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Riverside Harvest Staff

Greg Laurie

Senior Pastor

Jonathan Laurie

Executive Pastor

Paul Eaton

Administrative Pastor

Elijah Braggs

Associate Pastor

Adam Eaton

Associate Pastor

Richard Garcia

Pastor/Director of Connection and Serve Team

Hanz Ives

Associate Pastor

Mark Arenas

Pastor of Outreach and Events

Billy York

Associate Pastor

Gabriel Velasquez

Pastor of Advancement

KC McCauley

Associate Pastor

Vince Bueno

Associate Pastor

Westin Bruflodt

Associate Pastor

Troy Somers

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YTHville Christmas

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Yth Fundraising

YTH Camp Fundraising 2026Throughout the spring, our students will host a series of fundraisers to…

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Yth Friendsgiving

Yth Friendsgiving “At the Table” Yth Students! You are invited to this year’s Yth Friendsgiving!…

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Youth Summer Camp

We’re excited to announce that next year we’re heading back to Hume Lake for both…

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Young Adults Beach Bonfire

Young Adults Bonfire

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YA Soccer Tournament

Young Adults (ages 18-28) join us for a YA Soccer Tournament on Friday, November 21.…

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“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government…

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Greg Laurie

Senior Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

I came from a broken home and was lonely much of the time. As did so many others of my generation, I bought into the idea that drugs might contain some of the answers I was looking for, so I could truly find myself. At a very early age, I found myself asking the big questions: What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? And the one that really kept me up nights: What will happen after I die?

Although I felt certain that Jesus was out there somewhere, I certainly did not think He was interested in me or my problems. But one day, on my high-school campus, I sat close enough to a Bible study to overhear what was being said without looking like one of the group. I don’t remember much of what was said that day except for one statement: Jesus said, “You are either for Me or against Me.” What side are you on?

That really struck me. Before I knew quite what was happening, I was praying to receive Jesus Christ into my heart and life. Since that day in 1970, I have pastored a church and written a number of books as well as preached in evangelistic events we hold called Harvest Crusades.

Growing up, it was my dream to one day become a professional cartoonist, but God opened up a different plan for my life, and I’m glad he did. I hope you will allow God to use you to further His kingdom as well.

Born in: 1952
Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
Pastor since: 1971
Previous work: Graphic Designer
Favorite verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Married to: Cathe
Married since: 1974
Children: Christopher, Jonathan
Grandchildren: Stella, Lucy, Rylie, Alexandra, Christopher

Jonathan Laurie

Executive Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

I am Pastor Greg’s youngest son and have always known and believed in Jesus and that there is a God in Heaven who loves me. I walked away from the Lord for a time in my teenage years, but fully committed my life to Christ after my older brother, Christopher, asked me what it was going to take to give my life to Christ. A short time later, Christopher went to be with the Lord. It was that statement Christopher had proposed to me that got my attention. I’m married to Brittni and we have known each other since we were 11, in junior high. We have three children: Rylie, Allie, and Christopher.

Born in: 1986
Birthplace: Riverside, CA
Pastor since: 2015
Previous work: Aerospace
Favorite verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Married to: Brittni
Married since: 2010
Children: Rylie, Alexandra, Christopher

Paul Eaton

Administrative Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

As a child I was introduced to Christ in my home, but as a teen I became rebellious and got involved in drugs and alcohol. I heard the gospel at a youth event and received Christ. The first two years of my walk with the Lord were very difficult because I was disobedient to Him. My girlfriend (now my wife) and I came to Calvary Chapel of Riverside (now Harvest) in 1981 and heard Pastor Greg speak on “Lot and the Compromised Life.” We responded to the invitation to recommit to the Lord and have been walking strongly with Him ever since. We continually praise God for His blessings in our lives. In 1994 I was invited onto the pastoral staff, and in 2001, became an Administrative Pastor overseeing communications.

Born in: 1961
Birthplace: La Mesa, CA
Pastor since: 1994
Previous work: Sign company
Favorite verse: Philippians 1:6
Married to: Debbie
Married since: 1983
Children: Alyssa, Adam, Aaron, Abigail
Grandchildren: Adah, Jude, Jackson, Paul, Asher, Braxton, Norah, Calvin

Elijah Braggs

Associate Pastor
Riverside

From a young age I knew God was real and that He was watching over me. I grew up mostly in San Bernardino and at age 15, sitting in my high school class, I heard a clear gospel presentation from one of my fellow classmates. It struck me to the heart and right there in class I gave my life to Christ.

