Neighborhood & Community Ministries
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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! |
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Bundles of Joy
Bundle of Joy aims to serve the under-served families with newborns by providing a ‘bundle’ consisting of clothing, a blanket, books, and a diaper bag. In 2021, Westminster gave $1,000 to help this project. |
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Children of Abraham
WPC is a co-founder of this interfaith fellowship for children and youth which meets quarterly. In 2025, WPC led a service project by teaching the beauty and importance of houses- both for families, and as places of worship. Attendees donated supplies for Welcome Home Baskets for the mission of Heartland HOUSED, and also learned more about the it's mission from the executive director, Josh Sabo. |
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Creative Reuse Market
Creative Reuse Marketplace is a community donation center & marketplace focused on community development through job training, education & creative reuse. In 2021, Westminster gave $1,500 help start this new business. |
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Faith Coalition for the Common Good
This faith-based group links community institutions and people to build change systems for fairness, equity and participatory decision-making. |
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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. |
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Motherland Gardens
This community project addresses the social-economic equity in low income areas of Springfield by working towards creating sustainable access to fresh produce, led by Yves Doumen. |
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Steadfast Neighbor Mission
In March letters and applications were sent to 130 neighborhood addresses regarding the Matching Grant and Service Week programs. Sixty-five members and friends served during the Sixth Annual Steadfast Neighborhood Service Week June 23-27. The church invested $9,506 during the week in repair projects and awarded twenty-five matching grants totaling a record $30,469 to help neighbors upgrade their homes. Steadfast Neighbor Mission Task Force 2025: Dr. Todd Knox (chair), Keith Hamilton, Tim Kluge, Bob Leffler, Tom Owen, Julie Robbs, Dr. Diane Rutledge, Pete Van Gieson 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. In 2021, WPC funded $14,994 in matching grants. Funded by the Support & Endowment Fund, we are committing $450,000 (years: 2020 - 2030) to serve WPC's neighborhood. 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. |
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Wooden It Be Lovely
Wooden It Be Lovely offers hope and employment to women healing from lives of poverty, addiction, and abuse by providing transitional employment, mentoring, recovery tools, education, community networking, and a safe community. |
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Refugee Ministry
In 2025, Westminster continued to support the family through various endeavors. Our team of English tutors continue to meet with both families twice a week, and our church family continues to provide the family with assistance in various ways. The Betty Smith Mission Endowment continues to provide the necessary funding when needed. Additionally, the Betty Smith Mission Endowment provided the funds for the repairs to the home the family resides in. |
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