Westminster Presbyterian Church
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Saturday Worship Service
Saturday worship at Westminster will resume in the spring of 2019. Sunday Worship Service
St. Andrews Sunday November 25, 2018 One Service of Worship 10:00 a.m. - Sanctuary The Reverend Dr. Blythe D. Kieffer will preach. The title of the sermon "The Light of Morning" is based on the scriptures 2 Samuel 23:1-7 and John 18:33-37. Music St. Andrew’s Pipes and Drums Westminster Choir Dale Rogers, organist 
St. Andrew's Sunday
Sunday, November 25
UPCOMING EVENTS
2019 Stewardship Campaign
The 2019 Stewardship Campaign's theme is Found Faithful, based on I Corinthians 4:1-2. We are grateful for the faithful leadership of our Stewardship Committee and the generosity of this congregation. . As of Thursday, November 15, 2018 we have received 230 pledges for a total $753,298. This is 90% toward our dollar amount goal. Stewardship brochures and pledge cards are located in the pew pockets. You are also welcome to pledge online. If you have not yet pledged for 2019 and intend to, please do so at your earliest convenience. Click here to make your pledge online. Advent and Christmas at Westminster
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT: DECEMBER 2 Advent Celebration – 10:00 a.m. in Sanctuary and 11:15 a.m. in Parish Hall SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT: DECEMBER 9 Westminster at Four: Christmas Vespers - 4:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT: DECEMBER 23 One Service of worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School Nativity Pageant - CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24 5:00 p.m. Children’s Christmas Pageant 6:00 p.m. Festive Christmas Dinner in Parish Hall (make reservations by clicking here) 7:30 p.m. Westminster’s Candlelight Service 11:00 p.m. Candlelight Communion Service. Click here for more Advent details |
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Christmas Music and Decoration Funds
Members and friends are invited to make a suggested donation of $25 to support Westminster’s decorations funds, which includes the poinsettias. Donations of $25 or more to the Special Music Fund are accepted at this time and through the year. These funds assist us in providing pipers and drummers for St. Andrew’s Sunday and the Millikin Brass for Easter. Please submit your donations with your desired wording and dedications by Monday, December 10.
You may pay online using the form by clicking here or by sending a check and the desired wording of the dedication for the bulletin to Stephanie Moore.
Thank you for your generosity.
Members and friends are invited to make a suggested donation of $25 to support Westminster’s decorations funds, which includes the poinsettias. Donations of $25 or more to the Special Music Fund are accepted at this time and through the year. These funds assist us in providing pipers and drummers for St. Andrew’s Sunday and the Millikin Brass for Easter. Please submit your donations with your desired wording and dedications by Monday, December 10.
You may pay online using the form by clicking here or by sending a check and the desired wording of the dedication for the bulletin to Stephanie Moore.
Thank you for your generosity.
WELCOME REV. CHRISTIAN K. CHOI
Associate Pastor for Family Ministry
THE REVEREND CHRISTIAN CHOI begins on the First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2018. We anticipate our partnership in ministry with great joy.
Keep him, Sophia, and Diana in your prayers this week as the movers arrive with their belongings and they settle into their new home.
Christian is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary where he earned a Master of Divinity degree (2008) and a Master of Theology degree (2009) with an emphasis on missions and ecumenics. Prior to seminary he earned two Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2004).
Associate Pastor for Family Ministry
THE REVEREND CHRISTIAN CHOI begins on the First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2018. We anticipate our partnership in ministry with great joy.
Keep him, Sophia, and Diana in your prayers this week as the movers arrive with their belongings and they settle into their new home.
Christian is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary where he earned a Master of Divinity degree (2008) and a Master of Theology degree (2009) with an emphasis on missions and ecumenics. Prior to seminary he earned two Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2004).
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.
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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