SPEAKERS:

8:00 AM – Greg Koukl ~ Answering the new atheists
10:00 AM – Ken Samples ~ Clear Pointers & Signposts to God
11:30 AM – Clay Jones ~ Religious Evil?
2:00 PM – Doug Geivett ~ Evil & the evidence for God

• LAST COURTYARD CONCERT Stick around today after service to hear more music from Lovelite.  Also, don’t forget to purchase a delicious lunch at the café!

• PROJECT 37 If you purchased supplies for Project 37, the deadline to drop them off is this weekend.  Please bring them to the Info Counter.

• THE KEENAN’S ARE OFF TO IRAQ Bob, Theresa, Autumn, Emberly, Jesiah and Faithlynn are heading back to their mission field in Northern Iraq.  Please join us Wednesday, September 1, after our mid-week service as we prayerfully send off this special Refuge family.

• REFUGE TO ISRAEL 2011 Info Meeting in the Sanctuary, Sunday, Sept. 12, at 12:30.

• RALPH’S & FOOD FOR LESS SHOPPERS can direct the store to donate from profits to Refuge! New, and former, participants must register (or re-register) for the new term at www.Ralphs.com (or by using the scanbar letter at the register) on or after September 1st.

• GUYS-NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO GET AWAY FOR A WEEKEND! Our men’s retreat is Sept 24-26 at Green Valley Retreat Center near Big Bear.  You may not get a mint on your pillow, but you’re guaranteed to grow closer to God!   **Cost:  $110.  Sign up with your deposit today!

• COMMON GROUND CAFÉ now takes debit/credit cards!

• BAPTISM CERTIFICATES If you haven’t picked yours up yet, it’s ready for you at the Info Counter…..pictures too!

• WOMEN OF REFUGE If you loved the Women’s Retreat, then you will love  our Heart 2 Heart Women’s Bible Study.  We will start in September. Tuesday mornings at 9am, or Tuesday evening at 7pm.  Please join us.  Call the church office for more information and registration.

• Bible Ministry School at Calvary Beachside Classes meet Tuesday at C.C. Beachside, starting Sept. 7th. Free Info/Orientation Evening, Tuesday Aug. 31 at 6:30pm.  More info (714) 465-3027 or calvarybeachside.com.

7800 Edinger Ave
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 891-9495

- Pastor Bill Welsh

Wednesday Mid-Week Study

Women’s Study

- Joy Welsh

Radio Broadcast

- Pastor Bill Welsh

Monday Night Live Archives

-Don Stewart

Serving as associate pastor since 1998. Alyn Loyd, and his wife, Billie, moved from London England to Huntington Beach to serve the Lord at Calvary Chapel Huntington Beach.

Pastor Alyn first put his trust in Jesus back in 1975 after reading a Gospel of John. It was given to him by some genuinely loving believers he “accidentally” encountered at their home fellowship. Sitting on a break, one day at work at the old Sheraton in HB on PCH, he read that gospel and the end of the booklet had a question, asking, “Having read this Gospel of John, is there any reason to not ask Jesus to be your Lord * Savior?” “no”, to that question, and “yes” to Jesus, is what followed. It was there on that job he also met his wife-to-be, Billie.

They wed in 1977, attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Twin Peaks in 1980, and began a family of three girls in 1981. Pastor Alyn co-led a thriving home fellowship in HB then, as well as the weekly prayer meeting at Calvary Chapel HB, and God confirmed the call to ministry.

The family moved, to north San Diego County in 1984, and plugged into Calvary Chapel Vista. There Alyn eventually served as a Sunday School teacher, usher, board member and later as assistant pastor, while also running a small business. 

Once again the family moved in 1997. This time to help with a new church planted in London, England, as well as lay the groundwork for another church plant in Harrogate (in the north of England). While serving in the UK, Alyn providentially met Refuge’s Senior Pastor, Bill Welsh, who was in the UK for just a couple days.

A year later, the family was back to Huntington Beach, and Pastor Alyn became the Associate Pastor of Refuge. It was during the return to the U.S. that Pastor Alyn earned his Master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry. Currently, he leads Man2Man (Refuge Men’s Ministry), counsels, serves as the administrator and as Pastor Bill’s right hand man.

Complete Bio: 

1952

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. One brother and three sisters. Raised in a Roman Catholic family. Mother and Father divorced in 1963.

1967

 Bill’s mother moved with all five children to Long Beach, California in September.

1970

Bill received Jesus Christ as His Lord and Savior at “Body and Soul” a “Jesus Meeting” in Long Beach during the “Jesus Movement”. He became a part of the body at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa and continued to serve there teaching Sunday School and leading worship for the children’s ministry and Jr. High school as well as working with the building of the facility (as a “very unskilled” laborer)

1971

Bill began to serve at “The House of Zaccaeus” a Christian coffee house in Long Beach where he met his future bride, Joy who was also a part of the volunteer staff. 

