Sutter and Yuba Counties

Sutter County is strategically located in the Capitol Region’s Northern Corridor. It is a short drive from the Interstate 80 and 5 corridors and is served by State Highways 20 and 99. Sutter County is also home for the Sutter Buttes, known as the Smallest Mountain Range in the World. The population of the County is about 84,000. The County Seat is Yuba City.

The following cities make up Sutter County: Yuba City, Live Oak, Meridian, Nicolaus, Pleasant Grove, Rio Oso, Robbins, Sutter, Trowbridge. Beale Air Force Base is located near by in Yuba County. Many of its service personal leave in Yuba City. This base is the reconnaissance bas for the US. One of the U-2 pilots that recently crashed and died in Afghanistan attended a church in Yuba City. Beale pilots are daily in harms way.

Yuba and Sutter Counties are separated by the Feather River and share a County web site.

Yuba County was one of the original counties of California, formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Placer County in 1851, to Nevada County in 1851 and to Sierra County in 1852. The county was named after the Yuba River by Captain John Sutter for the Native American village Yubu, Yupu or Juba near the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers. General Mariano Vallejo stated that the river was named Uba by an exploring expedition in 1824 because of the quantities of wild grapes (uvas silvestres in Spanish) which they found growing on its banks.

Marysville, the county seat of Yuba County, is one of California’s historic cities. Its history as a community goes back to the Gold Rush days.
The city is strategically located 40 miles north of the state capitol of Sacramento where Highways 70 and 20 intersect. Commercial, agricultural, recreational, educational and industrial activities for the Yuba-Sutter area center around Marysville.

 
Marysville is one of the top five commercial centers in the surrounding 27 counties. It is served by two railroad lines, two highways, a regional airport and a public bus line.
 
Sutter-Yuba Counties Prayer Focus (This report reflects input from a Local Pastor from Glad Tidings Church in Yuba City.)
 
Continued Unity among the Churches & Pastors The churches have suffered from sustained disunity with some cases of disdain and hatred. There are, however, a handful of leaders that are meeting together. Overall there is not much collaboration.

Pray that a spirit of brotherly love will erupt among the pastors of this area, and that the Church of the City will emerge uniting their hearts in “one accord” just like the disciples in the book of Acts Chapter one.
 

Continued Prayer mobilization in all the cities that will lead to the multiplication of new believers, leaders and churches that leads to societal transformation. Pray God will call forth watchmen of prayer in this county until Pray Sutter County is Birthed! Use Isaiah 62: 6,7 to call forth the watchmen needed to cover the cities in this county.
 

Blessing upon the Agricultural Industry and a release of giving from major families that are still the controlling interests in the largest local companies. There are huge numbers of new people moving to the area to buy first time homes or to get more for their money. Pray these new homes will be filled with those who fear God and have a zeal for His glory.
 

Decrease of crime: Murder, Teen Pregnancy, Abortion, Domestic Violence. Youth/Gangs. There is significant gang activity, and teen pregnancy rates have been toward the top half of the 58 counties. There is a good crisis pregnancy center here. We thank God that there are no abortionists operating in the county where there were once Six in the Yuba-Sutter Counties. An effective pro-life movement eliminated the abortionists, and started the Pregnancy Center and the “Life Chain.” - Pray for a revelation of the Father's Heart and a spirit of adoption for youth using Malachi 4:6. Pray for the church to engage these youth and families with the transforming gospel.
 

Revival for the Churches and a Spiritual Awakening to Christ in the cities. We also need an awakening in all the Churches. Pray Psalms 85:6-9 over the churches of this area.
 

Decrease in unemployment and the creation of new jobs. Pray for a release of entrepreneurial energy that leads to the creation of new businesses that are sustainable. Yuba and Sutter Counties have traditionally had the highest unemployment rates in the state due to its agricultural economy. Pray that the Spiritual Awakening God is sending into this area will also cause a great harvest upon the land.
 

Pray for Christian marriages to be a witness of life in Christ. There has been a GREAT spiritual attack against marriages. Pray for marriage to be affirmed and protected in this County. Prayer concerning the rise of pornography in our area. Pray the pastors will begin to collaborate together in an effort to strengthen marriage.
 

Pray for the influx of Eastern Religious Adherents to be open to the Gospel of Christ. There are about 16,000 East Indians (mostly Sikh with two Sikh temples, and one Hindu Temple). There are some Pakistanis (Most are Muslim and they have a Mosque). There are 5000-6000 Hmong in Yuba – Sutter, some are Christians, the rest animists. Pray for dreams and visitations from God will open the door to eastern religions in this area as promised in Joel 2:28-32.
 

Pray God will reclaim the high places in the Sutter Buttes. Local Indians who inhabited this area once practiced animal sacrifices and human sacrifices. The Sutter Buttes were considered a spiritual high place where demonic powers could be solicited. Our Church had a confrontation with Anton La Vey prior to his death. There has been an aggressive witchcraft / Satanist movement here. Our church has received death threats from people of the dark side including those in the La Vey family. Witches have come into our meetings to curse us. The Sutter Buttes would be considered a vortex or power zone for those on the dark side. Pray that God will establish through His people a Tabernacle of David on the High Places of California. Pray that God will break the power of witchcraft through a demonstration of His love to those caught up in witchcraft.

 
Pray concerning gambling. An Indian tribe from Butte County wants to establish an off-reservation casino in Yuba County. This will have a negative effect on Sutter and Yuba Counties.

Pray God will replace the spirit of Greed with the spirit of giving and generosity.

County History

In the early 1800's, the area now known as Sutter County was inhabited by the native Maidu Indians. Members of various Spanish expeditions in search of mission sites, and fur trappers lured by the abundant wildlife, traveled through in 1841. The bulk of the territory was deeded by the Mexican Government to the County's namesake, John Sutter. Established in 1842, John Sutter's Hock Farm was the first large-scale agricultural settlement in Northern California, composed of grain, cattle, orchards and vineyards.

SUTTER. The County seat is Yuba City. Created February 18, 1850. Sutter County was named after General John Augustus Sutter, a native of Switzerland, who obtained a large land grant from the Mexican government, and called his first settlement New Helvetia (now the City of Sacramento).

In 1841, the general established a great stock ranch in this area to which he retired in 1850 when gold seekers deprived him of most of his holdings at Sacramento.
 

Sutter County

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Yuba County

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