Elder Jonathan Henderson

Jonathan Henderson is the senior pastor of the Vallejo Central church. He has served as a pastor in the Northern California Conference for over 15 years. During his time in ministry, he has had the privilege of traveling the world to preach the gospel, with a strong focus on youth and young adults.

After graduating from Pacific Union College in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in theology, Henderson began ministry at PUC as an outreach minister. He then served for three years as the associate pastor of the Campus Hill church in Loma Linda, where his ministry focused on collegiate and young adult groups. For the next decade, Henderson pastored the Grand Advent church in Oakland, before returning to PUC as chaplain for four years. In 2008, Henderson authored the book Worth Every Drop: A Journey into the Heart of God. 

Elder Jose Marin

Pastor Jose Marin is the executive secretary of the Northern California Conference. He has worked in ministry for the past 24 years.

As executive secretary Marin enjoys keeping the records of the members in the NCC. He chronicles the acts of God and the growth of each church as they move forward in reaching their communities with the incarnational gospel of Christ. He shepherds pastors as they proclaim the good news of salvation and prepare men and women for His soon return. His passion is to demonstrate Christ’s amazing grace as he works to win men and women to Christ.

Born in Long Beach, California, Marin attended public school until his senior year of high school when he attended San Diego Academy. During spring break, he went on a mission trip sponsored by an anonymous donor. On that trip he definitely felt God’s call. “I realized what my life purpose was: to serve God in ministry,” he said.

Marin graduated from Montemorelos University in Mexico with a degree in theology. He then worked as a pastoral assistant in Southern California for several months. In 1995 he accepted a call to the Washington Conference, where he helped plant several churches. From 1998-2006, he worked in the Texas Conference as a pastor and evangelist.

Marin was called to the Arizona Conference in 2006 to serve as assistant to the president for Hispanic ministries and as Sabbath School director. In 2014, Marin received a call to the NCC, where he served as Hispanic coordinator for two years. Then in 2016, Marin received a call to return to the Arizona Conference as executive secretary, ministerial director, and evangelism director. Two years later he was voted in as NCC executive secretary.

Marin and his wife, Cynthia, have three college-age boys: Geovanni, Nephtali, and Josemiguel. He enjoys hiking with his wife and mentoring his sons.

Elder Damian Chandler

Elder Damian Chandler is senior pastor of the Sacramento Capitol City church, where he has served since 2014. His ministry journey has taken him across the length and breadth of America, from Seattle, Washington, to Huntsville, Alabama.

Born in Toronto, Canada, Chandler was raised on the island of Barbados. His ministry journey started in a small church housed in the basement of his home. With only nine members, the burden of the ministry fell equally on the shoulders of all, including this 16-year-old teen. At night he could hear the prayers of these humble people rising through the vents into his room. That small church made a huge impact on Chandler's spiritual life, and it stands as both a turning point in his life and a foundation for his call to ministry.

Realizing the need to add education to this passion, he began training for ministry in 1996 at Oakwood University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theology. He later earned a Master of Divinity degree from the SDA Theological Seminary.

Known as a creative, Chandler uses his gifts in a variety of ways. One of his greatest loves is leading people in worship. He has composed numerous songs now used in praise and worship settings across the country. He is also a storyteller at heart. This gift most recently led him to write a book titled, The Crooked Christmas Tree. Published by Faithwords, the book has been featured across the nation by national retailers like Barnes and Noble, Walmart, and Target and by book retailers around the world.

Chandler is passionate about ministry, but he is even more passionate about family. God gave him the desire of his heart and a partner in life, his wife, Tanzy Chandler. They expanded their tribe with the addition of their daughter Zoe and sons Salem and Levi.

Edwin Brown

Elder Edwin F. Brown currently serves as the senior pastor of the Market Street church in Oakland. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1989 by the South Central Conference.

After receiving his degree in computer operations and business management from Falls College and his bachelor's degree in religion and computer science from Oakwood University, he joined the staff at the South Central Conference as the director of the Adventist Book and Nutritional Center.  During Brown’s tenure, sales grew from $100,000 to over $600,000 per year. He was also instrumental in the design, structure, and updating of a computerized system for the center.

Brown has served as the senior pastor in the Northern California Conference at Valley Community in Stockton and Richmond Beacon Light. In Tennessee he served as senior pastor at Maranatha in Jackson, New Birth in Franklin, Oakland Park in  Murfreesboro, and Ephesus in Clarksville.