I struggled as a young Christian until I became an adult, started working, and got a car. I remembered going to Harvest when I was a very small boy and hearing the truth of the Word of God being taught. I decided to drive out to Riverside to start attending church each week. I got involved in the Sports Ministry and in 2002, I met my wife, Sarah. We were married a year later and we now have two children and one on the way.

We have been involved with many ministries throughout our years here at Harvest. It has been a blessing to grow and serve together as a couple and as a family, and we are especially grateful for the extended family in Christ that we have gotten to know over the years through fellowship and service. I am overjoyed to now be entrusted with shepherding the people of God as a pastor.

Birthplace: San Bernardino, CA
Pastor since: 2018
Married to: Sarah
Married since: 2003

Adam Eaton

Associate Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

I don’t know when I was saved. The first time I prayed and asked Jesus to forgive my sins was at a Harvest kids’ Crusade around the age of 5. I didn’t really know what I was doing. I was the kid in junior high and high school that would go forward at almost every altar call to ask for forgiveness. I didn’t understand grace. I can’t look back at my life and say, “That was the day I became a Christian,” but as I began to learn more about God’s grace, I can say, “God’s grace is sufficient” and that I know that I am saved. I have been serving at Harvest in some capacity since serving on the Children’s Ministry security team at the ripe old age of 13. I still do not know why they allowed me to do that.

Shortly after graduating junior high, I began serving as a leader in the ministry and have been serving there ever since. I have a passion for young people to know God through His Word and to make Him known. Jesus said in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” Without Jesus we cannot do anything for His kingdom. Everything that we do for God’s kingdom and in ministry must be done out of and fueled by our intimacy with Jesus, for apart from Him we can do nothing.

Born in: 1986
Birthplace: Upland
Pastor since: 2014
Previous work: Video Department
Favorite scripture: Ephesians 2:4-5
Married to: Heather Eaton
Married since: August, 2015
Children: Asher and Braxton

Richard Garcia

Pastor/Director of Connection and Serve Team
Riverside

At the age of 30, my life was a mess. My wife, Terry, went to Harvest one Sunday night, and when she came home, she looked different to me. Her light beamed so brightly that I wanted what she had! I joined her at church the following Sunday and went forward, along with my two daughters, to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior on July 15, 1990.

Immediately, we began serving together within the church. The New Believer ministry was the first ministry that I had the honor of being involved in and still hold dear to my heart. Over the years, I have also had the privilege to be a part of and oversee various ministries such as Crusades, Young Adults, Harvest at Home and the Connection and Serve Team. I have a deep-rooted passion and heart for volunteers, unity, and team building. My wife and I love coming alongside newer and seasoned believers and cultivating their love for Jesus, while doing life alongside them. My prayer and hope for Harvest is that all people would come to know Jesus as Lord and that we would do all things to bring glory to our Father.

 

Born In: 1959
Birthplace: Lynwood, CA
Pastor Since: 2012
Previous Work: General Contractor
Favorite Verse: Proverbs 3:5–6
Favorite Thing To Do: Collecting and listening to vinyl records
Married To: Terry Garcia
Children: Shannon, Celeste, Ashley, Jakob

Hanz Ives

Associate Pastor
Riverside

I grew up going to church but never had a relationship with the Lord. During my teens I began to work as a musician and unfortunately fell into the stereotypical lifestyle of the musician: drug and alcohol abuse and late nights with the wrong crowd. In hindsight I can see it now but at the time I didn’t recognize that I was on a spiritual search, trying to fill the “God shaped hole” in my life with things that could never work, including false religions.

It was during this time that I met my soon-to-be wife, Debbie. In 1987 Debbie and I moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Southern California to pursue a songwriting/recording career. Through a series of God-ordained circumstances, my wife and I came to know and have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

In 1993 I began serving with Pastor Greg at his Monday Night Study at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. In August of 1997 I became the full-time worship leader at Harvest.

Born in: 1959
Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Worship Leader since: 1993
Instrument of choice: Electric Guitar (My Duesenberg Starplayer TV to be exact)
Previous work: Songwriting, recording and performing musician
Favorite Verse: Psalm 37:4–5, Romans 12:1–2, Hebrews 12:1–2
Favorite worship song: Changes all the time
Married to: Debbie Ives
Married since: 1984
Children: Elly, Mary

Mark Arenas

Pastor of Outreach and Events
Riverside

I’ve been married to my beautiful bride Chanele for 30 years, yes we were married at 12. Together we have 4 children, 2 sons-in-law, and 4 grandbabies. It’s been my honor to serve in the Crusade Ministry for nearly 10 years. And now, I am leading the team along with our Missions (local, national, international, and disaster relief teams) and overseeing all major events for the church.

