Westminster Presbyterian Church
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Links for Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023 Streaming
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Sunday, May 28, 2023 Pentecost Sunday The service on Pentecost Sunday, May 28 will include the Rev. Christian K. Choi's sermon titled "When the Spirit Rests upon Us" based on Numbers 11:16-17, 24-30 and Acts 2:1-8, 12-17. Music will be provided by the Westminster Choir and Dale Rogers, organist. Each Memorial Sunday, the Military Plaque in the East Narthex is highlighted. A slide show of the Military Plaque is posted below. We are grateful for the sacrifices and years of service to our country by each person listed. If you or a family member have served in the military and are not included, please contact Jennie Alt with name, rank, branch, and years of service.
![]() Steadfast Neighbor Service Week
June 19 - 23, 2023 This year’s focus will be repairing and painting front porches. Additionally, we will be filling flower pots for our neighbors. Please consider joining us for one or more days as we spread goodwill in the neighborhood! Sign up here for Steadfast Neighbor Work Week June 19-23, 2023. ![]() This is the fourth year Westminster will participate in the Pentecost denominational offering which unites the church by helping youth begin their life with a solid foundation of faith. Forty percent of all gifts stay within Westminster and our portion will support the 2023 Youth Mission Trip. Click here to give online or make a check payable to Westminster noting Pentecost in the memo line.
![]() Steadfast Neighbor Habitat Build
Work continues to progress on the Steadfast Neighbor home. Currently there are no sign ups on the Habitat website. Sign up here on the Habitat website. ![]() Vacation Bible School
Save the Date!! June 5-9 Food Truck Party June 5-9 from 9:15 a.m. to noon, children age 4 to age 11 are invited to get on a roll with God as a parade of Food Trucks rolls into their neighborhood for the summer's biggest party! This street party helps children build on the practice of using daily prayer to turn to God for their needs - and also to serve as the hands of God for ensuring that the needs of others are met. Register using the link https://westminster.mycokesburyvbs.com/ ![]() Summer Youth Mission Trip
Dates: June 24 – July 1, 2023. 2023 Youth Mission Trip Schedule: Road to Selma We will work together to rebuild following the devastating tornadoes in January. Additionally, we will visit the 16th Street Baptist Church, Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham, the Equal Justice Museum in Montgomery, and cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Mission Trip Participants will read and discuss Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy in preparation for their sojourn together. Attorney Stevenson was instrumental in the founding of The Equal Justice Museum in Montgomery. Youth planning to join us are: Seniors: Braden Barton, Emily Brower, Aerwyna Eastvold, Louisa Eldridge, Luke Elston, Caroline Haynor, Bryce Pound, Matthew Scott, Juniors: Kristianna Eastvold, Will Hovey, Sam Simonson. Freshmen: Carter Magalis, Eighth Graders: Sam Batterman, Maria DeJong, Abigail Eldridge, Liam Kiszely, Maria Lafrenz, James Maeda, Macklin Metzger Leaders are: Mary Ray (Interim Director for Youth), Tad Allen, Cathy Brower, Susan Day, Kyle Duffy, Dave Leonatti, Nichole Magalis, and Kevin Simonson. Hunger Ministries at Westminster
Click here for information on our Hunger Ministries. Click Here to sign-up on for the Little Pantry, Helping Hands, and for Give-a-Meal-a-Month for Central IL Foodbank. |
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Westminster's 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.
![]() Westminster Presbyterian Church is an Earth Care Congregation of the PC (U.S.A.). Click here to read the latest Earth Care tip.
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![]() Mission & Community Service 2022 Booklet
The total Mission Giving for 2022 is $374,027. This giving is divided among the Operating Fund, Special Offerings, Presbyterian Women, and the Support and Endowment Mission Funds. Click here to read the Mission Booklet in PDF format. |