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Town Hall South Philanthropic Mission 2019-2020

The Town Hall South Speaker Series (THS) is a nonprofit outreach of Westminster Presbyterian Church. The mission of THS is to provide an enrichment program for the community through quality lectures and to engage the public in reflection and dialogue on key issues of the day. Equally important, THS provides outreach to the community through philanthropic gifts to a wide range of local…

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Walking the Labyrinth During Pandemic Times

I am often asked the difference between a labyrinth and a maze. Indeed, in literature the terms are interchangeable but not correct. Recently I have found the perfect meaning for a maze: attempting to register for the COVID-19 vaccine! You find a location and fill out the form, including taking a picture of your insurance card. When you get to the end, you find that all the slots are full. You…

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Westminster Book Group -- March 2021

Wednesday, March 31 Noon – 1:15 p.m. The next meeting of the Westminster Book Group will be on Zoom and in Room 238. The zoom link can be found in the online meeting announcement on the church website. We will be reading The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure. "A beautiful and elegant account of an ordinary man's unexpected and reluctant descent into heroism during the second world w…

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Westminster Seminars Online -- Lenten Series

March 7, 14, 21, 28 Forgiving: The Gift That Makes Life Better The Rev. Dr. Graham Standish Of all the qualities Christ has taught us to have, being forgiving is perhaps the hardest. Why? Because our wounds demand retribution. Our scars call out for self-protection. Jesus calls on us to follow God’s way, not pain’s way, but that is so hard to do in the moment. The Rev. Dr. Graham Standish will lea…

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