Shepherd by the Sea Episcopal/Lutheran Mission welcomes all, of any denomination, to join us as we worship at the Gualala Community Center at 10 am on Sundays. Coffee hour follows the service.The Gualala Community Center is located at 47950 Center St Street in Gualala, California.

On Sunday, December 25th, we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ . The Rev. Jeff Cave presides.

On Christmas Eve, December 24th, from 5-6 pm, Shepherd by the Sea sponsors a community tradition, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, celebrated here on the Coast  since 1992. As it has for a number of years, the Gualala Art Center generously hosts this free event. Luminaries will light the way in from the Gualala Arts parking lot, and the stage in the Coleman Auditorium will be decorated for the holidays with greenery, flowers and a Christmas star. The audience will join in singing the nine carols, all old favorites familiar to many. Interspersed with the carols, readers share nine Bible passages that tell Christmas story.