Parking-lot worship · 2026
Come worship where you can park.
Water2Fine leads gentle, no-pressure worship in parking lots, hospital lobbies, and a few cooperative campgrounds. Bring a folding chair, a friend, and an open heart. Most sessions are free. The ones that aren't are still free in spirit — we just ask for help with gas.
- Jul105:30 pm
Riverside Walmart · East Entrance
Riverside, CA
Behind us now, and gladly. We beat last year's four casseroles and reached the hoped-for six — and the pasta salad, unclaimed since roughly the founding of this fellowship, arrived at last, carried in by a first-time visitor who came for the rotisserie chicken and stayed through the final verse. We set the chairs at six and sang at half past, low enough that a cart-return could still be heard about its faithful work. No blimp overhead this year, a thing we noted and did not mention aloud. Next up: the Hangar Hymns Vigil in Carson, Jul 30.
RecapNext up: Carson, Jul 30 - Jul306:00 pm
Hangar Hymns Vigil · Visitor Lot Adjacent to a Certain Airfield
Carson, CA
A gentle service in the visitor parking next to a certain hangar that is not Hangar B but is very nearby. The current occupants of the airfield know what they did. Hymnals provided. So is patience.
All WelcomeFolding chair recommended - Aug14all day
Camp Pinecrest · Lake Arrowhead
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Annual summer retreat. Day passes and full-weekend options. The fire pit returns.
Pre-Register$28 covers lunch + retreat workbook - Sep226:00 am
An Albuquerque parking lot
Albuquerque, NM
Counter-programming the balloon festival. LitBlimp — we will say it now — is known to be in town the same week. They hold no claim to the airspace, the parking, the moral standing, or the audience. We extend them no comment, though we now extend them a name. We extend them no eye contact either. We will be carrying additional folding chairs in case any of their attendees defect, which has happened before.
All Welcome - Oct184:00 pm
Simi Valley Methodist · Overflow Lot
Simi Valley, CA
Harvest potluck and worship as the evenings cool. Soup is welcome this time of year, and so are sweaters. We carpooled in the minivan, which returns thirty-one miles to the gallon, a figure we share gently and only when asked, and sometimes when we are not.
Bring a DishA second crockpot would help - Nov256:30 pm
North Hills Christian Center · South Lot
North Hills, CA
Thanksgiving-eve service of gratitude. Decaf in the urn, blankets on the folding chairs, gentle song before the long drive to family. We will give thanks, by name, for our neighbors over in Carson, whom we are learning to love a little louder every year.
All Welcome - Dec205:00 pm
Camarillo Mall · Lot 3
Camarillo, CA
Candlelight parking-lot carols to close the year. Battery candles only — Brother Wesley insists, and we have learned to trust Brother Wesley. Pre-register so we bring enough blankets and enough decaf, which is to say a great deal of both.
Pre-RegisterFree — counts help us pack the minivan
If you can find a spot to park, you can find a place to praise. We'll bring the speakers. You bring you.