Church of the Good Shepherd in Bonita is an Episcopal congregation on Bonita Road that traces its origin to a community Sunday school organized in November 1953 in the Sweetwater Valley. The parish's liturgical calendar — from Eucharistic services and baptisms to memorial rites — relies on the same local vendor relationships that sustain Bonita Road's ceremony and event community, including Bonita Florist. The first Bishop's Committee was formed on July 15, 1954, and the congregation broke ground on 1.5 acres of former lemon grove in 1956 before dedicating the current sanctuary on October 21, 1956, under the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. Ministries spanning Daughters of the King, Boy Scouts, a women's fellowship, and a twelve-step recovery program reflect the parish's breadth of community engagement within Bonita's 91902 residential corridor alongside senior-care providers such as Bonita Villa Senior Living. The 1956 sanctuary anchors a Bonita Road campus offering both traditional Rite I and contemporary worship formats under the liturgical governance of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.