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Summer Kids Camp Registration Now Open!

Summer Kids Camp Registration Now Open!

We’re excited to offer Kids Camp this summer, happening July 27-31 (Mon–Fri) from 9:00 AM–1:00 PM daily! This year’s “Wild” creation care theme will guide campers as they explore ways to care for God’s creation and how those things help us to feel more connected to...

100 Years Ago Today, They Broke Ground To Build Our Church

100 Years Ago Today, They Broke Ground To Build Our Church

The Normal Heights Methodist congregation started up on November 9th, 1913. On March 12, 1926 they broke ground to start building the church. It was later in September of 1926 year they laid the cornerstone to begin construction of the building, and the photo above...

Our People Preaching Begins Next Sunday!

Our People Preaching Begins Next Sunday!

This year we are really excited about a new preaching series at Normal Heights United Church that we are affectionately calling “Our People Preaching!” This series will have 3 to 4 folks each year from our congregation giving a sermon on a Sunday and sharing with us...

A Group Of NHUnited  Volunteers Took Part In The Count On Thursday!

A Group Of NHUnited Volunteers Took Part In The Count On Thursday!

NHUnited showed up at the Point and Time Count in the wee hours this morning, and even got featured on the news! Together we can work to ensure that every single person in San Diego, especially those who are unhoused, know that they are cared for, and that they count....

Summer Kids Camp Registration Now Open!

Summer Kids Camp Registration Now Open!

We’re excited to offer Kids Camp this summer, happening July 27-31 (Mon–Fri) from 9:00 AM–1:00 PM daily! This year’s “Wild” creation care theme will guide campers as they explore ways to care for God’s creation and how those things help us to feel more connected to...

100 Years Ago Today, They Broke Ground To Build Our Church

100 Years Ago Today, They Broke Ground To Build Our Church

The Normal Heights Methodist congregation started up on November 9th, 1913. On March 12, 1926 they broke ground to start building the church. It was later in September of 1926 year they laid the cornerstone to begin construction of the building, and the photo above...

Our People Preaching Begins Next Sunday!

Our People Preaching Begins Next Sunday!

This year we are really excited about a new preaching series at Normal Heights United Church that we are affectionately calling “Our People Preaching!” This series will have 3 to 4 folks each year from our congregation giving a sermon on a Sunday and sharing with us...

This Friday evening before Easter, we invite you into a quiet, reflective worship experience in the Sanctuary as we recall Jesus’ final hours before his death. Using the last seven sayings of Jesus to guide us through the story, members of the community will reflect on them through original pieces of art, poetry, and music. The evening will follow the Tenebrae style, which means “darkening.” As the story is told through the service, the Sanctuary will gradually darken in observation of Christ’s death.

*Please keep in mind the YCC (Young Child Center) won’t be open to provide childcare during Friday night’s service.
We’re celebrating Holy Week starting tomorrow with our Holy Thursday Dinner at 6:30pm, then our Good Friday Service at 7pm, finally it all culminates on Sunday…

⛪️ WORSHIP:
Join us for an absolutely joyful service as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus! We’ll set the celebratory Easter mood in our Sunday service with music, prayer, preaching, and of course, dancing as we celebrate Communion while a New Orleans style brass jazz band fills up our 100 year old Sanctuary.

🎉 PARADE AT NOON:
At the end of the service, the Euphoria Brass Band will lead us in an Easter celebration parade around the block that ends in the park across the street!

🎷 🍽️ 🎺 PICNIC AT 12:15 PM
Join us immediately after for a picnic in the park, right across the street from church! We’ll provide the Easter hams and drinks, and invite you to bring a side or dessert to share. All are welcome to attend (even if you don’t bring something). There will be shade canopies, tables and chairs, and a new picnic seating area so bring your blankets and beach chairs if you want! Plus, we’ll get to enjoy a continued performance with Euphoria Brass Band – dancing is sure to continue! We will also have an egg hunt for the kids!

Find all the details on all our Holy Week events at NHUnited.org
Here’s a Throw-WAY-Back Thursday! 100 years ago today, they broke ground to build our church!

The Normal Heights Methodist congregation started up on November 9th, 1913. On March 12, 1926 they broke ground to start building the church. It was later in September of 1926 year they laid the cornerstone to begin construction of the building, and the photo above wasn’t taken until closer to April of 1929 when the building was dedicated.
⛪️ WORSHIP AT 10:42 AM:�Join us for an absolutely joyful service as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus! We’ll set the celebratory Easter mood in our Sunday service with music, prayer, preaching, and of course, dancing as we celebrate Communion while a New Orleans style brass jazz band fills up our 100 year old Sanctuary.

