Month: August 2024

Throughout September we’re collecting The Peace & Global Witness Offering which is used to promote peacemaking efforts throughout the world.  Please prayerfully consider how your financial support can provide the resources needed to transform areas of desperate need into communities of peace and healing. Click here to donate. 

• NEW! Cherub Choir (Grades K & 1)
  4:15-5:00 pm Wednesdays starting September 11 (Sept.-May) 
  The Cherub Choir is newly restarting this fall. Young children will sing & play with rhythms and instruments. Cherubs sing occasionally in worship and other church events, including a short Christmas program and Christmas Eve. Register your child. Questions? Contact Kirsten Santos Rutschman.
• Children’s Choir (Grades 2-5)
  4:45-6:00 pm Wednesdays starting September 11 (Sept.-May) 
  In Children’s Choir, older elementary-schoolers sing, pray, play music games, play percussion and other instruments, and learn the basics of how to read music. The Children’s Choir sings in worship about once a month and occasionally at other church events, including a short Christmas program and Christmas Eve. Stay tuned for a musical in the spring! Register your child. Questions? Contact Kirsten Santos Rutschman.
• Youth Choir (Grades 6-12)
  5:00-6:00 pm Sundays starting September 8 (Sept.-May) 
  In Youth Choir, middle- and high-schoolers sing music in a variety of styles. Whether you’re a beginner, or you sing in a choir at school, or you take voice lessons, there’s a place for you here. The Youth Choir sings in worship about once a month and sometimes on other occasions, including a concert at Maris Grove in December.  Click here to register. Questions? Contact Kirsten Santos Rutschman. 
• Chancel Choir (Adult)
  7:00-9:00 pm Thursdays starting September 5
  The Chancel Choir provides choral music in the Traditional service throughout the year. Larger projects include Christmas Concerts in December and a Requiem concert in the spring. During Summer 2025, the choir will perform on tour in Scotland. During the summer months, feel free to drop in for Summer Choir on any or all Sundays as your schedule permits, without the commitment of regular Thursday night rehearsals. Questions? Contact Tim Evers.
• Chancel Ringers (Youth & Adult)
  7:00-8:30 pm Wednesdays starting September 4
  Handbells is a wonderful ensemble that builds community spirit. Each person contributes a few notes towards creating beautiful, full-sounding music. Chancel Ringers ring about once a month in worship, as well as occasional other events. Experience reading rhythms and/or pitches is helpful, but not required; reach out if you are interested, and opportunities for beginners will be forthcoming. Questions? Contact Kirsten Santos Rutschman.

Our outreach team recently approved the purchase to fill 3 baskets with common household tools and other supplies that were needed ASAP for Bridge of Hope families. These families moved from homelessness into apartments. Now our goal is to provide an additional 7 baskets to give families basic supplies when moving into a new home. During August donate items for these baskets. Click here to select one or more items needed. Drop items off in the bins in Café 10 West.

Our Strategic Visioning Team wants to hear from you! Join a one-hour small focus group or meet individually with a member of the Visioning Team. Topics may include: What brought you to WPC and what keeps you here? What would you like to see more or less of? The team welcomes your thoughts, contact the team to get started.

• Dinner for Eight
  Time TBD
  Dinner for 8 is an opportunity to gather with eight people (couples and singles – all are welcome!) for good food, great conversation, and Christian fellowship. The group will rotate dinner at a different household or restaurant each month. The fall session will run from September through December. Email Scott & Erin Lockledge if you want to participate by September 3. We will assign groups by September 8. 
• Gathering of Men
  7-8:30 pm Wed. starting Sept. 11 • Spellman Jr & Zoom
  This fall’s study is Tim Keller’s Galatians For You. Join us for a fellowship night on Wednesday, September 4 at Iron Hill in West Chester as we welcome new and returning members.
• Women’s Weekly Wednesday Bible Study
  9:30-11:30 am Wed. starting Sept. 18 • Spellman Jr & Zoom
  This 13 week study, Luke in the Land – Bible Study Book with Video Access will follow Kristi McLelland through Israel studying snapshots from the Gospel of Luke. Kristi will challenge the way we read the accounts of Jesus. Through teaching videos she will take you to locations in Israel like Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and the road to Emmaus.

Our children’s ministry program year begins September 8. Please register your children for the 2024-2025 children ministries program year. This includes families who have registered in previous years!

• Nursery Care (6 months thru 4 years)
  9 am – 12 pm Sundays, year round
  As you head into worship or at any point during worship, you’re welcome to leave your children with loving teachers and caregivers. Children will have free play and story time. Register your child. 
• WeeConnect (Ages 3-Pre-K)
  9:30 – 10:40 am Sundays, Sept. – May
  Children stay in worship with their families until the Thought for Children then they head downstairs (or they arrive before the service begins to stay the whole hour). After an opening time of singing, they will have a time of hearing/seeing a Bible story through Young Children in Worship storytelling in the connecting room, and have the opportunity to respond with artistic play, and end with prayer before families pick them up. Register your child. 
• KidsConnect (Grades K-5)
  9:30 – 10:40 am Sundays, Sept. – May
  Children stay in worship with their families until the Thought for Children. They will begin with time downstairs in the large gathering area to watch the Bible story unfold (in true storyteller fashion) and then wonder about the story and what it means for them. They will then break into their age-specific classroom time for “Sads & Glads” prayer time and small group response activities. They will explore God’s word using the Growing in Grace & Gratitude Curriculum. Register your child. 
• Young Children in Worship (Ages Pre-K thru Elementary)
  11:00 am Sundays, Sept. – May
  Children will stay in worship with their families until the Thought for Children when they head to the Chapel for a time of singing, worship, and a time of hearing/seeing a Bible story through Young Children in Worship, and then have the opportunity to respond with artistic play, ending with prayer before families pick them up. Register your child. 
• Cherub Choir (Grades K & 1)
  4:15-5 pm Wednesdays, Sept. – May
  The Cherub Choir is newly restarting this fall after a long hiatus. Young children will sing & play with rhythms and instruments. Cherubs sing occasionally in worship and other church events, including a short Christmas program and Christmas Eve. Register your child.
• Children’s Choir (Grades 2-5)
  4:45-6 pm Wednesdays, Sept. – May
  In Children’s Choir, older elementary-schoolers sing, pray, play music games, play percussion and other instruments, and learn the basics of how to read music. The Children’s Choir sings in worship about once a month and occasionally at other church events, including a short Christmas program and Christmas Eve. Stay tuned for a musical in the spring! Register your child.

Our youth ministry program year begins September 8. Please register your youth for the 2024-2025 children ministries program year. This includes families who have registered in previous years!

• Youth Group
  5:30-7:30 pm Sundays (Sept.-May) 
  Youth gather on Sunday nights for dinner, community, fun activities and discipleship in exploring what it means to follow Jesus as teenagers in their community. Register your youth. 
• Confirmation
  Any youth entering 8th grade or high school this fall is eligible to sign up for our 2024-2025 Praxis Confirmation class. This class allows youth the opportunity to journey with an adult mentor to learn more about the Christian faith and how the Spirit has/is gifting them to practice Jesus’ love, compassion, and justice in their community and world. Click here to register and fill out this medical form.
• Youth Choir
  5:00-6:00 pm Sundays (Sept.-May) 
  We invite any youth grades 6-12 to join the Youth Choir.  They sing once a month during Sunday worship and rehearse prior to Youth Group on Sunday evenings.  We begin rehearsals on Sunday, September 8. Click here to register.