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To endow is to provide with a quality, a resource, or an asset as in “God endowed her with the gift to sing.” To endow is also to fund with financial resources to ensure future viability. We rejoice in the ways members have endowed Westminster with their vision and talents. In 1995 a few visionary members of Westminster met to imagine an endowment fund and begin the work to secure funding, def…
Are we surprised by joy or sadness? Our world in which we live wants to surprise us with sadness. News reports keep telling us about murders, conflicts between countries, the pandemic, political strife. You don’t have to go far to see images of hatred, violence, and cruelty toward one another, often the more sensational the better. Indeed, the powers of darkness want to surprise us with human m…
I’d like to invite you to join me in a project that I’ve embarked on over the past few weeks. I’ll be very clear about this invitation: I would genuinely love for you to reach out to me. Perhaps you’ve noticed that I end each of these notes with a line something like, “I’d love to hear your thoughts…” Yes, I actually mean it. I’m hopeful that you’ll join me in this. Westminster is looking out at a brand-new landsca…
MAY SERIES May 2, 9, 16, 23 You might have heard people say that "precision medicine" will bring us big advances in personal health by tailoring your care to your precise needs. This is all about applying the science of genomics to the delivery of healthcare. Professor Lisa Parker will help us understand the human impact of this technology by taking us beyond the science and into the…
Wednesday, May 26 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 meeting announcement on the church website. Our book this month is The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. “A wonderful, moving, endearing story of redemption and transformation that will sing in your heart for a very, very long time.” – Garth S…
Saturday, May 15 9:30 a.m. – noon on Zoom We can’t end hunger without ending poverty – and we can’t end poverty without addressing the racial wealth gap. You have probably heard the statistic that the ratio of White wealth to Black is on the order of 10 to 1. According to the Brookings Institution, the average White household wealth in 2016 was $171,000; the same statistic for Black families is $17,150…
Saturday, May 22 9:00 a.m. Please join us here at Westminster to have fun, to be physical, to reconnect with friends you haven’t seen in a while and live out God’s love. Nearly 1,000 children under the age of five die every day from poor sanitation, improper hygiene, and drinking contaminated water. Six kilometers (6K) is the average round-trip distance a person in the developing world must walk to …
St. Catherine of Sienna in Beechview This is yet another volunteer opportunity for our church to lend a helping and caring hand. This program provides both hot and cold meals to those in need. It also provide essential items such as coats, clothing, etc., depending on season and availability. Whether you're preparing or serving meals or helping to set up, it is a humbling experience. It's those…
