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Issue: January 2021 |
Posted on December 28, 2020
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
by Jon Meacham
Booksellers categorize Meacham’s latest work as both history and politics, but it is also about faith, that of both Lewis and Meacham. There is resonance throughout, a recognition of the faith foundation of Lewis’s life and work, a connection to Meacham’s own religious core. What makes this account so rich is that Meacham himse…
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Issue: January 2021 |
Posted on December 28, 2020
Twenty-Four Hour Prayer Vigil for Annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Thursday, January 21, 7:00 p.m.
through Friday, January 22, 7:00 p.m.
During the week of January 18-25, 2021, congregations from all Christian denominations will come together in observance of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
As part of this observance, we will offer a Twenty-Four Hour Prayer Vigil on…
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Issue: January 2021 |
Posted on December 28, 2020
Wednesday, January 27
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. We will be reading Beloved by Toni Morrison. We invite you to join us either by Zoom or in person in Room 238.
"Toni Morrison's magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel – first published in 1987 – broug…
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Issue: January 2021 |
Posted on December 28, 2020
Watching the pandemic of COVID-19 play out has given us an education in so many things. Will it prompt us to wrap our heads around a pandemic of racism? Or shall we debate the semantics of this widespread plague? Racism has profound effects on health and lifespan for people of color. The facts are plain. Racial discrimination explains much about the diseases like diabetes that racial and ethnic…
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Issue: January 2021 |
Posted on December 28, 2020
My Friends,
As I end my journey with you, I am grateful for your kind words received through phone calls, emails, and notes.
Cathi and I will treasure the beautiful Van Gogh “Sunflower” print I received on my last Sunday.
But more than anything, for nearly 20 months I would offer a benediction at the end of the worship service. The truth is that I am the one who week after week was on the rec…
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Issue: January 2021 |
Posted on December 28, 2020
Church Closing Policy
In the event of severe weather, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster Nursery School and Kindergarten (WNSK), and Westminster Recreation & Outreach Center (WROC) will follow the schedule of the Upper St. Clair School District.
When the school district is closed, all activities, classes, and meetings scheduled for that day are canceled. …
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Issue: December 2020 |
Posted on November 25, 2020
My Friends,
Anticipation: God gave us the ability to anticipate, to look forward to something,
to expect, to wait for, to hope for.
Anticipation is synonymous with Advent.
Advent is the season in which we anticipate
the birth of Jesus,
looking forward, expecting, waiting, hoping.
“To anticipate,” says Stanley Ott, “is to have a reason
to set your heart on the future.”
It’s easy to have a negative kind of a…
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Issue: December 2020 |
Posted on November 25, 2020
Bruce Lancaster came to us in a blizzard, but he took the job anyway.
During his time in Pittsburgh he encountered many new experiences: a pandemic, closing the church for worship, communion in the courtyard, conducting session meetings on Zoom. Through all of this, Bruce quickly got to know the friendly people of Westminster Church who opened their hearts to him. He led the congregation with…
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