With small groups, classes, annual events and a championship softball team, we invite you to connect into the life of our community!
Small Groups and Classes
Ministry Guide 2025-26
Details and info about our current ministries and leaders, so you can get involved.
Download PDF Wisdom at Westwood
Our Adult Sunday School meets at 11am, with a welcoming and engaged group of folks who take up a wide variety of topics from Bible study to social issues.
Small Groups
We have small groups in Westwood and in Culver City; for Men, Young Adults and Queer folks.
Women's Group
Our Women’s Group meets for shared meals, retreats, and classes.
Book Groups and Studies
Read relevant books - fiction and nonfiction - and discuss them together in the community.
Social Media
Participate in church life by following our social media accounts and engaging with community there - including our podcasts.
Softball Team
We’re proud to claim several championship trophies from the interfaith league that plays in Cheviot Hills park.
Prayerful Stitches
Our prayer shawl ministry creates handmade reminders of our communities prayers.
Sanctuary Choir
There are few better ways to spend time with other people than singing together.
Service Projects
From our regular breakfasts at PATH to occasional whole-church UMCOR projects, serving others is part of who we are.
Queer Group
Connect with other LGBTQIA+ folks in the church, and build relationships across the diversity of our congregation with Found Family.
Campus Ministry @ UCLA
580 Café offers a unique opportunity for students to participate in building beloved community together.
Care Ministry
At Westwood UMC, we seek to cultivate an atmosphere of care and prayer for members, attenders, and friends of the congregation. We encourage you to use this confidential form as an easy way to communicate a prayer request to our pastoral team, add your name to the church prayer list, request a call from a pastor, or let us know about an upcoming surgery. Once this form is submitted, you will receive a text and/or phone call from a Pastoral Staff clergy to receive more information on how we can support you.
Rev. Dr. Diana Holbert
Minister of Care
Westwood Church is a Christian community where all people are welcome, and is focused on becoming and making disciples committed to justice, kindness and walking humbly with God.
Annual Community Events
In addition to the worship gatherings at the core of our community, we have annual traditions that bring us together, like: