La Jolla Lutheran Church
7111 La Jolla Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92037
A message was pinned to the bulletin board standing in the cozy courtyard off to the side of the trim yellow church with the red-tile roof: “If your photo is not on this board, please get your photo taken after Sunday worship.” The better to build a sense of family for those gathered under the verb-heavy banners (Bless, Pray, Celebrate) hanging from the Mission-style ceiling and singing everything from “My Country ’Tis of Thee” to “How Great Thou Art” to a folksy marriage of “Amazing Grace” and the Eagles’ “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” (“I get a peaceful, easy feeling/ I know He won’t let me down...”) [+more]