Billy York

Associate Pastor
Riverside

I was raised in a farming community in Cochranville, Pennsylvania, surrounded by Amish and Old Order Mennonites. My first church experience was going in a horse and buggy to an Old Order Mennonite church. My life was changed when the “Black Bumper Mennonites” took me to Vacation Bible School for two weeks when I was six years old. It was the first time I really heard the gospel at a level I could understand, and seeds were planted that changed my life.

 

Elementary school did not have kindergarten and I started first grade at age five, the youngest student in the school. At age eleven I met my future wife, Bonnie, and fell in love forever.

I became the youngest student to graduate from my high school and on the day I turned 17, I joined the military with the patriotic spirit instilled in me from the World War 2 generation. After serving in Vietnam, I returned home to my beautiful bride, Bonnie.

At the age of 23, in an effort to provide a better future for my wife and two children, I hitchhiked across the United States to find a job on the Alaskan Pipeline. The pipeline turned out to be a pipe-dream and I found myself homeless and sleeping in a cemetery in San Bernardino and giving plasma twice a week for a total of $12.00. I had determined not to go back home until I could find a better life for my family.

It was during this time that I met a young man who wanted to take me to a church called Calvary Chapel Riverside. I told him I could not go because I was not clean in body or clothes for church. He told me, “God does not care what you are like on the outside, for He cares what is on the inside, your heart.” I had never heard this before and it so impressed me I went with him that night. As soon as I arrived I realized I was in a “hippy church.” A preacher had warned me about those before I left Pennsylvania. But someone else was in that church, and He was Jesus. That night I heard the invitation to ask Jesus to forgive me of my sins and to come live inside me. After church, I returned to where I was staying and prayed all night that Jesus would come into my heart. I was afraid He might not like it and leave. He did not leave me or forsake me.

After that, little miracles started to happen to me and I called Bonnie and told her to come out because, “God was out here.” She told me she thought God was everywhere and I said no, he lives in Riverside, California, because I have met Him and seen Him work.

God provided, and Bonnie and the two boys returned to me. On her first night at church, Bonnie committed her life to Christ. The rest is history, as they say. We started working in Sunday school the first week we went to church together and have never left the ministry.

Bonnie and I have been blessed beyond measure that God has chosen us as the Pastor and Director of the Sunday school at Harvest Christian Fellowship.

Born in: 1950
Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Pastor since: December 2013
Previous work: Farming
Favorite scripture: Matthew 6:33
Married to: Bonnie
Married since: 1969
Children: Vince, Mark, Bunky
Grandchildren: Vinnie, Jon, Jocelyn, Jordan, Mason, Holiday, Kai, and Micah

Gabriel Velasquez

Pastor of Advancement
Orange County, Riverside

I grew up “having to go to church.” My mom was a single mom who loved my siblings and me dearly and she did everything she could to get us to church on Sunday mornings at a little Lutheran church in Fontana, California.

I learned about Jesus there. I asked Him into my heart there. I fell in love with Him there. What I learned there I wanted to share with everyone I knew. As time went on, the fire in my heart dwindled to more of a “flicker.” I started to drift. I continued to attend church but I knew there was something more for me!

I would always listen to Christian radio when I was feeling empty. I would listen to Pastor Greg on K-Wave in the mornings and couldn’t get enough. The Lord was speaking to me through him. So, one day I asked a buddy of mine to go with me on a Wednesday night to Harvest Christian Fellowship to see and hear him live. My life changed! I went from worshipping at that small Lutheran church (I’m talking an organ and choir, not that that’s a bad thing) to a rock band leading worship and Pastor Greg preaching the gospel.

I rededicated my life to Jesus on that February night in 1992 and I haven’t looked back.

Since then, God has been so good to me! I led worship for Day 7 here at Harvest for many wonderful years, and I was part of Pastor Steve Wilburn’s high school ministry called SWAT and led worship there as well.

I met my wife, Tiffany, serving in the high school ministry together. We have been married since 2012 and we have two amazing kids: Paisley Grace and Milo James.

