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Funding Goal Update

Funding Goal Update

Amazing news! have fully funded (and even exceeded) our goal to support "Desiree," our sponsored Survivor Scholar at PLNU! Even though we have met our financial goal, you are still welcome to give and pray for her as she continues her schooling. As she wraps up her...

Young Adult Group Leadership For 2025

Young Adult Group Leadership For 2025

Our Young Adult group that meets in our sanctuary on Wednesdays has been going strong and a solid community has formed through regular meetings, special events, and spontaneous hang outs. For the month of January, note that the Young Adult group will only be meeting...

Local Ways To Support Gaza This Christmas

Local Ways To Support Gaza This Christmas

San Diegans are coming together to keep attention on Gaza during the Christmas season! Here is a list of events and actions that you are invited to participate in this weekend...   Christ is STILL Under the Rubble Friday 12/20/24 at 7am Live Stream Online with...

Last Book Club Meeting For Jesus And The Abolitionists

Last Book Club Meeting For Jesus And The Abolitionists

Over the past four weeks a group of us have been reading Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People, by Terry J. Stokes. It's an important and timely book exploring how anarchy and Christianity intersect, and proposes a new way to...

Come to us with your pastoral care needs!

Come to us with your pastoral care needs!

Hey everyone, Brent is officially on his sabbatical, and though we’ll miss him dearly around here, we also have a lot of exciting things to look forward to this summer! One of those exciting things we’ll be doing this summer is having a bunch of guest preachers come...

Pastor Brent awarded “Pastor Renewal Leave Grant”

Pastor Brent awarded “Pastor Renewal Leave Grant”

Last year, I was looking online for grant opportunities that might help the church finances when I found information about a “pastor renewal leave grant” through Christian Theological Seminary. Able to only be awarded once in a lifetime, the grant offered to provide...

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Blessing of the Animals

Blessing of the Animals

Any given Sunday there are usually pets attending our service. This Sunday we’re inviting you to bring your pets so that we can bless them! Please ensure they are leashed, caged, or restrained properly, to keep everyone safe, human and animal alike. The service will...

Blessing of the Animals

Any given Sunday there are usually pets attending our service. This Sunday we’re inviting you to bring your pets so that we can bless them! Please ensure they are leashed, caged, or restrained properly, to keep everyone safe, human and animal alike. The service will...

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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!