Neighborhood & Community Ministries

Adopt-a-Street
Westminster members head out on a quarterly basis to clean up designated streets in the church neighborhood. 

Get involved: Join our team and help keep our neighborhood clean!
 

Children of Abraham
WPC joins with faith groups across ethnic & religious boundaries, bringing children and youth together to build mutual understanding and respect. 

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Faith Coalition for the Common Good
This faith-based group links community institutions and people to build power and change systems for fairness, equity and participatory decision-making. WPC is a member organization, has a staff member on the Board, has sent members to their annual week-long leadership training, and is contributing $3,400 in 2020.

Historic West Side Neighborhood Association
Westminster Presbyterian Church is a member of this association, which since the 1970s has been involved in city planning, advocacy, and development of the residential character of the neighborhood in which our church sits.
 

Steadfast Neighbor Mission
Westminster has begun a new initiative to invest in the neighborhood immediately surrounding our church building. This is an exciting and growing area of our mission and outreach. Two major projects came to fruition in 2020:

• Neighborhood Service Week – Around 50 members of the Westminster
  family, including youth and adults, spent a week in the summer tackling home and property improvement projects on behalf of neighbors of the church, taking on numerous painting, fence-building, bricklaying, landscaping, power washing, and other assignments by request of the homeowners. Westminster funded the work as well, providing $13,210 to cover equipment and supplies for the week.
• Matching Grants – WPC also offered nearby residents the opportunity to request grants to help them pay for other needed repairs and improvements to their homes. This was a popular offering, and WPC approved 20 grants totaling $16,557.

Funded by the Support & Endowment Fund, this area of mission is only expected to grow from here, with the Steadfast Neighbor Mission budget increasing from $30,000 in 2020 to $45,000 in 2021.

Click here to learn more about Steadfast Neighbor Endeavor.

Get involved: Join the next neighborhood service week, and watch for news of additional initiatives coming out of the Steadfast Neighbor Endeavor.

Click here to learn more about Westminster Missions and Service