November 29 to December 24, 2026.
Advent runs the four Sundays before Christmas, and it is the busiest stretch of the year for SLO County churches: Advent wreath lightings, Lessons and Carols, choir and orchestra concerts, Las Posadas processions, and giving trees. Christmas Eve services get their own guide.
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The fifth of California's 21 missions, founded in 1772 and still an active downtown parish, with a museum and gift shop on site.
Full parish near Cal Poly; weekend Masses are livestreamed.
Eastern Catholic parish of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Phoenix, in full union with Rome. The Divine Liturgy is sung throughout.
Camaldolese Benedictine monastery on a 40-acre ranch, with a public outdoor labyrinth.
North County parish with Masses in English and Spanish and a Pre-K–8 school.
Atascadero parish with English and Spanish Masses.
Small rural parish in the town named for the 1787 Santa Margarita de Cortona sub-mission.
The 16th California mission, founded 1797 and a National Historic Landmark, known for its original interior frescoes.
Morro Bay parish.
Los Osos parish with a daytime adoration chapel open to visitors.
Cambria's parish, in the West Village since 1963.
Built 1870–71, the first Catholic church raised in the county after the missions; on the National Register with an adjacent pioneer cemetery.
Cayucos parish.
Arroyo Grande parish with an extensive English and Spanish Mass schedule and a parish school.
Pismo Beach parish; hosts a monthly Mother of Perpetual Help novena.
Parish serving Nipomo and the Five Cities.
Privately owned hilltop chapel served by visiting priests most Sundays; closed weekdays except for special events. Call ahead.
The county's only Eastern Orthodox parish, host of a long-running annual Greek Festival and of the Cal Poly Orthodox Christian Fellowship.
PCUSA congregation founded in 1875, in a historic 1905 granite building downtown.
Downtown San Luis Obispo congregation with multiple Sunday gatherings.
Non-denominational congregation planted in 1993.
Assemblies of God congregation, a campus of Canyon Hills.
Bilingual Church of God in Christ congregation founded in 1997, with extensive food and community-service ministries.
Quaker meeting gathering in the Oddfellows Hall.
Calvary Chapel congregation in SLO. Meeting address is not published; check the website for the current location.
LCMS congregation organized in 1921; runs Trinity Lutheran School.
Presbyterian Church in America congregation in Paso Robles.
Non-denominational church founded in 1989.
Recovery and outreach-focused ministry.
Independent Christian church meeting at the Heritage Ranch community center.
Evangelical Free Church of America congregation.
Assemblies of God congregation in Templeton.
Sabbath Bible study at 9:30am, worship at 10:50am.
Runs a community-service ministry doing yard work and home repair for neighbors.
Non-denominational church planted in 2003, meeting in an 1887 former Methodist Episcopal chapel.
Calvary Chapel congregation serving the Five Cities.
Founded 1876 as the first Presbyterian church in California and the first Protestant church on the Central Coast; EFCA since 1988.
Independent Christian church established in 1986.
Non-denominational congregation in Grover Beach.
Meets in an 1887 wooden chapel in Olde Towne Nipomo.
Church of the Nazarene congregation with community-services outreach.
Catholic
Catholic campus ministry for Cal Poly and Cuesta, with roughly 300 students at Sunday Mass.
Nondenominational
Seven Cal Poly movements including Epic, Destino, Greek Row, Branded, Faculty Commons and Athletes in Action.
Nondenominational
Serves Cuesta College's SLO and Paso Robles campuses.
Nondenominational
Student chapter meeting on campus.
Nondenominational
Listed in Cuesta College's clubs directory.
Nondenominational
Sports-focused chapter serving Cal Poly and Cuesta athletes.
Protestant
PCA campus ministry launched in 2025.
Orthodox Christianity
Weekly Wednesday meetings at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church.
Protestant
Open and affirming ministry based at St. Stephen's, with a red-tent presence on Dexter Lawn.
Protestant
United Methodist campus ministry co-located with SLO United Methodist Church. Call ahead for current programming.
Protestant
College gathering Tuesdays at 8pm for Cal Poly and Cuesta students.
Nondenominational
Registered Cal Poly student organization in the JEMS network.
Nondenominational
Independent Cal Poly student group, active on Instagram at @ccfslo.
Protestant
Multi-ethnic house-church network with English and Korean services that has long ministered to Cal Poly and Cuesta students.