Resurrection Lutheran Church

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Resurrection Lutheran Church on Coronado Island's Fifth Street at the Orange Avenue intersection has served as an ELCA Pacifica Synod congregation since its 1955 founding in the 92118 village commercial core. The parish campus includes Resurrection Preschool at 1115 Fifth Street, adding licensed early-childhood education to the congregation's ministry and providing one of the island's limited preschool enrollment options for military families stationed at Naval Air Station North Island and civilian residents. Lutheran worship follows the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's liturgical tradition with weekly Eucharist, hymn singing, lectionary-based preaching, and seasonal observances that track the church year from Advent through Ordinary Time. The Fifth Street and Orange Avenue intersection places the church at one of Coronado's most visible crossroads, directly on the commercial corridor between Hotel Del Coronado at 1500 Orange Avenue and the Coronado Ferry Landing bayfront — a location that gives the steeple landmark status along the avenue. The preschool's play-based curriculum serves children ages two through five, with developmental programming that prepares students for kindergarten entry at Village Elementary, Silver Strand Elementary, or the island's private-school options. Adjacent to Spreckels Park and the Orange Avenue restaurant and retail row, the church campus sits within the walkable village grid that connects Coronado Beach, the Coronado Bridge approach, and every residential block on the island to the commercial spine. The ELCA denomination's emphasis on social ministry drives the congregation's participation in community food drives, housing-access advocacy, and interfaith partnerships with the island's other churches and military-chaplain programs on Naval Air Station North Island.