Upcoming Events - January, 2023

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.

Join Dr. Sally Brown, Elizabeth M. Engle Professor of Preaching and Worship Emerita of Princeton Seminary, and Tim Evers, Westminster’s Director of Music Ministries, in this unique one-week class offering. Building on Dr. Brown’s fall series, “Exploring Our Christian DNA: What History Can Tell Us about the Way We Worship (and Why), this session will focus on a hands-on exploration of our hymnal, Glory to God. We will explore its conception process, and the ways hymns engage us in an active role of worshiping while exploring classic hymns and new hymns found in our hymnal. Join us for this special offering of music and song as theologians and musicians lead us into a deeper understanding of the hymns that shape our faith and worship practices. Click here to attend via Zoom. 

Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With your support, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families. Questions? Contact Paul Cofrancesco.

Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With your support, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families. Questions? Contact Paul Cofrancesco.

1-3 pm January 15 • Spellman Hall
Please join us for a wonderful service opportunity MLK weekend! We will pack kits for the local chapter of Days for Girls, an organization that works to ensure no person misses out on work, school, or life activities due to menstruation. The kits of hand-sewn washable pads and other reusable menstrual products will then travel with the organization to Cuba and Guatemala in February. Sign up here. Questions? Contact Lisa Merrill.

Presented in conjunction with the Wells School of Music, West Chester University, this concert features repertoire for trumpets, piano, and organ by great composers such as Hummel, Jevtic, Mahler, Telemann, and many more. Artists include international artists Pacho Flores, Éric Aubier, JC Dobrzelewski, Robert Skoniczin, and David Pastor. Tickets are $25. Click here to reserve tickets. 

Every January, Calvin University sponsors The January Series, a daily, hour-long cultural enrichment series. Its goal is to cultivate deep thought and conversations about important issues of the day in order to inspire cultural renewal and make us better global citizens in God's world. Join us at 12:30 pm Monday-Friday, January 9-27 as we watch and discuss The January Series together. You are welcome to bring a bagged lunch to eat during the presentation. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided. Click here to view this year's speakers and schedule. You can also access the series at home if you are unable to attend in person. Click here to learn more. Questions? Contact Leah Hrachovec.