New to First Church San Diego

You are single, married, divorced, gay, transgender, filthy rich, dirt poor, o no habla inglés,
You are a crying newborn, skinny as a rail or could afford to lose a few pounds,
You can sing like Aretha Franklin or cannot carry a tune in a bucket,
You’re “just browsing”, just woke up, or you just got out of jail,
You’ve been a Methodist your whole life or haven’t been in church except for your little niece’s baptism years ago,
You’ve got an AARP card but have yet to grow up, or you’re a teenager growing up, too fast.
We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, tree huggers, latte-sippers, vegans, junk-food eaters,
We welcome those who are in recovery or struggling with addiction,
We welcome you if you’re having problems or if you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like “organized religion,” this church is for you,
If you blew all your money in Vegas, you’re welcome here,
We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, those who work too hard, those who don’t work, can’t spell or found us because Grandma wants you to go to church,
We welcome all those who are inked, pierced or both,
We welcome you if your ancestors arrived in chains, below the decks, captained those ships, or have been on this land since the beginning of time,
We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now (all of us could use a prayer right now),
We’d also like to welcome you if you had religion shoved down your throat, or you got lost on YouTube somehow and ended up here by mistake.
We welcome tourists, seekers, doubters, bleeding hearts…and you!