Godspeak hosts Dedication Celebration and Community Barbecue
By Michael Hernandez
NEWBURY PARK—Thousand Oaks Mayor Andy Fox and City Council members Claudia Bill-de la Pena and Joel Price; Shannon Grove, 16th California State Senate candidate; Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy, candidate for the 44th Assembly District; seven Southern California pastors; as well as Heavenly Father’s Foundation founders Dan & Staci Wilks; Attorney Mathew Staver; and Claremont Graduate University School of Educational Studies professor Mary Poplin were featured guests at a packed Godspeak Calvary Chapel Dedication service that was co-hosted by Pastor Rob McCoy and Steve Rice, owner of RCI Builders (the general contractor) and also attended by several sub-contractors and city staff members.
Sharing remarks at the dedication service were both Thousand Oaks Mayor Andy Fox and Councilwoman Claudia Bill-de la Pena. A special tribute was given to Pastor Rob by Shannon Grove, 16th California State Senate candidate and three-term California State Assemblywoman (2010-2016).
Thousand Oaks Mayor Andy Fox
Shannon Grove, 16th CA State Senate Candidate
The Southern California pastors attending the service included: Pastor Ken LaMont (Newbury Park First Christian Church); Pastor Bret Shellabarger (Calvary Chapel of Santa Barbara); Pastor Netz Gomez (Houses of Light Church, Northridge); Pastor Lance Ralston (candidate for Oxnard City Council and Pastor of Calvary Chapel Oxnard); Pastor David Johnston (Calvary Chapel Calabasas); Pastor Brian La Spada (Calvary Chapel Malibu), and Pastor Jeff Jimenez (formerly of Calvary Chapel Santa Clarita now serving Godspeak).
Seven Southern California pastors attend Godspeak’s Dedication Celebration and Community Barbecue.
Pastor Rob McCoy has pastored Godspeak Calvary since 2001 with the church previously housed since 2007 in an industrial park at 2697 Lavery Court. The new 18,000 square foot church home is located at 320 Via Las Brisas in The Village at Dos Vientos Ranch. The new sanctuary has a Spanish style architecture similar to the Santa Barbara Mission. Godspeak meets for three Sunday services at 9 and 11 a.m. and at 5 p.m. Church services are also held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
The one-hour celebration evening service was followed by a community barbecue where 600 pounds of meat was cooked by Kevin Golin and his team of helpers from the Godspeak Calvary congregation.
Dedication Celebration attendees serving themselves barbecue meat.
Kevin Golin and his team cooking 600 pounds of meat for the Dos Vientos Community Barbecue.
Photo Credit: Michael Hernandez
Michael Hernandez, Co-Founder of the Citizens Journal—Ventura County’s online news service, founder of History Makers International—a community nonprofit serving youth and families in Ventura County, is a former Southern California daily newspaper journalist and religion and news editor. He has worked 24 years as a middle school teacher. Mr. Hernandez can be contacted by email at [email protected]
Mr. Hernandez is dedicated himself to advance the 13 spheres—as a “City Upon A Hill”; developing an interactive California citizens news platform as an alternative to mainstream media; while building local school-community partnerships and supporting constitutional awareness and active citizenship.
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