Momentum
Urban Centers

momentum ministry urban centers

An Urban Experience That
Equips in Making Jesus
make sense to others

Momentum Urban Centers provide students and adults with a mission trip experience that lasts well beyond your trip dates. Come join us at our Los Angeles Urban Center or our Philadelphia Urban Center and experience the impact you can have when you see each day as an opportunity to make Jesus make sense to others. 

When you take a mission trip to one of our Urban Centers, your group will experience two foundational elements:

1) Your group will receive dynamic training on how to make Jesus make sense in our culture today and begin to see our everyday relationships as opportunities to be relational with the Gospel. 

2) Your group will participate in hands-on ministry each day of your trip with opportunities to hear real life stories from people living in the city with the goal of sparking significant spiritual interactions as you connect with others.

Our mission trip experiences combine these two elements so that your group can serve and impact the city together and then return to your local community to continue living out the good news of Jesus with those around you.

 

An Urban Experience That Equips in
Making Jesus Make Sense to Others

Urban Centers have been training followers of Jesus in effective hands-on evangelism for over 20 years with locations in Philadelphia and Los Angeles!

We offer unique life-on-life training sessions on how to start conversations, how to tell your story, and how to share your faith in simple and life giving ways. We also provide practical, easy-to-use evangelism tools that make engaging with others simple. Our field experiences make our time together practical and profitable by immediately putting the lessons learned through the training sessions into practice!

We realize that every group is unique and at different stages in their relationship with Jesus, which is why we customize our mission trip opportunities  to help you build momentum in your ministry. Click on the Request More Information button and one of our Urban Center staff will reach out to you to start a conversation, hear your mission trip goals, and discover the best way to build a mission trip experience for your group.

We partner with Youth Groups, Small Groups, College Groups, Adult Groups, Church Leadership Groups, and much more.

Momentum Urban Centers
Locations

Momentum Urban Centers has training centers in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Each center offers opportunities for believers of all ages to understand how to make Jesus make sense to others. Our passion is for individuals and churches to not only impact our neighborhood but their home communities as well, through our year-round experiences.

We have facilities that are fully equipped with lodging accommodations, showers, kitchen, and training room. We can currently house up to 48 people at Urban Center Los Angeles and up to 75 at Urban Center Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Campus:

7500 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19134

Los Angeles Campus:

11005 Foster Road
Norwalk, CA 90650

Momentum Urban Centers
Trip Options

Our trips are designed for middle school & high school students, college students, adults, small groups, youth groups, church leadership groups, and colleges/universities. Whether your team understands how to make Jesus make sense to others, or this is their first missions trip, we will create a trip to help maximize their experience.

Momentum Urban Centers’ heartbeat is to ignite a passion for your team to reach their peers back home. It is not just about a weekend or week-long missions experience. Urban Centers are a springboard to help your team know how to engage with others in their own communities and with those that God has placed in their path!

WEEKEND & WEEK-LONG EXPERIENCES:

Two-Day Trip

Five-Day Trip

Seven-Day Trip (Los Angeles Urban Center ONLY)

To inquire about available dates & cost of a trip for your group, complete the ‘REQUEST INFO’ form below and one of our Urban Center staff will be in touch.

Christmas Hope
Giving Hope by Meeting Practical Needs

What if there was a practical way for you to deliver the Hope of Jesus and serve others during the Christmas season. Our Momentum Urban Centers has an incredible opportunity for you to do just that! Momentum is inviting you and your family OR you and a group from your church to come join us for CHRISTMAS HOPE in Philadelphia OR Los Angeles.

Each of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips are only 3 days long and the cost is extremely affordable (kids come free with a paying parent/family member). Our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips include ministry to the homeless and an opportunity to engage with people in the city by handing out Christmas Hope packets, hot cocoa and meeting other practical needs.

Gather up your family, your small group, your student ministry, your young adult group OR even your student leadership team and come join us for a CHRISTMAS HOPE trip in the city.

If you and your church are interested in bringing a group to one of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips and want more information about cost, schedule, and how to register, email us today: Philadelphia [rrojas@buildmomentum.org] or Los Angeles [tlansing@buildmomentum.org].

Space is limited, so reach out today and reserve your spots!

2023 Dates:

Nov 24 – 26
Dec 1 – 3
Dec 8 – 10

Dec 15 – 17
Dec 22 – 24
Dec 29 – 31

$95 per person include breakfasts, lodging, missions training, supplies & opportunities.

Christmas Hope
Giving Hope by Meeting Practical Needs

What if there was a practical way for you to deliver the Hope of Jesus and serve others during the Christmas season. Our Momentum Urban Centers has an incredible opportunity for you to do just that! Momentum is inviting you and your family OR you and a group from your church to come join us for CHRISTMAS HOPE in Philadelphia OR Los Angeles.

Each of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips are only 3 days long and the cost is extremely affordable (kids come free with a paying parent/family member). Our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips include ministry to the homeless and an opportunity to engage with people in the city by handing out Christmas Hope packets, hot cocoa and meeting other practical needs.

