Congratulations to Andrew Garland who was unanimously approved for ordination on June 19 after successfully completing his Ordination Council. The examination was held at ShoreLife Church in Huntington Beach where Andrew serves on staff as an Associate Pastor. The Ordination Council consisted of: our host, Lead Pastor of Shorelife Church, Dr. Brent Strawsburg; Andrew's father, Pastor Ken Garland; CB Pastors Rev. Gary Golike, Rev. Pat Cottrell, and Rev. Perry White; Chairman of the Ordination Committee, Dr. Joe LoMusio; and moderator, Dr. Jim Smith. The church will acknowledge Andrew during the morning worship services on July 15 to officially recognize his Ordination. If you would like to pursue ordination please contact us at cbministries@cbasc.com.

On May 31, Pastor David Sunukjian resigned from Redeemer Church in La Mirada after 6 years of faithful service. He wrote, "For the last year or so I've been dealing with a slowly-expanding crisis of faith.....The Elders at Redeemer, who are also my dear friends, have faithfully walked with me along this entire process. Together, we have come to the conclusion that it is best for me to resign my position as elder/pastor at Redeemer Church...We do not know what the future holds. For the first time in my adult life I will be looking for a job outside the church....there is hope and even a certain curiosity to see what the future holds."  May God bless David and his family on this next chapter in his life. CB has contacted the church and they are currently well prepared to lead Redeemer for the near future.

CB Chaplain and Founder of RYFO, Nick Greenwood is reaching into the Music Industry. Here is his recent update...

Festivals are designed for music listeners to consume music by the truck load. Multiple stages are timed to allow crowds to come and go in waves with the start of another band's set. We go from stage to stage until our ears bleed, our feet hurt, or we collapse because we forgot to drink enough water. We carefully outline what bands we can see based on stages and set times, and do our best to not miss our favorites. There's an art to it that I'm personally not good at. I try. Most of us can get so focused on 'consuming' all the music that we can, that we miss incredible opportunities to 'produce' life in the musicians themselves. Granted, many of us make valiant efforts to thank or encourage musicians we see walking around the festival grounds, but often miss the mark in doing so. Sure, musicians appreciate hearing "thank you", or "you guys killed it today." But to be honest, most of those accolades get put in the 'bank of praise' that has lost it's sparkle.

 
What if?

What if instead of mustering up enough courage to walk up to the merch table and thank a band for their music or their "ministry"; or instead of striking up the "how's tour" conversation they've had 400 million times before, we ask the band, "is there anything I can do for you," or "anything I can get you," or "anything I can pray for?" What if the life of Jesus was produced inside of musicians this Summer, by us. By you! May we be a people who reflect and communicate the Good News of Jesus this Summer, in word and deed. May we change what it means to be a fan, to the glory of God.

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 Fox News recently published an article on obesity and the church. Church members and Pastors seem to eat too much compared to the rest of the nation. "A potentially larger crisis is looming in the pews of churches across America. In fact, statistics suggest that the church today may indeed be in worse condition than the general population. A 2006 Purdue study found that the fundamental Christians are by far the heaviest of all religious groups led by the Baptists with a 30% obesity rate compared with Jews at 1%, Buddhists and Hindus at 0.7%.