Oceanside United Reformed Church

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Oceanside United Reformed Church in Carlsbad traces its origins to a February 2000 home Bible study, making it the first confessionally Reformed congregation on the coastal corridor of North County San Diego. The congregation gathers each week inside the Cadet Chapel of the Army and Navy Academy at the corner of Cypress Avenue and Ocean Street, where the Pacific Ocean is visible through the chapel's west-facing windows. Affiliated with the United Reformed Churches in North America, the church subscribes to the Three Forms of Unity — the Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, and Canons of Dort — and conducts expository preaching through the Bible book by book with weekly celebration of Holy Communion. A 2013 volunteer effort restored the historic San Luis Rey Pioneer Cemetery in Oceanside, one of several preservation projects connecting the congregation to North County heritage alongside institutions like the Carlsbad Historical Society. Evening services cycle through the Heidelberg Catechism's 129 questions across a structured 52-Lord's Day annual rotation, pairing Reformed confessional doctrine with verse-by-verse application.