Whoever you are, and wherever you are
on your spiritual journey,
you are welcome at holy spirit!
Holy Spirit is a progressive community committed to hospitality, worship and service. Our weekly gathering, on Thursday evenings, begins with dinner hosted by one of our members or the community as a potluck followed by a celebration of Holy Communion. Our service is distinguished by language that is contemporary and inclusive, yet rooted in the contemplative traditions of the Church. Our discussion of the Scripture readings, open to all, can be animated and surprising. We conclude with dessert and more social time. It’s a casual, intimate yet accessible service in which all are welcome to participate at their comfort level.
worship on Thursdays
Holy Spirit meets every Thursday in the Jonathan Daniels Room at St. Paul's Commons (address below) for a service we call “The Lord’s Supper in Three Courses”:
• A gathering of food, drink and fellowship;
• A contemporary service of Holy Communion using modern scriptural texts and an open time of reflection, and
• Dessert and more fellowship.
Fellowship (optional) begins at 7 p.m., and the service starts about 7:30 p.m.
Jonathan Daniels Room
South Building, 2nd floor
St. Paul's Commons
840 Echo Park Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90026
First-time visitors are encouraged to email us before your visit so that we can ensure access to our site. Protected parking is available via the entrance at 829 Laguna Avenue, the street behind the building. Please arrive before 7:15 p.m. for access.
Walk-in entry from Echo Park Avenue is available until 7:15 p.m. Take the steps or elevator to the plaza level and immediately turn right toward the south building. Look for the single door on the far right (not the doors to the main sanctuary). Dial (213) 640-9082 from your cell phone, identify yourself at the prompt and wait for an answer. Someone will come down to let you in.
Arriving by car at Laguna Avenue garage entrance: Enter 001 on the keypad to ring the front desk. Park anywhere on P2. Take the South (purple) elevator to the second floor; the elevator opens into our room. If no answer at the gate, dial (213) 640-9082 on your cell phone; a recorded voice will ask for your name and then ring through to a private line where someone will answer and come down to let you in. We thank you for your patience with this multistep process, which is necessary while we are short-staffed.
Click here for detailed instructions on how to access the garage.
Note: We do not meet on Sundays.
Be a steward of our mission!
Donations to Holy Spirit are tax-deductible … and greatly appreciated. The button below will take you to our safe and secure Holy Spirit Community donation page on Paypal where you can use your credit card or PayPal account to make a contribution.
AUGUST 13, 2026: Celebrating Jonathan Myrick Daniels
The Holy Spirit Community will celebrate the life and ministry of Episcopal seminarian and martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels on Thursday, August 13, at 7 p.m. in the Jonathan Daniels room at St. Pauls Commons, 840 Echo Park Avenue.
Our celebration includes a potluck dinner at 7 p.m., and all are invited to contribute, as they are able. The service of Holy Communion begins around 7:30 p.m. Our reflection and discussion will lead with a short video on Jonathan’s life based on “Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels.”
RSVP appreciated here to help us plan for seating at dinner!
Jonathan modeled Christian commitment by personally responding to and confronting injustice, just as we are called to do in America today. He was killed on August 20, 1965, by Tom Coleman, a part-time deputy sheriff, in Hayneville, Alabama, while shielding 17-year-old Ruby Sales from a racist attack, thus saving the life of the young Black civil rights activist. The two were working in the nonviolent civil rights movement in Lowndes County to integrate public places and register Black voters after passage of the Voting Rights Act that summer. His death generated further support for the civil rights movement.
In 1991, Jonathan was designated as a martyr in the Episcopal Church and is recognized annually in our calendar on August 14. Learn more about him and how our meeting room at St. Paul’s Commons came to be named in his honor here.