Holy Spirit infused service. Very friendly. Loved that the kids were able worship with flags.read more

Great church wonderful music friendly people. And the preaching is very good . Been hear a couple…read moretimes .

Great community based church. Church that has on its logo "reach, teach and send" and they…read morepractice what they preach. The church has a really good dynamic. It has a good community, spirit led worship and line by line, verse by verse teaching which is doctrine lay sound and a Pastor (Jake Kelso) who leads by example of service. Come along and see for yourself.

I love pastor Bob's sermons and his corny jokes! The music is new school which is even better! Very…read morehip and casual.

Pastor Bob Cherry is the finest pastor I've ever known. My wife and I are full time missionaries in…read morethe Philippines, all because of a spark Bob set-off in us in 2004. God definitely has His Hands on Bob's shoulders. This church is blessed to have Bob for their pastor.

Our family is truly blessed to be able to attend service at Visalia First…read more We have been very touched by the spirit and by the warm welcoming of the staff. The praise and worship along with the service are heart touching! You can definitely feel the spirit of the lord move! I recommend that if you have not been to Visalia First that you will have a positive life changing experience! That is how powerful the spirit of god moves!

Tried to visit for the first time but never made it out of the parking lot as the rent-a-cop in a…read moregolf cart circled my vehicle twice before I even hopped out. Granted I misread the start time and was 45 min late, but being stared down while I figure out what I was going to do was more than I wanted to deal with so I left. While I was leaving golf cart man posted up and watched me leave. Not a great welcoming first impression, gonna try somewhere else.

Best church I've ever been to. You feel welcome from day one. Go as you are no pressure to dress…read morefancy.

WOW This man who hears Pastor is greedy needs this church. I've attended it for a while now…read more Sometimes I wonder how the pastor knows just what I need. He is so anointed from God and such a true faithful man. He speaks in a way that he's not over anyone's head. God bless you Pasto Brian. I will be praying this John person gets to attend our church and see how God works. I will pray God will bless him as he has blessed you. We all need the Lord in our lives. Your preaching helps keep me close to God and teaches me some understanding I sometimes miss. The music is awesome and the way we can be ourselves and come as we are without being looked down on is amazing. I see people of all walks in our church all wanting the same things in life and you are good at showing us where in the bible we can find it. Thank you for being an awesome church.

Very rude front office staff. Explained my situation since I'm new to the area. They didn't care…read moreand refused to baptize my child even though we have our sacraments. Horrible experience I've ever had with a church. Such a shame.

