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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
Happy anniversary, friends. In 1946, following a deadly war and while still salving the wounds inflicted from the Depression, new residents settled into this rural landscape and birthed a new Presbyterian church.
“Where do people hurt?” became Dr. John Galbreath’s abiding question, compelling soul searching and practical service within our community and beyond. Each successive generation answe…
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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
You are invited…to Super Sunday at Westminster!
Sunday, September 12
@ 8:30 a.m.
Traditional worship
@ 9:45 a.m.
Bridge worship, Sunday school, Westminster Seminars
@ 11:00 a.m.
Traditional worship, Sunday school
@ noon
Fun, food, activities, music, and fellowship throughout the building
Something for every generation! Invite your friends and family to join you for this fun-filled c…
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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
At Westminster Church, we strive to be a welcoming congregation. During one of my pastoral visits, one of our saints shared the touching story of her welcoming experience.
“When I was raising my family we had a family business. My husband and I spent every ‘free’ minute trying to make it a success. Between raising four active children and keeping house, just getting dinner on the table every night…
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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
Friday, September 17
Spiritan Center, Bethel Park
Join us for Day Away, a spiritual retreat, at the Spiritan Center in Bethel Park on Friday, September 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. During our time together we will enjoy warm hospitality, engage in small group discussion, and walk the beautiful grounds as we set aside time for prayer. Louise Rogers and Jo Forrest will lead the retreat. No…
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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
– Lamentations 3:22-23
A big part of me wants to start this article with the line “Here we go again!” But the rest of me knows that it’s simply not accurate. Though for many of us it’s true that we’re diving into another fall of ministry, community, and life together…
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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
September Series
September 12, 19, 26; October 3
To begin the new program year, we welcome back Professor John Burgess from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. This time, he will come to us live from Germany, tell us about Christian life there today, and answer questions in the moment as well.
When Christians Become the Minority: New Perspectives from the Land of the Reformation
John Burgess,…
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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
Wednesday, September 29
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
Room 238 & Zoom
The next meeting of the Westminster Book Group will be on Zoom and in Room 238. The zoom link can be found in the meeting announcement on the church website. Our book is Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.
“The real power of Caste lies tucked within the stories she strings together like pearls…. Caste roams wide and deep, lives and deaths vivid…
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Issue: September 2021 |
Posted on August 26, 2021
September 5 - October 3
We are all invited to join this four-week journey to focus on what it means to be a “people of peace.” This year’s theme returns to a text that the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program has used for a number of years to guide its work. It is the concluding hope of the second letter to the Thessalonians: “May the God of peace grant you peace at all times in all ways” (2 Thessalon…
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