BENEVOLENCE
The annual Benevolence Picnic was established 6 years ago, with the vision of bringing together our congregation to enjoy fellowship with one another, and to raise money for our church's benevolence needs.
Through out the years, generous sponsors have kindly donated a variety of gifts, services, and goods to our silent auction. The auction, along with fundraising activities such as croquet, soccer, and the purchase of picnic foods, has helped tremendously in funding the church's benevolence program.
Such contributions help Christ Reformed Church to administer financial assistance to those in need of benevolence. This assistance aids with daily necessities, groceries, rent assistance, car repair, utilities, medical expenses, etc. And 100% of the funds raised go directly for benevolence; none of it is reserved for administrative use.
In these difficult economic times, the benevolence fund is critical. We thank you for supporting our efforts to help those in need and hope you will have fun while supporting a great cause!
OUR CHURCH
Christ Reformed Church began from meetings of a small group of people at the home of Dr. Kim Riddlebarger. As a home missions plant of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), our first official service took place on Reformation Sunday, October 30, 1995 in Placentia, CA. It was "standing room only" as the small Lutheran church was filled beyond capacity. It was immediately apparent from those early services that there was a yearning on the part of many for sound teaching and reverent worship that had been lacking in so many of our Christian lives.
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger has been Minister of our congregation since its inception. Dr. Michael Horton shared pastoral duties from the church's founding until 1998, when he left to pursue post-doctoral studies at Yale and then took up his calling at Westminster Seminary California.
Along with a number of churches in our classis, In 1997, Christ Reformed Church left the CRC and joined a new federation of confessional reformed churches, the United Reformed Churches of North America (the URCNA). This is the federation of churches to which we belong.
To learn more, please visit our official website at www.ChristReformed.org.