Create Church

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Create Church is a non-denominational congregation in College Area, San Diego, meeting at 6745 Amherst Street in the 92115 ZIP with two Sunday morning services. Founding pastor Jake Vayda moved to San Diego to plant the church with his wife Kaelia, a San Diego native, after preparation and training through Orchard Group, a national church-planting organization based in New York. The church runs community events that intersect with the arts and education sectors active in College Area, and MOXIE Theatre on El Cajon Boulevard represents the kind of community-stage programming that mirrors Create's emphasis on creativity as a vehicle for spiritual exploration. The Amherst Street location sits in the residential corridor between El Cajon Boulevard and University Avenue, roughly a mile south of the SDSU campus. Create's programming targets the diversity of College Area's micro-communities, drawing from the Latin American, Asian, and student demographics that shape the neighborhood's cultural mix. Sunday services include a worship set, a message grounded in Scripture, and structured connection time for first-time visitors, with a dedicated team that handles newcomer orientation at the door. The building offers wheelchair-accessible entrances, accessible restrooms and seating, and a free parking lot. Create's community outreach extends to youth development, and organizations in the area including Junior Achievement of San Diego County in Grantville run parallel financial-literacy and career-readiness programs for the same adolescent demographic that Create's youth ministry serves. Membership classes and team cookouts run on a seasonal calendar alongside the weekly Sunday schedule.