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Saturday Worship Service September 14, 2019 5:00 p.m. in Parish Hall Saturday worship at Westminster is held at 5:00 p.m. in Parish Hall. Rev. Trajan I. McGill will preach on "Grumbling at Generosity" Deb Watts and the Westminster Jazz Trio will provide music. Members are welcome to join us for this meaningful worship experience! Sunday Worship Service September 15, 2019 Fourteenth Day after Pentecost 8:30 a.m. Service in Parish Hall 10:00 a.m. Service in Sanctuary Rev. Trajan I. McGill will preach the sermon titled "Grumbling at Generosity" based on scripture readings Jeremiah 4:11-12,22-28 and Luke 15:1-10. The ministry of music will be provided by Westminster Choir and Dale Rogers, Organ. Upcoming EventsCREDO SEMINAR for Parents Saturday, September 21 - 9:00-11:00 Parish Hall We hope you will consider joining us for quarterly Saturday morning seminars to enrich our ability to share faith and values within the home.
Childcare will be provided and Church Mice follows from 11:00 – 12 noon. Please RSVP to Jennie Alt (jalt@wpcspi.org) by Thursday, September 19. The word CREDO means “a statement of the beliefs which guide one’s actions.” September’s CREDO Seminar will guide parents in creating a faith statement, provide references, ideas, and activities for families to grow in faith together, and outline how Westminster’s children and youth ministry offerings are guided by Piaget’s Intellectual Development and Kolberg’s Moral Development theories. Fifty-Year Plus Member Recognition
Sunday, September 22 during 10: a.m. Worship On Sunday, September 22, during 10:00 a.m. worship, we will honor members who joined Westminster Presbyterian Church in 1969, 1954, 1959, 1964 and 1949. We are grateful for all the ways these members have enriched the life of our congregation over the years. The congregation is invited to a reception in the West Narthex following worship to express our congratulations and appreciation.
Date and Time: Sunday, September 22, 2019. All golfers start at 3:00 p.m. Cost: $35.00 per player- Includes 9-hole greens fees, golf cart fees, dinner & 3 beverages per person. Dinner only: $10.00 Format: 4 Person Scramble Players of all skill levels are welcome. Non-golfers are welcome for dinner at 6:00 p.m. Signup online or in West Narthex by September 19. The committee is collecting prizes to present at this event. Those who are able and willing to make a prize donation, please contact Meg Kontio (megannek@hotmail.com) for more information. Sixth Annual Westminster Women's
Salad Supper Wednesday, September 25 6:00-8:00 P.M. in Parish Hall Teaching English as a Global Volunteer in Hanoi, Viet Name By Carole Kennerly Last fall Carole Kennerly and her husband, Jay traveled to Hanoi, Viet Nam as Global Volunteers, to teach English. On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, she will present in words and pictures her experiences in mysterious and intriguing Viet Nam as well as what she learned from her students at the Amamori Spa and Massage Therapy School for the Blind. It was a deeply rewarding spiritual journey that she will share with the women of Westminster at the Salad Supper. All women of the church are invited to come and learn about the gentle people and beautiful country of Viet Nam. Please bring a salad of your choosing to share. Sign up on Commotion Sunday or sign up online or RSVP to Jennie Alt 217-522-4415 or jalt@wpcspi.org. 
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share…so that they may take hold of the life that really is life. I Timothy 6:18, 19b LIVE COURAGEOUSLY is the 2020 Stewardship theme, selected by Dr. Will Wright who is chairing this year’s committee. This year’s theme reminds us that Christian stewardship is simply our courageous attempt, having experienced the generosity and hospitality of the God we know in Jesus, to live a life that reflects that generosity, the life that really is life. Serving with Will are: Nichole Magalis as Vice Chair, Norma Adams-Johnson, Dr. Jane Arbuthnot, Rick Duffy, Keith Hamilton, Tim Kluge, Linda Shaefer, Mike Sunquist, and Pete VanGiesen. The Stewardship letter will be mailed following the Session’s approval of the 2020 budget at their September meeting. The campaign will be introduced in worship the last weekend of September (September 28-29) and the Stewardship Dedication will be the last weekend in October, on Reformation and Harvest Sunday. 
Steadfast Neighbor
How precious is your steadfast love, O God? All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wing. Psalm 36:7 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Galatians 5:14 Session approved the Steadfast Neighbor Endeavor in April 2019 empowering the Strategic Planning Committee and related task forces (Hardscape, Landscape, and Mission) to continue to groom their plans, communicate to the neighborhood, seek permits and bids, and develop mission opportunities.
The significance of the name: “Steadfast Neighbor” affirms our commitment to the neighborhood and resonates with the “steadfast love of God.” Steadfast in the sense of continuity, consistency, resilience, being there, and staying the course provides rich imagery for God’s faithfulness to us and God’s call for us to be faithful to our neighbors. Learn more by clicking here. THE 2019 NOMINATING COMMITTEE is now receiving nominations for the following positions of leadership at Westminster.
Deacon (Class of 2022) Elder (Class of 2022) Nominating Committee (Class of 2020) Strategic Planning Committee (Class of 2022) Nomination forms may be found in the bulletin or by clicking here. You may complete the fillable online form and print it or email it. Nominations may be placed in the offering plate, emailed to the committee chair, Jim Kincaid, at jbkin@comcast.net or placed in the Nominating Committee’s mailbox on the wall in the West Narthex by the Edwards Street doors. Please complete by August 18, 2019. Nominees will be presented for election at a Congregational Meeting on Sunday, October 13, 2019. 2019 Nominating Committee members: Jim Kincaid (Chair), Norma Adams-Johnson, Bill Donels, Amanda Kurmann, Camille Massey, Julie Sundquist, Phil Wheat. 
Kenya Mission Trip
January 14-30, 2020 We are delighted to introduce the Kenya Mission Team as of July 4, 2019. Dr. Jane Arbuthnot, Dr. Marc and Jen DeJong, Bob Fox, Tara Fritsch, Drs. Todd and Judy Knox, Mary and Charlie King and Harold Hale have committed to join Rev. McGill on this exciting mission. It is not too late to join this exceptional team. If you have interest, contact Rev. Trajan McGill at tmcgill@wpcspi.org. This is Westminster’s first international mission trip as we partner with the Outreach Foundation and participate in the funding, construction, and dedication of a church building and new classrooms, with a commitment of $15,000 in mission funding from Westminster's endowment. It is not yet too late to join this exceptional team. If you have interest, please contact Rev. Trajan McGill right away. You may learn additional details by clicking here. 
Mission Statement
With each new day, we reaffirm our common purpose to join in the worshipful praise of God, to teach children, to lead and inspire the young, and to call everyone to life-long learning in the church, to be influential participants in society by being accountable to the Gospel,to show the love and compassion of Jesus Christ toward each other,and toward those who are hurting, to be a caring community welcoming both friends and strangers to own our Presbyterian heritage, reformed and always reforming, to be prayerfully open to the renewing power of the Holy Spirit. |
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Westminster Presbyterian Church is an Earth Care Congregation of the PC (U.S.A.), committed to caring for God's earth in worship, education, facilities, and outreach, promoting environmental stewardship in property decisions, administrative practices, and teaching. Click here to read the latest Earth Care tip. Presbytery of Great Rivers highlighted WPC's Earth Care efforts in their weekly newsletter on Mar. 28, 2019. Click here to read the newsletter, in which Dr. Peter Kieffer shares his passion of leading environmental justice ministry at Westminster. |