Gather up your family, your small group, your student ministry, your young adult group OR even your student leadership team and come join us for one of our 6 CHRISTMAS HOPE trips this Christmas season in the city.

If you and your church are interested in bringing a group to one of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips and want more information about cost, schedule, and how to register, email us today: Philadelphia [rrojas@buildmomentum.org] or Los Angeles [tlansing@buildmomentum.org].

Space is limited, so reach out today and reserve your spots!

,,What if there was a practical way for you to deliver the Hope of Jesus and serve others during the Christmas season. Our Momentum Urban Centers has an incredible opportunity for you to do just that! Momentum is inviting you and your family OR you and a group from your church to come join us for CHRISTMAS HOPE in Philadelphia OR Los Angeles.

Each of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips are only 3 days long and the cost is extremely affordable (kids come free with a paying parent/family member). Our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips include ministry to the homeless and an opportunity to engage with people in the city by handing out Christmas Hope packets, hot cocoa and meeting other practical needs.

Gather up your family, your small group, your student ministry, your young adult group OR even your student leadership team and come join us for one of our 6 CHRISTMAS HOPE trips this Christmas season in the city.

If you and your church are interested in bringing a group to one of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips and want more information about cost, schedule, and how to register, email us today: Philadelphia [rrojas@buildmomentum.org] or Los Angeles [tlansing@buildmomentum.org].

Space is limited, so reach out today and reserve your spots!

HANDS-ON MINISTRY
FIELD EXPERIENCES

young ministry experience

There is a wide variety of “in-the-field” ministry young people will experience at Urban Centers, including:

  • Ministering to the homeless in urban areas.
  • Participating in park and beach ministries.
  • Food distribution to families in need.
  • Children’s ministries.
  • Other peer-to-peer ministry opportunities.
youth ministry experience

IGNITE
LIFELONG PASSION

Momentum Urban Centers
ARE Committed To:

REAL Training

Practical training sessions geared towards helping your team understand the process of making Jesus make sense to others

REAL Experience

Daily ministry experiences to impassion your team to love & value the unchurched

REAL Impact
Your team will go home with a passion to reach and a plan to impact the unchurched within their circles of influence
REAL Partnership
Supporting you as a ministry leader by providing ongoing encouragement, assistance and training to help you continue to develop a culture that values the unchurched
Christa - Participant

Christa | Participant

“God showed me how important it is to be involved in ministry in my community.”
Tom - Team Leader

Tom | Team Leader

“God opened my eyes to see the spiritual need above the physical need.”
Mike - Team Leader

Mike | Team Leader

“This was one of the most amazing weeks of being on mission. I loved seeing the students on the team grow each day from being scared at the beginning to talk to people and then to see them going out and initiating conversations.”
John - Youth Pastor

John | Youth Pastor

“Urban Centers inspired us to say; How can we do more? How can we Live On Mission, right here in our own backyard and impact those around us? Surely we all have people who are hurting, people who need to see the love of Jesus. Urban Centers has affected our On Mission mindset.”

What Makes Momentum Ministry
Partners Unique?

youth leader ministry opportunities

We know that there are quite a few options available when pastors and church leaders are looking for engaging ministry opportunities for their youth leaders. But with Momentum Ministry Partners, we believe that our unique and comprehensive approach to ministry services truly sets us apart and allows for a transformative experience for young people.

What makes Momentum Ministry Partners unique?

  • Emphasis on connecting to local churches and church leaders.
  • Diverse training sessions and unique ministry opportunities.
  • Experienced and inspirational leaders.
  • Invaluable hands-on ministry experiences.
  • A commitment to a Biblical Worldview.

Join the Momentum

Christmas Hope
Giving Hope by Meeting Practical Needs

What if there was a practical way for you to deliver the Hope of Jesus and serve others during the Christmas season. Our Momentum Urban Centers has an incredible opportunity for you to do just that! Momentum is inviting you and your family OR you and a group from your church to come join us for CHRISTMAS HOPE 2022 in Philadelphia OR Los Angeles.

Each of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips are only 3 days long and the cost is only $75/person(kids come free with a paying parent/family member). Our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips include ministry to the homeless and an opportunity to engage with people in the city by handing out Christmas Hope packets, hot cocoa and meeting other practical needs.

Gather up your family, your small group, your student ministry, your young adult group OR even your student leadership team and come join us for one of our 6 CHRISTMAS HOPE trips this Christmas season in the city.

2022 CHRISTMAS HOPE TRIPS:

  • #1| Nov 25-27 [Fri-Sun]
  • #2| Dec 2-4 [Fri-Sun]
  • #3| Dec 9-11 [Fri-Sun]
  • #4| Dec 28-30 [Wed-Fri]
  • #5| Dec 30 – Jan 1 [Fri-Sun]

If you and your church are interested in bringing a group to one of our CHRISTMAS HOPE trips and want more information about what is included in the cost, the schedule and how to register, email us Philadelphia [rrojas@buildmomentum.org] or Los Angeles [tlansing@buildmomentum.org].

Space is limited, so reach out today and reserve your spots!”

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