Born in: 1973
Birthplace: Fontana, CA
Pastor since: 2012
Previous work: Worship Pastor at Revival Christian Fellowship
Favorite Scripture: John 3:16
Married to: Tiffany
Married since: 2012
Children: Paisley, Milo

KC McCauley

Associate Pastor
Riverside

It was near the end of my sophomore year of high school when a friend invited me to Harvest, which was the first church I’d been to in a really long time. Even though I wasn’t interested in church, I decided to go, and I attended off-and-on for about a year. But then something happened. As I heard the messages about the gift of salvation and the forgiveness that’s found in Jesus, and as I saw lives being changed all around me, I decided to turn from my sin and trust in Jesus. I renounced all the supposed goodness that I thought I had, along with the secret sins of my heart, and I trusted in Jesus as the Lord of my life.

After my conversion, the Lord started to change me into a new person. I started to get heavily involved in my youth group, where I learned how to study the Bible and to share my faith. I was blown away that the Lord was able to use me to share His truth with my friends at school. After high school, the Lord started to teach me many valuable lifelong lessons. I worked at a public school in Special Education classes for about six years, where I helped physically and mentally disabled students. During my time in college, I developed a strong desire to serve the Lord in ministry, and the Lord graciously provided me an opportunity to serve on staff at Harvest. On top of all of this, God gave me the greatest blessing as I married my wife, Michelle, in November of 2010. And in March 2015, we were blessed with our first daughter, Evangeline Grace. We are blessed and honored to serve the Lord here at Harvest!

As I look back at God’s work in my life, and as I look forward to the future, I agree with Paul as he says, “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen” (Ephesians 3:20–21, ESV).

Born in: 1988
Birthplace: Riverside, CA
Pastor since: 2015
Previous work: Special Education
Favorite verse: 2 Corinthians 8:9
Married to: Michelle
Married since: 2010
Children: Evangeline

Vince Bueno

Associate Pastor
Riverside

Let me see . . . typical, common, ordinary, average. That’s it; that’s how I felt growing up. I was an average guy, living an average life, headed toward an average end—at least as far as I understood it. I didn’t have extraordinary academic abilities, athletic prowess, social savvy, and I’m definitely not good looking! I didn’t grow up in a Christian home and had very little spiritual influence in my life. I did have parents that loved me and taught me things such as respect, fear, and discipline. On my walks home from school I would ponder the big questions: “Where did I come from?” “Why am I here?” “Where am I going?”

One day I tagged along with my older brother who was hanging out with his girlfriend, who was going somewhere her parents made her go . . . Harvest. I wound up in a room with a couple hundred other teens (yet another place where I didn’t stand out) and a Bible teacher. It wasn’t long before I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior. Within the year, Pastor Steve Wilburn was called by the Lord to lead the High School Ministry and I was drawn in to the spiritual tide of what the Holy Spirit was doing there. I came on staff as a custodian in 1997 and served alongside Mr. Joe and the team for four years. My wonderful wife, Kim, and I married on July 29, 2000 and started our family a few years later. In 2001 Pastor Steve asked me to step into a full-time intern position in the High School Ministry. I have traveled with the SWAT Team, sharing the gospel from Honolulu to Auckland to New York.

Today I enjoy the privilege of ministering as part of an incredibly gifted team of pastors. My life has gone from average and expendable to meaningful and invaluable because of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. “But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I’m not about to let his grace go to waste” (1 Corinthians 15:10 msg).

Born in: 1980
Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
Pastor since: 2010
Previous work: Custodial
Favorite verse: 2 Corinthians 5:14
Married to: Kim
Married since: 2000
Children: Elisha, Josiah, Jedidiah, Obadiah, Emily, Ava
Ministiries: Deaf Ministry

Westin Bruflodt

Associate Pastor
Orange County, Riverside

Testimony: I was born into a Christian home, but growing up, I never accepted the love of Jesus and became an atheist in my late teens and early twenties. When I had everything, I realized I was nothing, and God revealed Himself to me. I gave my life to Jesus, and the lights turned on in my life. I got baptized and started serving in the church in young adults and children’s ministry. Eventually, God led me into youth ministry, where I served for 5 years and came on as the Youth Pastor and Director in 2020, and it’s all thanks to Jesus.

Born in: 1989
Birthplace: Costa Mesa, California
Pastor since: 2020
Previous work: Fine Arts
Favorite verse: “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” Romans‬ ‭5:8‬ NLT
Married to: Krysta Bruflodt
Married since: 2017
Children: Maverin

Troy Somers

Associate Pastor
Riverside