whose mission is to educate poor African students so they can become productive people in their impoverished country and in return help their fellow countrymen.
FEATURES
May 29, 2009
The time for St. James’ congregation to move “to a new church building” was in August 2004, when they switched their allegiance from The Episcopal Church in the USA to the Anglican Church of Uganda. Now, after years of energy and millions of dollars have been spent on “their case,” I think it is good for the highest possible judicial authority in our county, state and nation to decide issues that affect all faith communities with international affiliations, global connections and universal commitments.
FEATURES
July 6, 2009
My father, 75, is many moons away from resumes, but if he had a resume, it would include the following: Pastor of a small, Methodist church in South Bend, Ind., at the age of 20 Doctorate of theology from Yale University Professor at School of Theology in Claremont from 1968 to 1999 Author of countless essays and articles on Christian ethics and the role of the church in social issues of the day. ...