Connect with a Local Faith Community
Wanting to connect with a local faith community? Below is a listing of local communities at PLU or in close proximity to the university. This listing is not comprehensive. Feel free to contact the Campus Ministry Office for information about other congregations in the area.
* Denotes explicitly LGBT supportive worship space
There are three Chapel services each week, all in different religious traditions/styles. To learn about each service, click here for the Chapel Break webpage.
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Faith Communities Off Campus
Tacoma Buddhist Temple
Sect of Buddhism: Shin Buddhism
1717 S. Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 627-1417
Wat Samakki Ratanaram
8208 McKinley Avenue East, Tacoma, WA 98404
(253) 474-5972
Seu Mi Sa (Korean)
227 E 72nd St, Tacoma, WA 98404
SGI-USA Tacoma Buddhist Center (Soka Gakkai)
1610 S. Mildred St., Tacoma, WA, 98465
(253) 582-8520
Tacoma Buddhist Center (Ecumenical)
@ Skill for Mind
2702 N. Proctor Street, Tacoma, WA 98407
(253) 237-3620
Tacoma Shambhala Meditation (Tibetan)
Good Karma Center for Joy
711 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402
All Saints Church
Denomination: The Episcopal Church
Worship Times: Sunday 8:00 and 10:30 AM
205 96th St E, Tacoma, WA 98445
(253) 301-0274
Church for All Nations
Denomination: Pentecostal, Independent
Affiliation: Charismatic Renewal Movement
Worship Time: Sunday 10:00 AM
111 112th St E, Tacoma, WA 98445
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Worship Time: Sunday 11:30 AM
11212 17th Ave E, Tacoma, WA 98445
(253) 282-4034
Cornerstone Community Outreach Ministries
Denomination: Pentecostal
Affiliation: Church of God in Christ
Worship Time: Sunday 11:15 AM
7401 South Pine Street STE C, Tacoma, WA 98409
Crossover Ministries
Worship Times: Sunday, 10 AM
12115 Park Ave S. Parkland, WA. 98447 (Chapel at Trinity Lutheran Church)
(253) 223-4522
Living Grace Church & SUM Bible College
Denomination: Non-Denominational
Worship Times: Sunday, 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM | Wednesday 7:00pm
106 South 28th Street, Tacoma WA 98402
(253) 584-3778 | email: office@lgministries.org | School of Urban Ministry
Parkland First Baptist Church
Denomination: American Baptist
Worship Times: Sunday 10 am
1016 112th St S, Tacoma, WA 98444
Parkland Foursquare Church
Denomination: Foursquare Gospel
Worship Times: Saturday 6 PM
12115 Park Ave S Tacoma, WA 98444
(253)200-9461
Parkway Presbyterian Church
Denomination: Presbyterian
Affiliation: Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Worship Times: Sunday at 10:15 AM
714 138th St E, Tacoma, WA 98445
(253) 531-4373
Rainier View Christian Church
Denomination: Church of Christ (instrumental)
Affiliation: Brotherhood of Christian Churches
Worship Times: Varies for location
Two Locations -closest at 12305 Spanaway Loop Rd S, Tacoma WA 98444
Spanaway United Methodist Church
Denomination: United Methodist Church
Worship Times: Sunday 10:20 am
135 163rd St S, Spanaway, WA 98387
(253) 537-5134
Tacoma Friends Meeting
Denomination: Quaker, unprogrammed
Worship Times: Sunday, 10 am
2508 S. 39th St., Tacoma, WA 98409
Our Lady Queen Of Heaven Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Worship times: Saturday at 4:00 PM, Sunday 8:30 and 10:00 AM, Mass Tuesday-Friday at 9 AM
14601 A St S, Tacoma, WA 98444
(253) 537-3252
St. Leo’s Parish*
Denomination: Jesuit
Mass- Saturday at 5 PM, Sunday at 9:30 AM, Tuesday/Thursday/Friday at 12:10 PM
710 S. 13th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
(253) 272-5136
Trinity Lutheran Church
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Worship Times: Sunday 9 and 11 am
12115 Park Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98444
(across the street from Mortvedt Library)
(253) 537-0201
Peace Lutheran Church*
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Worship Times: Sunday at 9:30 AM
214 E Pioneer, Puyallup, WA 98372
(253) 845-8819
Parkland Lutheran Church
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS)
Affiliation: Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
Worship Times: Sunday 8 and 10:30 am; Monday 6:30 pm
120 123rd St S, Tacoma, WA 98444
(253) 537-5492
Spanaway Lutheran Church
Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Worship Times: Sunday 10 am
16001 A St S, Spanaway, WA 98387
(253) 531-7000
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Denomination: Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS)
Worship times: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM Sunday
4519 112th St E, Tacoma, WA 98446
(253) 531-2112
Bellevue Hindu Temple and Cultural Center
Open from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM and 5:00 to 9:00 Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Saturday and Sunday
14320, NE 21st Street, #16, Bellevue, 98007
(425) 270-0174
Temple Beth El*
Denomination: Union for Reform Judaism
Worship Times: Check website for Friday service time, Saturday at 10 AM
5975 S 12th St, Tacoma, WA 98465
(253) 564-7101
Masjid Al-Nur
Worship Times: Jumuh prayers at 1:15 PM
4324 20th Ln NE, Olympia, WA 98516
Islamic Center of Federal Way
Worship times: Jumah prayers at 1:00, 1:30, and 2:00 PM
3304 S 272nd St. Kent, WA 98032
(253) 520-6544
Gurdwara Sahib Nanak Darbar Olympia
Diwan on Sundays, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
542 Nisqually Cut Off RD SE, Olympia WA 98513
(360) 350-0933
Gurudwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji
24440 132nd Ave SE, Kent, WA 98042
(253) 239-2790
If you would like your faith community to be included or if you have information to edit, please contact the PLU Campus Ministry Office (cmin@plu.edu).
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