Welcome to The Oceanside Sanctuary!
join us sundays @ 10 AM PST in-person or live online
Deeply Rooted.
Radically Inclusive. Curiously Christian.
2026 North County SD Voter Guide
2026 North County San Diego Voter Guide is up! Justice Works organizes for compassionate policy that affirms dignity and promotes the flourishing of all people. This guide asks every candidate about: affordable housing, food security, police accountability, LGBTQIA+ rights, and immigration.
OSC’s Trick’s-and-Treat’s
Calling OSC Families and Youth! Join us for a spook-tacular morning of fun, food, and festivities! After service on Nov. 1st!
Bring the whole family and invite your friends, neighbors, and community for treats, laughter, and a little Halloween magic! 🧡👻
P.S. Bring photos of dead loved ones for the ofrenda!🕯
OSC Christmas Choir!
🎄 Want to sing with us this Christmas? 🎶
The Oceanside Sanctuary is putting together a Christmas Choir, and we’d love to have you join us! Whether you’re a seasoned singer or never sang for anyone but the shower head, you’re invited to be part of the choir.
We’ll rehearse on Wednesday evenings beginning October 28, with performances on November 22, December 13, and Christmas Eve.
OSC's 151st Birthday Celebration
Happy Birthday to us! 🎉 🎂
Join us right after Sunday Gathering in the cafe on Nov 15th to celebrate Oceanside Sanctuary’s 151st birthday and kick off our 152nd year! There will be cake, treats, and plenty of fun—don’t miss it!
Join Us For a “Mensgiving” Feast
Join us for a “Mensgiving” potluck, a casual gathering of food, friendship, and community for the men of The Oceanside Sanctuary. Meet some new people, reconnect with familiar faces, and explore what it means to practice friendship intentionally.
Deeply Rooted.
Radically Inclusive. Curiously Christian.
🎃✨ OSC Trick’s-and-Treat’s ✨🎃
Calling OSC Families and Youth! Join us for a spook-tacular morning of fun, food, and festivities!
🎉 Happy Birthday to Us! 🎉
Join us in the church basement after the service as we celebrate our 149th birthday and kick off our 150th year! There will be cake, treats, and plenty of fun—don’t miss it!
OSC Youth (6th-12th grade) are invited to join Niko and Madeline for our monthly youth group! Every 2nd Thursday of the month, we will meet in the downstairs community space for connection, games, thoughtful discussion, and PIZZA of course! Sign up and see you there!
Join us for Mensgiving, a casual gathering of food, friendship, and community for the men of The Oceanside Sanctuary!
Come enjoy a potluck “friendsgiving” style meal at OSC. Meet some new people, reconnect with familiar faces, and explore what it means to practice friendship intentionally. All men age 13 and older are welcome. Bring something to share. Dinner will be served at 5 PM
2026 North County San Diego Voter Guide is up!
Justice Works organizes for compassionate policy that affirms dignity and promotes the flourishing of all people. This guide asks the same five questions of every candidate on your November 3 ballot, from Congress down to city council: affordable housing, food security, police accountability, LGBTQIA+ rights, and immigration.
Christian spiritual practices are often imagined as private disciplines: my prayer life, my fasting, my giving, my relationship with God. But across time and culture, Christianity has always used a shared vocabulary: we pray, we break bread, we fast, we baptize, we lament, we confess, we celebrate, and we give…
Over the past two days, ICE activity has brought fear to our neighborhood. We are praying for health and safety in our community and offer actions we can take to support our neighbors.
Our Zoom Book Club has come to an end. Check out some of our alternative groups and resources!
Many of you know we (Jason and Jenell) will be embarking on a planned sabbatical leave next summer, from June through August and that we applied for a Lilly Foundation grant to cover some of those expenses. Many of you helped us with that grant as writers, editors, and contributors to our public feedback process. Unfortunately, we received news last week that we were not selected as a grant recipient.
Thanks to your incredible and unwavering generosity, we were able to give away an astounding 53 pairs of brand-new shoes to local youth!
Yesterday at our annual congregational meeting The Oceanside Sanctuary members present unanimously approved our Fiscal Year 26-27 slate of Board members and officers and the proposed Fiscal Year 26-27 budget.