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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...


Bill Coate
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...


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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,...
Nancy Simpson
’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...


John Rieping
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...


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Christian band to play at Gospel sing
For The Madera Tribune From left are R.B. Moren, bass; Roger Tripp, lead guitar (seated); Bob Wood, steel guitar; and Willie Tripp. The...


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Nite Lite to light up fairgrounds on Halloween
For The Madera Tribune The band Crossover is set to perform during the annual Nite Lite event at the Madera District Fairgrounds. A free,...


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Baloney Creek to play at Oct. 26 Gospel Sing
For The Madera Tribune Baloney Creek, from left: Ed Bell, mandolin; Charolette Allen, bass; Dalisay Johnson, fiddle; and Richard Rhyne,...