German Evangelical Lutheran Church-St Matthews

This is a wonderful little church. The sanctuary is upstairs above the community hall. Services are offered in English and in German. On the first Sunday of the month a bilingual service is offered at 11 am which is usually followed by a pot luck get together to celebrate birthdays and as a general meet and greet. Pastor Kerstin Weidmann is very friendly and presents thoughtful and relative sermons. When children are present she gets them involved with a short story or puppet show meant especially for them but enjoyed by everyone. The organ music is beautiful and the acoustics in the church are excellent. Several choirs have held performances here. I highly recommend taking time out from a busy week to enjoy the services at this church.

This church is the home of my chorus, the Golden Gate Mens Chorus, and for that I love it. I’m here more than most of the congregation (twice a week, three times once a month for a board meeting because I’m the Marketing Chair.)
Come hear us sing at Christmas. You won’t regret it. We also perform across the street once a year at Mission Dolores. And other places too. We are recording a CD right now. Check out
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Anyway, the management is great and so is the space. Sounds beautiful and a lovely downstairs area where we rehearse. We share that space with a Kinderhaus. (Cute little shoes and art and outfits, etc.)
The church has other music rehearsals there too, sometimes we hear the band rehearsing. Cute. Wonderful spot, with a parking lot.

I enjoyed my visit here today, but was a little surprised to see the main doors locked during services. I watched to see what others did and it seems worshipers need to enter a side door from the parking lot, then up a flight of stairs where the sanctuary is.
Services at 11am were completely in German, with a smattering of English here and there. I liked it very much, reminded me of how services were when I was a child. I LOVED the pipe organ and the Kantorin was EXCELLENT.