Churches in Half Moon Bay

Active churches in Half Moon Bay

100 Stone Pine Rd, Half Moon Bay
marinerscc.org
2 sermons

Types of churches in Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay Catholic Churches

Long-established parishes anchor worship near Main Street and along Highway 1, serving multi-generational Coastside families. Expect sacramental services, feast-day traditions, and outreach that supports farmworkers and hospitality staff tied to the pumpkin fields and coastal resorts.

Half Moon Bay Non-Denominational Churches

Casual, Bible-teaching congregations often meet in schools or community spaces close to neighborhoods like Frenchman’s Creek, Kehoe, and Casa del Mar. They draw commuters who cross Highway 92 as well as harbor workers, and they emphasize small groups, youth nights, and service projects like beach cleanups at Poplar Beach.

Spanish-Language & Bilingual Churches

These congregations serve Latino families connected to agriculture along Highway 92 and service jobs downtown, offering worship and ministries in Spanish or mixed Spanish-English. Weeknight gatherings and family programs are often timed around harvest seasons and school schedules, with practical help such as food distribution and renter support.

Liturgical Protestant & Orthodox

Smaller congregations with hymnody, vestments, and a fixed lectionary gather in sanctuaries near Main Street and quiet streets in Alsace Lorraine. They appeal to residents seeking structured, reverent worship and contemplative evening services away from Highway 1’s weekend bustle.

Sermon clips from Half Moon Bay churches

53s
“A book that says there's gonna be a day in the future where disciple making is going to be done and god's salvation story is going to reach its grand conclusion. Think about that. And god is gonna judge evil. He's gonna eliminate evil once and for all. And God's children are going to forever enjoy the new heavens and the new earth. It's gonna be like back in the the garden of Eden. The new beginnings will result in a perfect world, call it Earth two if you want, inhabited by people who are walking, listen, in a perfect relationship with God and each other. Perfect relationship.”
36s
“And we have this secure anchor and that anchor is Jesus Christ. Amen. And as we hang on to Christ, what it does is it increases our hope. So Christ is going to come. God always follows through with his promises, but it wasn't gonna happen for four hundred years, which means God still had some things he wanted to do. In fact, in Galatians four four, it says, when the time had fully come. And if we're saying when had the time fully come, it would we would say, four hundred years after the old testament ended.”
33s
“Unfortunately, the next generation, instead of walking with God, what they did was they turned their backs on God. Again and again and again. And so we have a cycle that pictures sin, salvation. Sin, salvation. Obedience, disobedience. My way, God's way. My way, God's way. There's an epitaph found in judges. It's this, everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Does that sound vaguely familiar? That's us. We're still doing the same thing.”
29s
“When it comes to the biblical narrative, if all you do is focus only on the 39 books, you've missed the best part of the story. You've missed the redemption. You've missed the renewal. You've missed the rebuilding. You've missed the rescue. All of that. And if we miss that, then we could potentially miss out on hope and peace and lasting love and perfection and and a whole bunch more.”
39s
#SatisfiedInHim
“The point of all this is that God can be trusted at the DMV, OK? He can be trusted at the DMV. And the reality is, is I always want reasons for that moment. I want a reason why, why. God doesn't always give me and you reasons. He gives us himself. And that's sufficient. And that's enough, OK? He gives you himself, the closeness of his presence, because the nearness of God is going to be your good.”
28s
#MemoryStrengthensFaith
“You have to get this. Memory is a friend of faith, okay? My memory is a friend to my faith. I can now say, you know, and again, I've been a follower of Jesus for a really long time now. And I can now say, I've lived long enough to see God work faithfully, consistently, all the time. God has an amazing track record for the life of faithfulness.”
27s
#SurrenderInDoubt
“One thing I want to say as the worship team comes on up right now, doubts can deepen your faith. In fact, doubts do deepen your faith. They will. Because our experiences in doubt lead us to a place of surrender if you take the right course. They lead me to a place of surrender. We often surrender because we have no other options. I don't have any other options, you know. I have to surrender to this.”
20s
“``The waves and winds still know his name. Waves and wind. And it's a reference to when Jesus walked on the water and said, be still. Quiet. Be still. Waves and winds. They still know his name. He can control them. So trust him. Trust him. And let's find freedom.”
17s
#GodNearTheBroken
“But God will always, always give good to me. So Jesus said, if you then, though you are evil, if you know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?”
21s
#FreedomThroughTrust
“We get to a place where we say, God, I don't understand. And that's not a bad place to be. This doesn't make sense. I have my doubts. It's out of my control. But I yield to your will and to what you want to do. And that's good. Always good.”

Why Half Moon Bay churches are unique

Set where the redwood foothills meet the Pacific, churches in Half Moon Bay often weave the coast into their rhythms of worship and service. Many embrace the shoreline as a gathering place and a mission field, expressed through practices like Easter sunrise beach services, creation care and beach cleanups, and support for fishing and surf community.
Half Moon Bay churches reflect a blend of long-time Coastside families, Latino agricultural communities, and Silicon Valley commuters, leading to welcoming, practical ministries. It’s common to see bilingual English-Spanish services alongside community care such as outreach to farmworker families and family-centric discipleship like strong kids programs for young families.
A small-town, festival-forward culture—think pumpkin patches, harbor events, and local arts—shapes how congregations gather and serve. Churches in Half Moon Bay often emphasize hospitality, collaboration, and resilience through small group culture, community partnerships and volunteerism, and acoustic worship with local artists.

Recent sermons from Half Moon Bay churches

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