🎉 PARADE AT NOON:�At the end of the service, the Euphoria Brass Band will lead us in an Easter celebration parade around the block that ends in the park across the street!

🎷 🍽️ 🎺 PICNIC AT 12:15 PM�Join us immediately after for a picnic in the park, right across the street from church! We’ll provide the Easter hams and drinks, and invite you to bring a side or dessert to share. All are welcome to attend (even if you don’t bring something). There will be shade canopies, tables and chairs, and a new picnic seating area so bring your blankets and beach chairs if you want! Plus, we’ll get to enjoy a continued performance with Euphoria Brass Band – dancing is sure to continue! We will also have an egg hunt for the kids!

Find all the details on all our Holy Week events at NHUnited.org
Let’s have a party, a cleaning party! We’ll be gathering tomorrow from 9am – noon to do some cleaning and fixing up to the front of the church. Afterward we’ll be going over to Blind Lady Ale House for some food and drinks. Some of the things we’re planning include…

* Painting 
* Power Washing
* Planting / Plant Care
* Community Fridge and Pantry Cleanup
* Various Handy Work

We’ll provide tools and equipment, so don’t feel like you need to prepare to volunteer – but we are always open to any resources you have to offer. Please reach out to Brent@NHUnited.org to volunteer or have any questions or comments.
Please join us tonight from 7-8 PM

This year we invite you to our reflective and interactive Ash Wednesday service called “Conversations with Death,” an evening of meeting your mortality with sacred curiosity instead of fear or despair. This service will offer you tangible ways to enter that conversation, allowing mortality to be your teacher, and wondering what the reality of mortality changes for your faith today. This service is an introspective time, and we look forward to worshiping and reflecting with you.

Come as you are tonight. All are welcome. 

Ash Wednesday is an ancient church observance that, for centuries, has invited us to consider the inescapable reality of our mortality. It is a service that each year takes its name from the ritual where we place ashes on our foreheads and are reminded that “from dust we come and to dust we shall return.”
Ash Wednesday is an ancient church observance that, for centuries, has invited us to consider the inescapable reality of our mortality. It is a service that each year takes its name from the ritual where we place ashes on our foreheads and are reminded that “from dust we come and to dust we shall return.”


This year we invite you to a reflective service called “Conversations with Death,” an evening of meeting your mortality with sacred curiosity instead of fear or despair. This service will offer you tangible ways to enter that conversation, allowing mortality to be your teacher, and wondering what the reality of mortality changes for your faith today. This service is an introspective time, and we look forward to worshiping and reflecting with you.
Today was our second annual Tomato Seed Sunday hosted by Mike and Angelie. Attendees got a quick course in tomatoes and then got to choose from Mike’s collection of over 200 rare and exotic tomato seeds. It was only one dollar per plant and we raised $61 for the Community Fridge! Thanks to everyone who attended and made this another great early kickoff to spring.
NHUnited

all are welcome

At Normal Heights United Church, all are actively welcomed and valued at worship, meals, spaces, events and especially in our sacred celebrations including communion, baptism and marriage. The fullness of our community is open to all ages, races, ethnicities, political affiliations, gender identities, sexual orientations, socioeconomic status, faith histories, marital status and mental or physical abilities. We welcome all to come as they are to participate, lead, love, be loved, challenge, edify, push, question, and belong.

who we are

Here at NHUnited, we are a community defined as…
Christian. Methodist. Progressive. Questioning.

Curious, Joyful, Diverse.
Biblical Lovers of Justice & Seekers of Truth.

what we do

Here at NHUnited, we gather in the name of Jesus to…
Worship together. Sing together. Have fun together. Laugh together. Eat & drink together. Study & learn together. Work toward justice together. Empower our community together.

what we believe

God’s abundant grace is eternal for everyone. Community is foundational. Social justice is integral to a life of faith. LGBTQ+ people are beloved and sacred. Black Lives Matter. You can’t love God without loving others. Climate change is real. Faith and doubt are not incompatible.

who you might be

Are you…

Longing for community? Curious about exploring your faith? Questioning your religious upbringing? Looking for a place that welcomes and values all? A former Christian or “ex-vangelical”? A pet lover? A neighbor in the Normal Heights community?

If so, Normal Heights United may be the place for you!

worship with us

NHUnited hosts Sunday morning worship services in our Sanctuary at 10:42am each week. Folks are invited to join us in-person, or worship virtually with us online via Zoom! 

If you’d prefer to participate join us online, you can get access to our Sunday Worship Zoom link each week by subscribing to our weekly email in the footer of this website below!