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Ages 12-17

Youth Ministries

Youth Ministries serves middle school and high school students of our conference. With a great number of events and annual support provided to our pastors, our hope is that our youth are filled with light and love.

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Ages 18-33

Young Adult Ministries

Young Adult Ministries seeks to empower the next leaders, mentoring them to lead in their churches and their communities. Young adults in our conference are not afraid to challenge the status quo and provide useful insight into the movement of our church.

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Ages 4+

Club Ministries

Supported by the worldwide Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Club Ministries programs include Pathfinders, Adventurers, Master Guides, and Teen Leadership programs. All foster growth and harbor discipline and leadership ranging from ages 4 and beyond.

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All Ages

Family & Children's Ministries

We support all of our diverse and beautiful families within our conference. Our desire is to see families live together, fellowship, and grow together. Family Ministries coincides with Children’s Ministries with the goal to plant fruitful seeds to share the gospel.

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All Ages

Media Ministry

The church we live in today is different from the church of five years ago. Media Ministries supports the wide range of conference and church ministries through technical needs, creative visioning, and planning.

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All Ages

Camp Ministries

Pine Springs Ranch, located in Mountain Center, CA provides the much needed get-away from the stresses of life. Many of our events are held at our Retreat Center which also provides a fun summer camp program. We have been privileged to see many of our summer camp staff become the next influential leaders in their communities.

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All Ages

Growing Together Sabbath School

With the goal of “every age on the same page,” our Sabbath School curriculum is designed to teach biblical principles to children, youth, and adults that is easy to understand. Growing Together is available free for all constituent churches within our conference. 

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Young Adult
Ministries

Young Adult Ministries seeks to empower the next leaders, mentoring them to lead in their churches and their communities. Young adults in our conference are not afraid to challenge the status quo and provide useful insight into the movement of our church.

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Club
Ministries

Supported by the worldwide Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Club Ministries programs include Pathfinders, Adventurers, Master Guides, and Teen Leadership programs. All foster growth and harbor discipline and leadership ranging from ages 4 and beyond.

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Children's
Ministries

Children's Ministry programs consist of annual Vacation Bible School fun and local church events. Our goal is to plant fruitful seeds of ministry beginning at a young age to develop a love for Jesus and others.

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Family
Ministries

We support all of our diverse and beautiful families within our conference. Our desire is to see families live together, fellowship, and grow together. Coinciding with Children's Ministries, we provide training, parenting tips, and so much more for our families, including a Sabbath School resource called Growing Together.

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Camp
Ministries

Pine Springs Ranch, located in Mountain Center, CA provides the much needed get-away from the stresses of life. Many of our events are held at our Retreat Center and also provides a fun week-long summer camp program. We have been privileged to see many of our summer camp staff become the next influential leaders in their communities.

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Isaac Kim

Associate Youth Director

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Pastor Isaac Kim grew up in Atlanta, Georgia but has lived in SoCal and worked in SECC at Calimesa SDA for 20 years. He attended Atlanta Adventist Academy where his chaplain/bible teacher made a huge impact in his life where he discovered he wanted to do the same. While at the Calimesa church, Isaac served in various capacities including Children and Family Ministries for 12 years. He likes to work collaboratively with ministry teams, cheerleading ministry leaders, and creating space for people to share life together. Isaac and his two boys enjoy sports, both playing and watching. They are Falcons, Warriors, and Braves fans. Isaac strives to be the best dad that he can be by modeling the love of Jesus and believes that the message of the Gospel shows up in different ways along our journey. The most recent time the gospel was real to him was during his wife’s health journey.

Judi Jeffreys

Office Manager

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Judi Jeffreys has been a part of the SECC Youth Ministries for 20+ years serving as the office manager and working alongside the team to keep youth ministries thriving in SECC. Judi uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others and is inspired daily by those with whom she serves.The gospel message became real to her as a young adult when she accepted the Adventist message and truly grasped the love of God. Judi’s motto is, "Change brings growth, growth brings growing pains, and growing pains brings change." Originally born in Colorado, Judi was raised a Southern California girl and loves all types of foods, but her taste buds fancy Asian foods, especially Thai and Indonesian. Judi married her high school sweetheart, Greg, and is proud of their adult children, Leigh, Mark, and Megan. When not working, Judi can be found riding a motorcycle, scuba diving, relaxing with yoga, taking long walks, or just spending time with her family.

Aren Rennacker

Youth Director

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Aren Rennacker was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. He became an Adventist as a teenager thanks to the incredible influence of his church and academy. After graduating from Pacific Union College with a degree in Journalism, he served as a youth and young adult pastor at two wonderful SECC churches, Calimesa and Oceanside, while completing his Masters of Theological Studies from La Sierra University. In 2019, Aren became Director of Youth Ministries for the SECC, a position he cherishes. Aren loves connecting with pastors, speaking to young people, and serving the youth ministries leaders of our conference. His greatest passion is to empower youth and young adults to live the Gospel in new and relevant ways. Aside from ministry, Aren also enjoys basketball, stories, and a fresh bowl of oatmeal. He and his lovely wife Paige were married in 2020.