Welcome to La Plaza Church
We are a warm family of followers of Jesus Christ where no one is excluded! We strive to love, grow and learn together. And we trust that it is in the encounter with others where we are profoundly challenged and transformed. Join us on this life changing process, on which the uniqueness of each, contributes to the whole picture of who we are.
Sunday Worship Service @10:30AM
Our Programs
If you would like to join, please contact us at laplazachurch@gmail.com and we will get back to you soon!
Some groups that we have partnered with are:
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
New Urbanism Film Festival
Christian Community Developers
Angel Films
Fuller Seminary Urban Immersion Class
California-Pacific Annual Conference
West District, California-Pacific Conference
The United Methodist Women at their National level
The 2016 General Conference of The United Methodist Church.
more info coming soon
Prayer & Scripture (online)
Wednesdays @11:30AM
A time when we reflect and share about the biblical lesson for that week, and when we pray for each other, our communities and the world.
Membership Class (online)
Thursdays @6:30PM
Join this series of conversations to dialogue about what it means to be a member of The United Methodist Church. (History, Doctrine, Structure, Politics, Social Principles, among others)
Reading for the Soul
Fridays @8:30PM
15 minutes of reading and meditating on a chapter of the Gospel of John.
Our services are bi-lingual, but mainly in Spanish. We sing both traditional and contemporary songs.
Sunday Worship Services are at 10:30am each week! We are in-person, but you can also join online via Zoom (email us for the link).
115 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2922
We are right across the street from Union Station and we also validate parking at Lot 2 (615 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA) once you’re here!
Phillip currently is Pastor of La Plaza United Methodist Church in downtown Los Angeles. He graduate from Boston University School of Theology, where he studied how God’s love can extend communities can work to serve the kingdom of God in a local church that many have written off as dead.
Working with reputable churches such as Open Space Inland Empire in Upland, CA, All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA, and Connexion Church in Sommerville, MA, Phillip is experienced working with both small and large faith communities. Working mainly with young adult com-munities, Phillip has helped create and sustain viable ministries that call new people towards a renewed church. By doing this work, Phillip helps churches find the bridge between how the old and the new can live side by side in the local church.
Phillip is a cat lover and avid tennis player.
Welcome!
Thank you for visiting us! As you explore La Plaza United Methodist Church website, we pray and hope your life is blessed and that joy may find you.
We are by no means perfect, but we intentionally put emphasis on inclusiveness by resting in the Creator’s love and grace. We are growing and we are learning as we grow… your voice and presence could open the door for many others like you.
We believe that worshiping, working, serving and having fellowship and vital conversations with the community we will grow together in our spiritual journeys, irrelevant of where each one of us is right now. Therefore, wherever you are on your life journey, have the certainty that You are Wanted and Loved. It is for this, that I want you to know, that we would love to accompany you along your spiritual path, and that you accompany us in ours.
We are committed to social justice and we look for opportunities to partner with people for whom this is a relevant matter. We are committed to social justice and we look for opportunities to partner with people for whom this is a relevant matter. Does this motivates you?
It would be great if we could start a dialogue to participate together in being a creative part of the solution -even if a small one- to some of the diverse needs in our communities. As in for example, how could arts help to build our communities and to promote transformation?
We would love to hear from you!
May peace be in your paths…
– Pastor Phillip Valdes
Contact Us
We would love to hear from you – for any reason!
213.628.5773 (office) – laplazachurch@gmail.com