The reason why I won't return to this church or any church for that matter:…read moreAs a proud Military Veteran who served in Iraq, it's been a long time since I've been to church, last visit to a church in 2002 while stationed at Fort Benning, GA. I've dealt with PTSD and major depressive disorder since my time in Iraq, and it continues to this day. My Christian path toward God was struggling during all this and decided to quit my Christianity and faith in God altogether, as much as I prayed about it. I decided I'm gonna try church again and maybe meet some new friends, my dream was to become a pastor of a church, but my time in the Army was a temporary block due to all the training and detail I went through until I get settled enough to try "pastor school" (if that's what it's called), I never learned enough to get that far. The other day I felt there was a "calling" to be with God's people again, so I decided to start going to church again...this church was chosen due to the "friendly" atmosphere from the Facebook page. Unfortunately (12 December 2021) I had a difficult time trying to find this church so I was maybe 5-6 minutes late (9:06am) upon arrival. After arriving at the entrance of the church doors, I met the ushers who were very friendly, as expected of course. I asked one usher if he may please direct me to where I'm supposed to go since I'm new here, he kindly assisted to walk me inside the building and noticed my Veteran ballcap and Bible case with a green camouflage covering that read "Army Of The Lord: Ephesians 6:12" on the top, with my Bible inside. He asked if I was in the service, I proudly stated "Army" , it was nice for him to ask me that. But before entering the pew doors, he then asked if I had anything other than a Bible inside my case, therefore, I presented my case to him as he squeezed my Bible case to check for anything else other than a Bible, and mentioned "you can't be too sure these days". As upsetting as that sounded to me and very embarrassed, I quickly laughed it off and told him I understood. Even though I knew what he meant, that still made me feel so uncomfortable I had a very difficult time dealing with it, and felt I was being stared at by any person that walked by me as I was sitting at the end of a row. I was not able to enjoy my stay and felt God was shaming me for being there as a Veteran with PTSD and struggling with depression. All I did the whole time I was there was stare at the exit door to the side of me deciding if I should just walk out before and during the sermon. When service ended, I just kept my mouth shut, walked out and back to my vehicle in a big hurry to leave before I felt the police were gonna make a quick stop and have me arrested just for going to church "alone". Unfortunately, I'm used to being "labeled" as a freak for serving my Country and permanently disabled due to PTSD. It's funny though, I never mentioned or said anything to this usher about my disability status or any of the sort (no one's business to be honest), just stated I was a U.S. Army Veteran. With all the "incidents" going on in the world these days, it's understandable anyone can feel that way like that usher did. And the last thing I wanna do is start pointing fingers at anyone, or start any chaos with the staff there. But I thought I'd point this out to this church anyway, I felt compelled to do it. From the sound of it, this church isn't "military friendly" obviously. Which is kinda odd, considering I noticed police officers (in uniform) from City of Tulare in the Facebook photos for your church, so I thought that would be "idea" for me to be a part of your "church" family considering I've also wanted to be a police officer after the Military as well...guess not. I was having doubts about going to church again that morning upon arrival, and remained in my vehicle for a few minutes a nervous wreck, wondering if I should attend or not due to my disability and struggles with God, guess I made the wrong decision. Therefore, maybe church is not a good idea for a single 52 year-old male with 100% service-connected PTSD and major depressive disorder. Besides, the only people I noticed inside your church were families, kids, and the whole nine yards. I enjoy my "single" life, but being single excludes me from any church or any group gatherings religious or not. I realized that now. Not asking for a pity party or a violin solo, just facing the facts. Thank you for allowing me in your church. But obviously, it's still not for me. Maybe when I have a family with kids, and my PTSD is removed from me completely, then MAYBE I'll go to church. Once again, as a proud Military Veteran I was "labeled" and "singled out" like a "war-time" criminal. Trying to get my house fixed up anyway, so maybe church will just be a "distraction" to keep me from my repair work at home. If you're gonna "pick and choose" who you want in your church, maybe you shouldn't have a church at all!

The only star i give is one cause that's what it took to post my painful review.I was always raised…read morea catholic but i believe all physical churches are full of blasphemy and are just used as a weapon of business and a form of Power like during the times of Christ crucifixion.In order to have people only believe what strengthens there church or makes more members!RELIGION is separating the people who should be United. Since i was young i did my first communion at this location of ST. Ritas church and knew something was weird because the instructors were not helping me understand the word of god wouldn't help me understand prayer i was lied to my mother was lied to even though i haven't mastered my level the church said its cool let him pass since it be to troublesome for the instructors to bust there bone to actually teach a student until he understands.I believe its all for the $$$$money,the church itself takes advantage of the children who have to be guided to the lord but at the end are not taught truth and are later abandoned souls that where never even cared about the point was just for the CASH.....i watch my Mexican people walk the pews blindly having eyes but no sight having ears but are deaf and are being tooken advantage year round only to satisfy this churches GREED.....even the angels statues in the back have evil hand symbols that symbolize Satan in jesters as the people walk in believing the holiness of the church that lied to them since they did there first communion!!!Any building or temple that needs donations or cash from its members is hog wash i believe the real church is spiritually within us and back then Jesus and hes disciples spoke to people with the verb with sound not scriptures and books people where taught personally and those who believed believed and the rest where lost souls...Just as a reminder this church is full of GREED and i wouldn't doubt the rest of catholic churches are equally sharing the same greed and possibly the Christians and Jehovah witnesses also all churches!but for now this review is mainly for st. Ritas

If you searching for a Catholic Church, St Ritas Catholic Church is awsome. When you walk into the…read morechurch for Sunday service you are greeted at the door and made feel at home. Father Ivan is awesome !!! Come join us