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In this conclusion to Pastor Doug Moore's oral history of his first years at the church, he shares about the tutoring program that brought college students into neighborhood homes.Then Doug has a conversation with Sarah Romero Yetter, who was the first (and current) director of the S.A.Y. Yes! after school program for our church. They reflect on the impact of tutoring in both the church and the neighborhood.

In part 2 of our oral history of Pastor Doug Moore's earliest years at the church, we hear how he responded to the needs of Pico Union in the 1980s by starting the ESL (English as a Second Language) program. He couldn't do it alone, and he tells us about the two remarkable women who took the challenge head-on. And what happened when resistance to the flourishing program cropped up from an unexpected place?

An oral history by former pastor Doug Moore, on his call to the church from Chicago. After initially turning down an opportunity to pastor the church, Doug (whose roots at EV Free go back nearly 100 years), finally accepts the call. The story of how he and his wife, Connie, decided to take the pastorate here is both inspiring and thoughtful. God's hand in preparing the couple for the decades of ministry to come is evident, as Doug takes us back to the 1980s in Pico Union.

This is it! The First EV Free Church of Los Angeles now has a podcast!Mark Petitfils talks to Scott Yetter about why we decided to start a church podcast, and what we hope to do with it.