1973

Bill moved to Sky Valley, California to serve on staff at the Sky Valley Desert Retreat center (near Palm Springs) to complete his alternate service as a “conscientious objector” during the Viet Nam war. June 3rd of 1973 Bill and Joy were married in Long Beach California. Their four children (Bethany, Shannon, Jeremy and Starlin) were born in Palm Springs, California.

1978

Bill began to preach weekly at Indio Hills Community Church, in Indio Hills, California (also known as Happy Valley – true story). Starting as a guest speaker, Bill was invited to consider taking the leadership of the church. Bill & Joy served that body for about 3 years while also serving in many capacities at the Church in Sky Valley.

1981

Bill and Joy began a home Bible study in Desert Hot Springs, CA, which turned into Calvary Chapel of Desert Hot Springs, California. They served for about 7 years. 

1987

Bill & Joy along with their son Jeremy took their first trip to Australia, preaching in many churches and doing evangelistic concerts in Melbourne and Sydney. They took outreach teams there each summer from 1987-1990.

1991

In June of 1991, Bill & Joy and their children moved to Melbourne, Australia to establish the work of Calvary Chapel Melbourne. They lived there for three and a half years until their temporary residence visas ran expired. 

1994

In December of 1994, Bill accepted an invitation from Skp Heitzig to join the staff of Calvary Chapel of Albuguerque. The Welsh family moved to Albuguerque and Bill took on the leadership of School of Ministry and the Missions department at Calvary Chapel of Albuguerque, New Mexico. 

1997

Bill was asked to take the Senior Pastor position at Calvary Chapel of Huntington Beach, California. The family moved to Huntington Beach in June of 1997 and continues to serve the Lord in that capacity. Joy is leading the women’s ministry.

He is the father and friend we have all been looking for and He invites us to come to Him through Jesus Christ and to bring all our joys and pains, praises and questions, faith and doubts.

Refuge is People... followers of Jesus Christ are called to be a people of refuge in a dangerous world.

Refuge is a place… any place becomes a refuge if God’s people are found doing God’s buiness there.

Refuge has been formed as a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our supreme desire is to know Christ and be conformed into his image by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are not a denominational church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such, only their overemphasis of the doctrinal differences that have led to the division of the body of Christ.

OUR PASTORS:

• Bill Welsh – Senior Pastor
• Alyn Loyd - Associate Pastor
• Geoff Wilson – Missions/Highschool Pastor
• Guillermo DaSilveria – Spanish Ministry Pastor

We believe that the only true basis of Christian fellowship is His “Agape” love, which is greater than any differences we posses and without which we have no right claim ourselves Christians.

We believe worship of God should be Spiritual
We remain flexible and yielded to the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.

We believe worship of God should be Inspirational.
We give great place to music in our worship.

We believe worship of God should be intelligent.
Our services are designed with great emphasis upon the Word of God that He might
instruct us in how He would be worshipped.

We believe worship of God is frutiful.
We look for his love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have truly been
worshipping Him.

Monday:
7:00 pm T.L.C. (Recovery group)…………………………..Cafe*

Tuesday:
9:00am Heart2Heart (Women’s Bible Study)……*Childcare available
7:00pm Heart2Heart (Women’s Bible Study)

Currently studying the Book of Nehemiah

Wednesday:
6:00 pm Missions Prayer Meeting………………….. ….Library
7:00 pm Bible Study…………………………………..Sanctuary *
7:00 pm Ignite Jr. High……………………………….Youth Room
7:00 pm Shine H.S……………………………………Youth Room
7:00 pm Spanish Prayer Meeting/Bible Study. ….Mini Chapel
7:00 pm Journey Kids (Toddler-5th grade)…..Children’s Area

Thursday:
7:00 pm Young Adults Bible Study (Relevant)….Youth Room
7:00 pm Man2Man (Men’s Bible Study)…………………..Café
Note: Boomers and Beyond (55+) will resume Sept. 17th

Friday:
7:00 pm The Singles @ Refuge…………………………..Cafe *

Saturday:
7:00 am Men’s Prayer Meeting . . . . . . . . . Lifeguard station #2
6:00 pm Celebration Gathering …………………….Sanctuary *

*indicates services with child care

August 20-22, 2010
Compass for Eternity Women’s Retreat. Guest speaker Maureen Schaffer and special Saturday night performance by Michael Sewell (Heart in a Box).  $25 deposit- total cost $145.  Call Refuge for more information and registration (714) 891-9495- There is still room for you! Please join us.

For other women’s events click on Heart2Heart Women’s Ministry.

April 5-15, 2011
11 day complete biblical tour of Israel. Walk in the footsteps of Jesus.

Led by: Senior Pastor Bill Welsh and Joy
Pastor Alyn Loyd and Billie
Warren and Pam Duffy

Travel Dates: April 5-15, 2011

Cost: $3505.00 from Los Angeles, CA
(Price includes: US & Int’l. Dept Taxes and Tips)

For further infromation:
Call: 714 847-8835
Email: ladyduffy@verizon.net

Flyers at Info Counter or click forMORE INFO