Church Event Calendar – November 2025
Welcome to Worship Services
November 1. Memorial Service in San Diego at 10:30 a.m. in the House of Sweden in Balboa Park
Pastor Manilla O. Nordanstig – Musician Andreas Nordanstig. Church coffee will be served afterwards.
664 Pan American W Rd, San Diego, CA 92101
November 1. Memorial Service in Corona del Mar at 5:00 p.m. in Lutheran Church of the Master
Pastor Manilla O. Nordanstig – Musician Andreas Nordanstig. After the service there will be an opportunity to mingle and share a light meal in the parish hall.
2900 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar, California 92625
November 2. Memorial Service at 11:00 a.m. in San Pedro
Come and experience a heartfelt service together with us at church! Pastor Manilla O. Nordanstig will lead the service. On this day we remember all our loved ones who have left earthly life. You may contact Manilla if there is someone you wish to include in the remembrance. Music by Andreas Nordanstig.
Ingela, Christer, and Kaj are ready to welcome you as today’s church hosts.
After the service (around 12:00 p.m.) we offer a light lunch and church coffee in the parish hall – please stay for fellowship and conversation!
The choir and everyone interested in singing will meet in the church around 2:00 p.m.
If you would like to come by the church in the afternoon, you are most welcome! We will be there until 4:00 p.m.
Would you like to help out? There is always room for more helping hands – please talk to one of us who work in the church or to the church hosts.
The church is open between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. – feel free to stop by earlier, stay for a while, or come whenever you can!
Accessible parking for families with children and people with special needs is available inside the courtyard.
Call the number posted on the gate at 1035 S. Palos Verdes Dr., and we’ll gladly open for you!
We look forward to worshiping and sharing fellowship with you!
November 16. Worship Service with Communion in Thousand Oaks at 2:30 p.m. in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Church coffee will be served afterwards.
1 W Avenida de Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Friday Program in San Pedro
November 7. Friday Mix Open House 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. San Pedro
Morning Prayer about 10:00–10:30 a.m.
(10:30–12:30 the baking group meets in the kitchen – come and try baking or help prepare lunch)
Coffee is served all day. Lunch is served at 12:30 p.m.
Open: the shop, library, crafts, sewing circle, conversation with other Scandinavians, and more.
November 8. Soul Children Workshop 1:00–3:30 p.m.
Welcome to an energetic choir workshop with music from the Soul Children movement – for all school-age children! Free project, in cooperation between the Norwegian and Swedish churches.
Worship services are held every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. in San Pedro
Christmas Markets
November 14–23. Norwegian Church in San Pedro 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. daily
November 16. Old World Huntington Beach, inside Old World Market 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
November 22. Old World Huntington Beach, inside Old World Market 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
November 23. Old World Huntington Beach, inside Old World Market 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
November 23. SWEA OC, Huntington Beach Elks Lodge 10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
November 29. Danish Emanuel Church, Yorba Linda 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
December
December 6. SWEA LA, Holy Trinity Hawthorne 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.