Jehovah’s Witnesses return to in-person meeting worldwide
All congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses across the world were being encouraged to begin holding in-person meetings last week. For most...
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Divorce went up in flames
“Gloom, despair, and agony on me; deep dark depression, and excessive misery.” Coming from that old television show, “Hee Haw,” that...
Bill Coate


Pastor serves faiths in Madera
For The Madera Tribune Jim and Kathy Garrison. Jim and Kathy Garrison moved to Madera from Los Banos, CA, in June 2021. Jim was appointed...
Nancy Simpson


Harvest Community Church enters 2022 with new pastor
For The Madera Tribune New Harvest Community Church Pastor Mike Souza. After over two years of searching, Harvest Community Church is...
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Pioneer preacher cracked the whip
Madera County Historical Society Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood right beside Rev. W.B. McElwee in...
Bill Coate


Pastor Samuel J. Alvarado retiring from Building For Christ Ministry
For The Madera Tribune Pastor Samuel J. Alvarado with his wife Beatrice. Pastor Samuel J. Alvarado was born in Shafter Mexican Colony,...
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’Tis the season
As we enter what is known to Christians as the Advent season, we await Christmas Day, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. This...
Nancy Simpson


Tradition of prayer to go on
John Rieping/Madera Tribune File Photo Folklorico dancers perform for an audience during the 2015 Guadalupena Festival. This year’s...
John Rieping