Black History Month at First Lutheran Venice

This Sunday, February 26th at 11am, First Lutheran Venice is hosting a special service to commemorate Black History Month. In order to support the work of our sister congregation and to celebrate Black History Month, our own worship service will be kept to 30 minutes so that we can encourage people from First Lutheran Culver/Palms … Read more

Ash Wednesday

At First Lutheran we do not have a formal worship service for Ash Wednesday, but we do offer an open house style ash ceremony. If you would like to participate, Pastor Matt will have the church open from 12-1pm and 6-7pm. Just drop in during those times to go through a short reading and receive … Read more

Ash Wednesday

First Lutheran is doing an open house style service for Ash Wednesday (March 2nd). The service will be roughly five minutes long. Drop in anytime between 1-2pm. If you cannot make it during that time, please submit a contact form and Pastor Matt can be available by appointment throughout the day.

Christmas Eve Service

Our Christmas Eve service will be entirely online this year. The service will start at 2pm on December 24th. There is no Christmas Day service. If you would like to participate in our Christmas Eve service, please fill out the contact form at the bottom of the page to request access.

Church Reopening

We are excited to announce that our services will return to in-person worship starting June 20th. Masks and social distancing will be required.

COVID-19 Update (3/17/2021)

While we are now allowed to worship in person according to state law, we continue to suspend our on-campus services for the health and safety of participants in accordance with the recommendation of health officials. We are to monitoring the number of cases in Los Angeles and are looking forward to the day when we … Read more

COVID-19 Update (5/20/2020)

In accordance with city and state mandates, the temporary suspension of on-campus services at First Lutheran will remain in place until further notice. Please CONTACT US by using the form at the bottom of the home page if you’d like to join our virtual worship on Sunday mornings. During this time, sermons are not being … Read more