San Diego CA— Saddleback Church San Diego, a Christian church that meets in Carmel Valley, will host special Christmas services from Dec. 23 through 25. The public is invited to attend. Services will be held at 9 and 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23, 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24 and 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 25. All services will be held at the Canyon Crest Academy, 5951 Village Center Loop Road, San Diego, where the church meets every week. Christmas services will include worship music featuring a Christmas theme and a special message from Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church. For more information, call the Saddleback San Diego church office at (858) 519-1754, e-mail sandiego@saddleback.com, or visit saddleback.com/sandiego.
Phil Sanchez serves as campus pastor at Saddleback San Diego. “We’re inviting everyone to join us as we celebrate Christmas,” said Sanchez. “Have you ever wished for joy? Longed for peace? Thousands of years ago, the world was waiting. Its people were waiting not just for help or for guidance, but for rescue. They had been promised a Savior, one who would come and deliver them from their pain and loneliness. And then, one day, he arrived. Jesus was born. Now, generations later, we join in this celebration that our hope, our joy, and our peace has finally come. We celebrate that, through the birth of Jesus, the promise has been fulfilled.”
Saddleback San Diego is part of Saddleback Church, headquartered in Lake Forest, Calif. Founded in 1980, Saddleback Church, with more than 20,000 members, meets at 15 different locations throughout Southern California, as well as locations in Berlin, Germany, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hong Kong and South Manila, Philippines. The church offers more than 200 community ministries and support groups for parents, families, children, couples, prisoners, addicts, and people living with HIV, depression and other illnesses.