In addition to pastoral ministry, Brown has a great passion for evangelism and has traveled to various countries to spread the gospel. His ministry has included evangelism efforts in the USA, Canada, Bermuda, Chimoio, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, Kenya, and Mombasa. He has also served in Romania, Thailand, and Peru. He also participated in a marketing tour to Israel in January 2018. He served as the Week of Prayer Speaker at the Agona SDA High School in Ghana, Africa. The combination of these efforts has resulted in over 20 crusades, 15,000 souls, and the establishment of 10 new churches and three schools.

Serving the community is natural for Brown. He has served as a mentor for young men as second lieutenant in the Tennessee National Guard and as chaplain for the Civil Air Patrol and for the Tennessee Department of Corrections. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and he is a certified REST counselor, which includes training in basic cognitive spiritual therapy, stress therapy, and professional addiction intervention.

Brown is the CFO of PEB Ministry, a non-profit organization. PEB provides services to assist youth, young adults, and adults in fostering positive change in their lives. Services include tutoring, mentoring/coaching, family and marital intervention, addiction intervention, and spiritual instruction. Brown and his wife, Paula (Sampson) Brown own and operate PEB Ministry.

The Browns have four children: Brigella Prillerman, Ererika Brown, Mario Brown, and Nivanka Brown-Harris. They love spoiling their 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren and watching souls come to Christ.

Dr. Eddie Heinrich

Elder Melvyn W. Warfield Jr.

Elder Chanda Nunes

Pastor Chanda M. Nunes, was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, in a Christian home, by two God-fearing Parents.

Pastor Nunes recognized her call to ministry at the age of 9, and credits many church leaders who acknowledged this—and took a risk on her as a young person, by assigning her various leadership roles.

Pastor Nunes is a graduate of Burman University, formerly Canadian University College, (BA Religious Studies, min. Biblical Languages), & Andrews University (Masters of Divinity). She also holds Associate degrees in Private Investigation & Paralegal Studies, and is also a Certified Life Coach Practitioner.

Pastor Nunes began her pastoral ministry in 2003, serving the Alberta Conference, at the College Heights SDA Church, on the campus of CUC.

From 2008-2015, Pastor Nunes served the Kansas-Nebraska Conference at the New Haven SDA, (Kansas City), and was the first Black ever to serve in the Conference, as well as the first Black female pastor to serve in the Mid-American Union. During that time, she was also Commissioned, (2011).

Currently, Pastor Nunes serves the Northern California Conference at the Capitol City SDA Church in Sacramento, CA. She is the first Black female Pastor to serve within the Conference, she was Ordained in 2018.

Anthony Whigham

The music ministry of Anthony Whigham began in the mid 1970’s when he was a member of the well known group Gospel Dynamics. While attending Oakwood College he formed a group called, “Way Back When.” During the summer months he would travel to work in tent revivals with Evangelist Harold Brewer. It was during these tent efforts that he realized that ministry to God’s people through music was his true calling. His recording career began in 1980 when he signed a recording contract with Command Records, out of Los Angeles, California. Later he signed with S.O.G Records our of Detroit, Michigan and then formed his own record label WIOB. During this time he began traveling the entire United States as well as parts of Central America and Canada in full time music ministry, resulting in the production of six albums and a concert tour that took him around the world. By the mid 1990’s he was recruited by Walter Pearson to be a vocalist for the Breath of Life Telecast. He has worked with major Evangalists within the Adventist Church such as:  C. B. Gentry, Randolph Stafford, Butch Rice, Calvin Watkins, George Rainey, Emil Peeler, and E.E. Cleveland, just to name a few.  He was honored by UCAA as an Oakwood Legend in 2010. His latest CD entitled Morning, was released in the Summer of 2016.

What Anthony is most proud of , is that during his years of Music Ministry, he has been influential in the baptism of more than 7,000 people. To God be the glory.

