Resources:
Adventist Giving
IRS 526 Charitable Contributions Booklet
Jewel SDA Church Accounting System - Free Demo
NAD Local Church & School Accounting Manual
SECC Church Treasurer's Manual -Complete November 2021 Version
SECC 2026 Calendar of Offerings
SECC 2026 Payroll Schedule
Workshop Presentations:
Treasury Workshop Presentation various presenters, Apr. 2025
Honorarium Guidelines and Procedures Apr. 2025
Church Workplace Safety presented by Arthur Blinci, Azure Hills Risk Management, Apr. 2025
Adventist Risk Management Presentation presented by Simona Cardwell, Adventist Risk Management, Apr. 2025
Auditing presented by Faith Whitter, SECC Auditing Director Nov. 2021
Auditing - Spanish presented by Faith Whitter, SECC Auditing Director Nov. 2021
Church Receipting presented by Raquel Rosete, SECC Church Receipting Nov 2021
Church Receipting - Spanish presented by Raquel Rosete, SECC Church Receipting Nov 21
Accounting Department Updates presented by David Anderson, SECC Controller 04.09.2017
Accounts Receivable presented by Nefty Franco, SECC Accountant 04.10.2016
Auditing presented by Faith Whitter, SECC Auditing Director 06.23.2019
Auditing - Spanish presented by Faith Whitter, SECC Auditing Director 06.23.2019
Church Receipting presented by Raquel Rosete, SECC Church Receipting 06.23.2019
Church Receipting - Spanish presented by Raquel Rosete, SECC Church Receipting 06.23.2019
Church Workplace Safety presented by Arthur Blinci, Azure Hills Risk Mgmt. Consulting 06.23.2019
How to Read the Monthly Statement presented by Nefty Franco, SECC Accountant 04.10.2016
Injury & Illness Prevention Program presented by Gina Heslep, SECC HR Director 04.09.2017
Institutional Exemptions from Property Tax presented by Verlon Strauss, SECC Treasurer 2017
Pacific Union Loans & Investments presented by Stephen Mayer, Undertreasurer, PUC 04.09.2017
Treasurers and Human Resources - Spanish presented by Gina Heslep 04.10.2016
DE-4 Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate
SS-4 Application for Employer Identification Number
W-4 IRS Form - Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate
W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
3-Way Scholarship Form (Undergraduate Students)
Please contact 951-509-2261 for details
Educational Scholarship Billing Form (Educational Allowance)
Ethnic Scholarship - Asian Ministries (Grades K-12 and College Students) Wire Transfer Form (for International Schools)
Please contact Asian Ministries for details - 951.509.2337
Ethnic Scholarship - Black Ministries (Grades K-12 and College Students)
Please contact Black Ministries for details - 951.509.2298
Ethnic Scholarship - Hispanic Ministries (Grades K-12 and College Students)
Please contact Hispanic Ministries for details - 951.509.2333
Low Income Scholarship (Grades K-12)
Please contact Office of Education for details - 951.509.2311
NAD Hispanic Scholarship (Graduate Students)
Please contact Hispanic Ministries for details - 951.509.2333
Authorization Agreement for Automatic Payment - Direct Debit
Authorization for Direct Deposit of Payroll (Employee)
Let us serve you
The staff of the treasury department are happy to answer your questions and assist in solving any problems you might encounter. For your convenience, we have listed the ministries that comprise the treasury department with contact information of staff members who can assist you. We look forward to serving you.
Associate Treasurer
David Anderson
Phone: 951-509-2246
Fax: 951-509-2235
Email: David.Anderson@seccsda.org
Accounts Payable
Arifin Hasiholan
Phone: 951-509-2245
Fax: 951-509-2235
Email: Arifin.Hasiholan@seccsda.org
Accounts Receivable
Auditing for Churches and Schools
Faith Whitter
Phone: 951-509-2373
Fax: 951-509-2377
Email: Faith.Whitter@seccsda.org
Church Receipting
Raquel Rosete
Phone: 951-509-2305
Fax: 951-509-2393
Email: Raquel Rosete@seccsda.org
Church Treasurer Workshops
Verlon Strauss
Phone: 951-509-2243
Fax: 951-509-2235
Email: Treasurer@seccsda.org
Stephanie Matye
Phone: 951-509-2243
Fax: 951-509-2235
Email: Stephanie.Mayte@seccsda.org
Church and School Construction and Renovation
Project Reviews and Approvals
Anna Chung
Phone: 951-509-2230
Fax: 951-509-2396
Email: Anna.Chung@seccsda.org
Endowments
Edna Johnson
Phone: 951-509-2215
Fax: 951-509-2394
Email: Edna.Johnson@seccsda.org
Information Systems
David Johnson
Phone: 951-509-2240
Fax: 951-509-2392
Email: David.Johnson@seccsda.org
Investment Oversight
Verlon Strauss
Phone: 951-509-2243
Fax: 951-509-2235
Email: Treasurer@seccsda.org
Loan Financing Assistance
Anna Chung
Phone: 951-502-2230
Fax: 951-509-2396
Email: Anna.Chung@seccsda.org
Moving Services
Kim Brown
Phone: 951-509-2233
Fax: 951-509-2396
Email: Kim.Brown@seccsda.org
Parsonage Allowance Processing
Stephanie Matye
Phone: 951-509-2243
Fax: 951-509-2235
Email: Stephanie.Mayte@seccsda.org
Payroll Processing
Gina Heslep - Human Resources
Phone: 951-509-2356
Fax: 951-509-2295
Email: Gina.Heslep@seccsda.org
Kim Brooks - Treasury
Phone: 951-509-2301
Fax: 951-509-2393
Email: Kim.Brooks@seccsda.org
Planned Giving & Trust Services
Reyna Escobar
Phone: 951-509-2228
Fax: 951-509-2394
Email: Reyna.Escobar@seccsda.org
Property Services Department
Anna Chung
Phone: 951-509-2230
Fax: 951-509-2394
Email: Anna.Chung@seccsda.org
Property Sales and Acquisitions Coordination
Anna Chung
Phone: 951-509-2230
Fax: 951-509-2396
Email: Anna.Chung@seccsda.org
Records Retention (Electronic Media)
David Johnson
Phone: 951-509-2240
Fax: 951-509-2392
Email: David.Johnson@seccsda.org
Risk Management: Property, Transportation,
Liability, Employment Practices, Fiduciary
Losses, Travel Insurance
Hyun P. Kang
Phone: 951-509-2232
Fax: 951-509-2396
Email: Hyun.Kang@seccsda.org
I came that they may have life and have it abundantly, John 10:10, ESV.
