This year there will be two less choices for some Elk Grove voters because the city council District 1 and 3 city council members, Darren Suen and Kevin Spease, are unopposed. Suen and Spease may think, and even claim they are unchallenged because they are doing such a great job! Meanwhile Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and Darren Suen are using their ca…

Two traits of successful politicians are timing and exploiting opportunities. One Elk Grove elected official is proving to be a master of both as they jump on the latest bandwagon. Band Wagonneer is a real word! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: The Prayer of Jabez PT9 Date: 07.07.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social me…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: The Prayer of Jabez PT8 Date: 06.23.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social me…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: WILL YOU TRUST ME? Date: 06.02.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media a…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE PRAYER OF JABEZ PT.7 Date: 05.26.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social m…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: WHAT IS PENTECOST? Date: 05.19.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media a…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE PRAYER OF JABEZ PT6 Date: 05.12.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social me…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE PRAYER OF JABEZ PT5 Date: 05.05.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social me…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE PRAYER OF JABEZ PT4 Date: 04.28.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social me…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE PRAYER OF JABEZ PT3 Date: 04.21.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social me…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE PRAYER OF JABEZ PT.2 Date: 04.14.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social m…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE PRAYER OF JABEZ PT.1 Date: 04.07.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social m…

This year’s Sacramento mayoral race has been Competitive and interesting. Notwithstanding low voter turnout, or because of it, Dr. Flo Cofer is headed to the November general election. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: SHIFTING DESTINIES: THE POWER OF PRAYER Date: 02.18.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE GAME OF LIFE Date: 02.11.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media all…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE WORD OF GOD Date: 02.04.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media all …

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: BEING PROCESSED Date: 01.28.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media all …

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: GATHERING THE HARVEST Date: 01.21.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social medi…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: HOW TO MAKE THIS THE BEST YEAR OF YOUR LIFE Date: 01.14.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to …

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: TOTAL BREAKTHROUGH Date: 01.07.2024 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media a…

Speaker: PASTOR JON SMITH Message: THE GOOD SHEPHERD: SERVANT Date: 12.03.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social…

Guest Speaker: PASTOR ALON ROBINSON Message: WHERE'S YOUR BOAST? Date: 11.26.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on soc…

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: THE SHEPHERD'S HEART: PROTECTOR Date: 11.19.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on s…

Speaker: Pastor Geary Jimenez Message: WHEN GOD ENTERS THE ROOM Date: 11.12.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on soci…

Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Garcia-Smith Message: WHO ARE YOU ROOTED IN? Date: 11.05.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on …

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: ROAD SIGNS PT2 Date: 10.22.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media all i…

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: ROAD SIGNS PT1 Date: 10.15.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media all i…

Sometimes things happen that create an unintended irony. Such was the case during the September 27, 2023, Elk Grove city council meeting led by Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: FAITH ENHANCERS PT 2 Date: 09.24.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media…

Unless you are a certain age, you probably never heard of Anita Bryant. A Miss America second runner-up, Bryant was a grade b-singer celebrity and TV commercial spokesperson for Florida Orange Juice. She was also a sparkplug in the 1970s to a bigger movement. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support…

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: FAITH ENHANCERS PT 1 Date: 09.17.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media…

Some time ago, a suggestion was made by an Elk Grove resident to the Elk Grove City Council that deserves serious consideration. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Recently, the Elk Grove Citizen was sold for the second time in less than two years. It was purchased by the Messenger Publishing Group, owner of several community newspapers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Guest Speaker: Dr. Samuel Huddleston Message: WHO'S SERVING YOUR TEA? Date: 09.10.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us o…

Listeners of this podcast and Elk Grove News readers know we generally take a liberal stance on most issues. On occasion, however, we find common ground with conservative politicians such as former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney and her defense of the Constitution and American Democracy. Closer to home, on one issue. we have found common groun…

Guest Speaker: Pastor Char Blair Message: SECRETS TO A WARRIOR'S STRENGTH Date: 09.03.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find …

Speaker: Pastor Randy Sakuda Message: WHO'S VOICE ARE YOU LISTENING TO? Date: 08.27.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us…

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: MOUNTAIN MOVING FAITH PT2 Date: 08.20.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social …

A trait of most politicians and many of the bureaucrats serving them is deception. An example of this was Elk Grove City manager Jason Behrmann’s recent deceptive administrative report. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: MOUNTAIN MOVING FAITH PT1 Date: 08.13.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social …

Recently, Elk Grove has been hyping its oldest and original district, Old Town by renaming it Historic Downtown Elk Grove and Main Street. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Most Elk Grove residents are familiar with the Old Town district. That special planning area is the origin of the city. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: NEW WINE SKINS PT2 Date: 08.06.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media a…

At least twice a year, elected officials in California must report campaigncontributions they received. Those so-called California 460 reports are revealing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: NEW WINE SKINS Date: 07.30.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us on social media all i…

By Dan Schmitt | A couple days ago, a meme, written by a guy named John Coleman Ray, showed up on my Facebook page. One of my Facebook friends decided to share the meme, and that’s how it came to me. The meme simply said “Close our Borders. Let’s see how many shares we can get.” It’s left to the reader to interpret what exactly the very short meme …

Speaker: Pastor Jon Smith Message: COOPERATING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT PT2 Date: 07.16.2023 ------------------------------ Click on the link below or visit us on SPOTIFY for this message and past messages https://open.spotify.com/show/2W2CneZ2uDs9lkad78sOce ------------------------------ For more information on our ministries and events and to find us…

Donald Trump’s continuing threat to American Democracy is well documented. Notwithstanding his criminal indictments, Trump is still the favored 2024 Republican nominee. Should Trump win in 2024, what would a second term look like? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support…

A few weeks ago, former Republican Congresswoman and Donald Trump critic Liz Cheney made an obvious observation. Cheney said, "We're electing idiots." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elk-grove-news/support