Aaron Brieno

Arron Brieno was born and raised in Hanford, California, a small agricultural town located in the Central California Conference. Aaron graduated from Chapman University where he obtained a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership. After completing his undergraduate studies Aaron attended the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law where he obtained his Juris Doctorate in May, 2014. During law school, Aaron concentrated his studies on courses in the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s Capital Center for Law & Policy while interning in the California Legislature. At the conclusion of law school Aaron was admitted to the California Bar and began working with the Church State Council, a religious liberty ministry of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. In 2015, Aaron was selected for a position as a Senate Fellow through a highly competitive fellowship program jointly sponsored by the California State Senate and the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

Currently, Aaron is Legislative Director for California State Senator Ben Hueso (Senate District 40). In this capacity, Aaron is responsible for helping to develop the Senator’s legislative package and ensuring all of the Senator’s legislation moves smoothly throughout the legislative process. In addition to his work in the California Legislature, Aaron is passionate about working with and inspiring youth.

Aaron currently mentors many law school students at the McGeorge School of Law and teaches the Granite Bay Young Adult Class every Sabbath. In his hometown Aaron founded a community-based organization, Inspire California, which provides free comprehensive college prep services, professional development workshops and mentoring to high school aged Central Valley public school students. This last summer, Inspire California brought 45 students from the Central Valley to Sacramento to tour the campus of Sacramento State, the State Capitol and the Golden 1 Arena during their annual free college prep program.

Valda Dounveor

Presentation: “Living Beyond Losses” How to manage the losses in your life

Valda J. Dounveor works for Alameda County’s Center for Healthy Schools and Communities as a Health and Wellness Consultant/Therapist. Currently she develops curriculum for educators, interns, students and their families, training them on how to enhance the emotional health of those who have experienced trauma.

A graduate of Andrews University, her 20 plus years as a social worker, trainer and a therapist has made her an asset in the service of her community and to our Lord and Savior. Widowed after only two years of marriage, God impressed upon her to share her personal experience of loss with others by becoming a Christian Grief and Loss Recovery counselor; and she now runs an over- the-phone grief support program that is supported by the Northern California Conference. In her spare time she volunteers for several community organizations, including a local pet refuge. She is a member of the Beacon Light SDA Church in Richmond, Ca. serving as the church clerk and singing in the choir.

Chef G.W. Chew

Dr. Kathy M. Batchelor

Dr. Kathy Batchelor is the Director of Human Resources for the Northern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. She has over two decades of HR experience and considers herself a lifelong learner.

During her formative years, Kathy attended and graduated from Golden Gate Academy in Oakland, CA. She then completed her BA in Psychology at Loma Linda University, La Sierra Campus-Riverside, which is now La Sierra University. She also holds a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University in Walnut Creek, CA and received her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Organizational Development from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.

Kathy is the wife of Wayne Batchelor and together they have an adult daughter Kristina Batchelor.

As HR Director, God has blessed Kathy with the opportunity to exercise her passion for people where she has been able to make a positive impact on their personal and spiritual growth. She has conducted leadership workshops and trainings throughout the Northern California territory and globally. In her spare time Kathy enjoys community work that allows her to educate people regarding health and wellness. Her hobbies include gardening, outdoor activities, and interior decorating. Most of all, Kathy loves God and desires to be a visual representation of who He is so others will get to know Him to help hasten His coming.

Seminar

Engaging in Rest: The Power of Rest for Ministry Effectiveness

Want to be more engaged in ministry? Discover the power of rest! Rest refreshes, rejuvenates, regenerates, and rebuilds the mind, body, and soul. Rest empowers you to function at your best. This interactive workshop will provide you with tools to help you achieve the benefits of rest. We will discuss the chemistry of sleep for physical health; the impact of sleep deprivation on your overall health; the importance of recreation and relaxation for mental health; and how Christ modeled rest for ministry effectiveness and spiritual connectedness. Come and be blessed as we talk about engaging in rest!

Kathy Slater, Immanuel Temple

Cradle Roll Room Available for Parent/s to be in attendance with their children.

No drop off Ministry available.

Friday- Classroom

Sabbath- Classroom

Jackie Johnson and Lee Johnson of (Market Street SDA Church)

KIDS CAMP (Ages 6 -12)

"SEEING GOD THROUGH NATURE"

*CASUAL DRESS - Jeans, T-Shirt, & Tennis Shoes. ALL DAYS. LOTS OF ARTS & CRAFTS
(*Please dress with clothing you don't mind getting paint on 🙂

• THURSDAY -Mayfair SDA Church, 6940 El Dorado St., Stockton 7PM-9PM

Registration, Snacks, movie

• FRIDAY - Christian Life Center, 9025 West Lane, Stockton

Location: Classrooms,  Arts and Crafts

• SABBATH -Christian Life Center, 9025 West Lane, Stockton

Location: Youth Chapel