Year: 2024
Last Week to Register for the Choir Scotland Tour
June 20, 2024June 19–27, 2025 • Glasgow, Oban & Edinburgh
Join The Westminster Chancel Choir on a performance trip to Scotland in June 2025. Choir members/singers will receive priority preference, but we anticipate extra room for non-singing members/friends of the congregation. Click here to see the itinerary. Registration is open now through Monday, June 24.
Attend Camp SPARK’s Closing Worship Service
11:00 am Friday, June 28 • Sanctuary
Next week children will learn different elements of worship at Camp Spark including percussion/drumming reflection, stories told in freeze frame & drama, creative scripture reading, chorus/music, and liturgical dance/movement. On Friday morning, come out to support our children when they will lead us in an hour long worship in the various ways they’ve learned and practiced throughout the week.
Welcome Parker Hendrix, our new Finance Assistant!
Welcome Parker Hendrix, our new Finance Assistant! Parker joined Westminster in 2020. Previously she worked as an Office Manager for Hendrix Orthodontics. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor’s degree, and received a Master of Social Work at University of Maryland. Parker and her husband Jeff have two children, David and Kate.
Cheyney Reading for Pleasure Book Drive
July 3, 2024Help encourage Cheyney University students to take time to enjoy reading for pleasure. Donate new and gently used current fiction books. Both comic and anime books were specifically requested by students. Please bring your donations and place in the collection bins located in Café 10 West during the month of July. This new fiction collection will be set-up for use and announced when Westminster distributes welcome back gifts as students return for the fall semester. Thank you for your support!
Join the Choir on their Scotland Trip!
July 3, 2024June 19–27, 2025 • Glasgow, Oban & Edinburgh
We still have space for additional participants on The Westminster Chancel Choir performance trip to Scotland in June 2025. We welcome singers and non-singers, members, and friends of the congregation. Click here to see the itinerary. Click here to register.
Donate Your Extra Coffee Mugs
To reduce our single-use paper waste at Westminster, we invite you to donate coffee mugs you don’t use. The ideal size is 3” diameter and 3 ¾” high, so the mugs fit well in the dishwasher and in stacking racks. Thank you for assisting with our efforts to be better stewards of God’s creation when drinking hot beverages.
Needed: Soup & Casseroles
Did you know our Deacons deliver meals to families and friends in times of need? Their meal supply is low. If you love baking or cooking, pick up a soup and/or casserole kit from the Information Desk. Then prepare your entree, wrap it well and label it with: ingredients, date prepared, and your name. Put it in the kitchen freezer to the right of the outside door and update the info on the freezer door.
Registration Open for Confirmation
July 18, 2024Any youth entering 8th grade or high school this fall is eligible to sign up for our 2024-2025 Praxis Confirmation class. This class allows youth the opportunity to journey with an adult mentor to learn more about the Christian faith and how the Spirit has/is gifting them to practice Jesus’ love, compassion, and justice in their community and world. Click here to register for this year’s class.
June Financial Snapshot
July 18, 2024While it appears we are right on track with our budget as mentioned last time, it is important to point out that if we meet our expected revenue at year-end, we are still facing a deficit of at least $120k. This assumes our expenses are on plan. The plan for this year was to take advantage of a healthy operating reserve of $257k to absorb the deficit, while giving us time to determine the right staffing configuration and new revenue ideas for a changing faith landscape. Two areas we have addressed are the facility staffing needs with a hiring of another FT custodian and adding a PT finance assistant to allow Jennie Moffitt to focus full-time on the front office needs. As we head into the fall, look for new developments in our overall strategic plan.
| Year to Date (YTD) | Actual | Budget | % vs Budget Better/(Worse) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pledged Giving | $998,132 | $918,518 | 8.7% |
| Total Revenue | $1,320,076 | $1,294,357 | 2.0% |
| Total Expense | $1,146,371 | $1,179,232 | 2.8% |
| Net Surplus/ (Deficit) | $173,705 | $115,125 | 50.9% |
What is your vision for Westminster in the next 5 years?
July 24, 2024For the past several months the Strategic Visioning Team has been meeting and has prepared a list of questions to help discern the direction God is leading us. Interested in participating in a one-hour small focus group or meeting individually with a member of the Visioning Team? The team wants to hear from you! Topics may include: What brought you to WPC and what keeps you here? What would you like to see more or less of? The team welcomes your thoughts, contact the team to get started.