Coastal Church, founded in 2002 in Yorktown, has added the former Peniel Evangelical Friends Church in Mathews to its campuses, for a total of eight campuses across Hampton Roads and Richmond. Located at 1180 Garden Creek Road, Coastal Church of Mathews has services at 11 a.m. every Sunday, with children up to the 5th grade attending a concurrent children’s program, Coastal Kids, for Bible lessons, songs, and games. Pastor Nate Weis is lead pastor of the Mathews campus. He is also lead pastor of the Gloucester campus and is assisted at both campuses by associate pastor David Wilson. Weis said the typical Coastal worship service includes prayers, a Biblically-based sermon, and the singing of contemporary Christian music accompanied by a small combo. Dress is “come as you are,” he said, adding simply, “We sing and worship together.” Pastors at all eight campuses of Coastal Church preach on the same topic on any given Sunday, said Weis, but each pastor writes their own sermon. The church ...