We value the COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS that are affirmed and nurtured within our shared life in Jesus Christ, and the PARTICIPATION of every member in the planning and implementation of our ministries in churches, schools and institutions.
We value CROSS-GENERATIONAL AND MULTICULTURAL MINISTRIES and multicultural ministries and seek leadership, and engagement in INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY from every person within our community.
We value the growth and development that comes of DISCIPLESHIP and embrace a CULTURE OF LEARNING AND DISCOVERY as we embody the hope and promise of the gospel in our ministries and our individual lives.
We value and accept OUR CALLING to be the body of Jesus Christ and locate within our LOCAL CHURCHES the resources to live hopefully and faithfully, and to bear witnesses to God’s saving grace and the everlasting gospel.
Jesus, the One True North
With our eyes fixed on Jesus, the One True North, we move forward into the future, following Jesus step-by-step, and attentive to the Spirit’s leading.
We ENGAGE next generation leaders as a welcoming Christian community, through thriving ministries for youth and young adults, and in the development of leadership opportunities to serve that shape our shared future.
We live out our calling to EVANGELIZE in new and creative ways, intentionally participating with love and grace in the shared life of our communities, proclaiming the everlasting gospel through our public ministries and individual lives.
We EDUCATE for lifelong faithfulness and success, embracing the highest standards of academic excellence, sustainability and accessibility throughout our Christ-centered and distinctly Seventh-day Adventist Christian educational network.
We EQUIP members of every age to embrace their calling to mission and service, empowering discipleship through mentoring, training and resourcing.
Loma Linda Academy is launching a Strider Bikes Program which is the first of its kind in the Inland Empire. This program has been made possible due to the generosity of LLA graduate, Alexander Smith (‘04), of Malcolm Smith Motorsports. They recently donated 27 fully assembled Strider Bikes and an instruction bike for Kindergarten PE classes.
The Kindergarten PE classes will enjoy learning how to ride a bike along with many healthy life lessons that come along with it. PE Coaches Rhonda Bonney and Robert Castillo are thrilled with this new addition to the elementary PE program and the kids are excited to get riding.
-Trevan Osborn
Students at Laguna Niguel Junior Academy (LNJA) gathered for their first annual Entrepreneurial “Shark Tank” Academic Fair on March 10th. Modeled after the popular TV show, students were tasked with the assignment of coming up with a fresh invention that helps to solve a problem in today’s world. Alongside a class partner, each student came up with a creative concept, researched how to make it, how they would advertise and sell it, and prepared a presentation board along with a prototype to showcase. This was presented to parents, friends, and the community at the “Shark Tank” event held at the school campus on March 10.
The panel of “sharks” was made up of parents and school principal. They judged the presentations. Students entered the room for their presentations to the theme music of the “Shark Tank” show and dressed in their product’s theme or in professional attire. Many of the students in grades 6-8 had google slides or PowerPoint presentations to accompany their dynamic and often humorous presentations. After each presentation, the “sharks” each gave a critique and/or asked a follow-up question to each team presenting.
An invention from the K-2 class was a lunch pail tracker, which was a tracking device that goes inside student lunch pails, backpacks, water bottles, and other items commonly misplaced during a typical school day. One of the student teams from the grades 3-5 class featured a toothpaste dispenser that ensured just the “right amount” of toothpaste was dispensed onto a toothbrush with the slogan, “Clean the teeth that you want to keep!”
A dynamite team from the grades 6-8 class featured a “Firehead,” which was a ski pole that heated up so that the tip of it can melt any ice that is blocking your ski boots from being clipped out of easily due to snow stuck in the part where the poles clip you out. There were impressive product ideas, such as the “Wello,” an eco-friendly hydration tablet (instead of a water bottle) that kept plastic from being thrown in the ocean and harming animals when one is being active and out in nature.
This event was a wonderful time to celebrate the marvelous and innovative minds of young people today. Thank you to the parents and teachers that nurture and support this growth daily. By God’s grace, mercy, and guidance the students of LNJA will prayerfully continue to shine in their minds, hearts, body, and soul. It is their desire to have their talents used for God’s glory and to honor Him.
-Jessica Preece
