The three books (The Tech-Wise Family, Searching for Sunday, and Waking Up White) for our congregational summer reading are now available at our library, and located above the center bookcase. Enjoy reading the books over this summer. The library increased its loan period to six weeks over the summer months.
We need volunteers to prepare a dinner for Safe Harbor on July 6. Dinners are prepared at home, and served at the shelter. Click here to signup. Questions or to volunteer, contact Angela Emrich.
Family Promise is in need of evening hosts for Friday and Saturday! You'll spend time with homeless families eating dinner, relaxing and resting at Westminster. Family Promise helps homeless families get back on their feet. Families spend their days at a resource center, working with staff on job applications, budgets, childcare, and other things.Click here to signup. Questions? Contact RuthSimonson, Jean Pitts, or Karen Bates.
Pentecost is this Sunday, June 9. Celebrate by wearing red, yellow or orange to church. Pentecost is 50 days after Easter. It reminds us when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in other languages, sending them out to share Jesus' story.
Looking for something to read at the beach? Our staff is reading three books this summer, Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans, Waking Up White by Debby Irving and The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch. Join us for discussion on one or all the books in Facebook groups: Searching for Sunday, Waking Up White, and The Tech-Wise Family.
The Intergenerational Washington DC Mission Trip is collecting travel size toiletries for hygiene kits. They will share these kits with individuals living on the streets of DC, who do not have access to such necessities. The items needed are travel size shampoo, conditioner, soaps, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and razors. Items will be collected in bins around the church through Sunday, July 7th. Questions? Contact Ann Hatfield.
Our library is thankful for the generosity and support of our Library Gifting Tree! The result: twenty-one brand new books on our shelves and cash gifts to buy more! Shout out to those who donated so many gently used books! We’ve kept some and donated the rest to our thrift store and other churches. What a joy to be able to share them all with you!
Thank you for all our recent donations:
