community news Rancho San Diego hosts Easter gathering
RANCHO SAN DIEGO — Rancho San Diego Easter Celebration, a communitywide gathering, will be held at 9 a.m. April 20 at The McGrath YMCA Recreation Field. Sponsored by The Gathering Church and the YMCA, the event will include pre-service activities. Deron Higgins, pastor of The Gathering, will speak on “Why Easter?” Participants are asked to bring their own lawn chairs. Learn more at www.gatheringrsd.org.
San Diego church launches radio program
PARADISE HILLS — Puritan Evangelical Church of America has launched a new radio program, “Man’s Chief End,” which is featured from 5:30 to 6 a.m. every Tuesday on KPRZ 1210 AM. The program features various sermons preached at the Southeast San Di-
ego church. “The name of the program is to draw attention to the purpose of our creation and Christian redemption, as expressed in our Westminster Shorter Catechism question and answer No. 1,” said Pastor Grant Van Leuven. The question and answer reads, “What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.” “We endeavor to influence God’s people to know and live their purpose in life as the Apostle Paul describes in First Corinthians 10:31: “... whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God,” Van Leuven said. Learn more at www.puritanchurch.com.
Bentley releases book on prophecy
SAN DIEGO — Ray Bentley, senior pastor at Maranatha Chapel in Rancho Bernardo, has just released the prophecy book “The Holy
Land Key: Unlocking End-Times Prophecy Through the Lives of God’s People in Israel,” written with Genevieve Gillespie. The book, released by Waterbrook/ Multnomah, explores “little-known aspects of prophecy, including details revealed in the seven Feasts of the Lord, prophetic patterns discovered in the lunar cycle, and glimpses of God’s future kingdom revealed in the stories of wellknown figures from Scripture,” according to a website for the book. In addition to his pastoral duties, Bentley is a crusade speaker and also hosts the daily Maranatha Radio show. He has written five other books. Gillespie, co-president of the San Diego Christian Writers Guild, is the inhouse editor at Maranatha. The book carries endorsements from Jerry Jenkins, Ann Graham Lotz and Dr. David Jeremiah from Shadow Mountain Community Church. Learn more at www.theholylandkey. com.
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