San Diego Reader

• Place of Worship | Serra Mesa

Faith Community Church

• 2285 Murray Ridge Road, San Diego, CA 92123 | Directions
• 858-565-4808 | Website

Mothers got more than just a mention at Faith Community’s Sunday service, but they weren’t the main attraction. The music leader paused in the midst of the opening 30 minutes of hymns to ask “a special blessing” on the mothers present. “There’s no one like a mother,” he prayed. “Thank you for my own mother — a fine Christian woman.” Pastor Mark Slomka showed a couple of Mom-ish YouTube videos — “The Mom Song” and a two-year-old belting out a sung “Our Father” — and talked about healing within strained mother-child relationships: “No one ever gave birth ... [more]