St. Peter's by the Sea Lutheran Church

About this church

Sunday worship at St. Peter’s by the Sea Lutheran Church begins at 9:30 a.m. in its San Diego sanctuary, with a livestream on the church website and YouTube. Children begin in the service, leave after the Prayer of the Day for Sunday School, and return for the Lord’s Prayer and Holy Communion; no Sunday School is held on the month’s final Sunday. Confirmation meets after worship on first and third Sundays and combines regular worship, prayer with an adult sponsor, learning, and yearly outreach involvement. Youth programming for grades seven through twelve is currently described as on hiatus, so families should speak with the pastor about current opportunities.

The ELCA congregation’s service work includes first-Friday meals, food drives for the Ocean Beach Emergency Food Center, Christmas gifts for domestic-abuse survivors and a children’s home in Tecate, quilts and care kits for Lutheran relief, and student sponsorship at Navajo Lutheran Mission School. St. Peter’s first worshiped at the Thursday Club in February 1946 and formally organized that December with sixty-nine adults and more than one hundred baptized children. The current site’s first building was dedicated in 1948. For family planning, the site leaves nursery ages and check-in unexplained; it also omits parking, accessibility, assisted listening, and confirmation timing.

Researched from the church’s official website and reviewed August 26, 2026. Sources: Official service-times page, Sunday worship, sanctuary, livestream, children’s d · Official worship-leaders page, current 9:30 liturgies and final-Sunday Sunday Sc · Official service-opportunities page, ELCA identity, meals, food drives, domestic · Official history page, 1946 first service and organization, early meeting places

Service times

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Ministries and visitor notes

• Children’s Sunday School — During Worship Except Final Sunday Monthly
• Confirmation — First and Third Sundays After Worship

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