Upcoming Events - December, 2022

It's time to start decorating Westminster for the Christmas season. We can really use your assistance in setting up:

• A few trees in the Narthex and Spellman Hall
• Hanging wreaths on the front and rear entrances
• Hanging wreaths in the Sanctuary
• Setting up decorations in Café 10 West
• and a few more things to get ready for Advent Sunday

Come for as long as you are able. A light lunch will be available for all who attend. A signup table will be in the Narthex on Sunday or contact Gail Lee.

Join us for our intergenerational and very kid-friendly worship service and a potluck meal. This month we’ll explore the theme of love by looking at Jesus’ greatest commandment to love God and neighbor. Worship begins at 5 pm in the chapel followed by a meal in Spellman Hall. Click here to register. Click here to signup for the potluck dinner. Questions? Contact Jon Frost or JIll Reichert.

Join us in the Sanctuary or over Zoom for a short annual meeting for the purpose of voting on changes in the terms of call for pastors, 2023 budget overview, and receiving the 2022 Annual Report. Annual report and other documents will be sent out in the coming weeks. Click here to attend via Zoom. There will be brunch refreshments and a special Journey Class for those staying after the 9:30am service and would like to remain for the Congregational meeting. Childcare will be provided during the meeting.

We will celebrate the joy of Christmas Day with one service at 10 am on December 25. Everyone is invited to come in their Christmas PJs for this joyful service! Families with children and youth are encouraged to participate in “The Blessing of the Toys” during worship. Children (young in age and/or young at heart!) are invited to bring one toy with them to church. As part of the service, we will pray God’s blessing over the children and their favorite Christmas gifts. We hope you will join us!    

There will be games, there will be dinner, there will be Christmas cookies, there will be merriment, there will be a Christmas movie, there will be...joy in just being together! Everyone who attends should bring a wrapped or bagged gift with the following two items

1. A weird, wacky, or goofy item of no more than $10
2. At least one can of hearty soup to be donated to the WC Food Cupboard

We also need a few adults willing to help setup for dinner that evening. We will be ordering food, but will need help picking it up and setting it up in The Cove in time for the Christmas movie at the end of the party. Both youth attendees and parent volunteers can sign up by clicking here! 

Widowed persons, please consider joining us for a time of food, fun and fellowship. All widowed persons are welcome. Please RSVP to Carol Olver either way.

It has been a decade since 20 children and 6 adults were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since then, 15,000 Pennsylvanians have died by gun violence. Their families have missed them at holidays and birthdays. There are too many empty chairs at tables. You're invited to come and support the survivors and friends who will gather for a vigil at the Unitarian Congregation of West Chester to honor the memories of those we have lost. Pastor Ann Hatfield will be offering a blessing during the vigil. 

Questions? Contact Pastor Ann.

Gift Dropoff on Sunday, November 27 & December 7 • Narthex

The need for gift donations is even greater this year and we need your help to share God’s love at Christmas! The Gifts for each organization are posted on separate links and include: Pocopson Nursing Home, Migrant Ministries, Domestic Violence Center, and Family Promise. Simply select the button below to sign up for the gifts you wish to purchase, and follow the directions provided. Please drop off your gifts in the Narthex on Sunday, November 27 or December 4. We will deliver the gifts on Wednesday, December 7 so please let us know if you need to make other arrangements for dropoff. Help make this holiday season special for those in need. For Questions or help with gift delivery? Contact Angela Emrich or Debbie Zakarian.