Lynn George

This summer we’re launching a new summer camp for kids, Camp Spark. We need adult and youth volunteers to help share the worship, ministry, and mission of Westminster with our community. Volunteer as your schedule and talents allow Monday-Friday, June 24-28 from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. Sign up to volunteer! There is a comment section for you to share your availability. All adults must have background clearances completed. We can help you get your clearances. Questions? Contact Jill Reichert. 

Want to register your child for Camp Spark? Click here for more info and registration. 

On Easter, we as a church must show hospitality to everyone who comes to Westminster. We need extra hands to welcome families with young children (6 months – 4 years) during our 9:30 & 11 am services. Can you volunteer in our nursery on Easter? Pick one or two shifts (8:30-10:30 am or 10:30 am – 12:30 pm). Questions or to volunteer, contact Mary Maina.

CVIM provides free, high quality healthcare to uninsured working people with low incomes to help them live healthy, productive lives and to assure health equity in the Chester County Region. In March, donate the items to support this ministry partner in our local community: 

• Toothbrushes (Adult and Childrens) Soft Bristle
• Toothpaste with Flouride
• Dental Floss and Flossers
• Interproximal Brushers
• Mouthwash (MUST BE ALCOHOL FREE)
• Feminine Hygiene Pads

Place the items in the marked bins located in Café 10 Westminster or mail them to Ann Hatfield at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Questions? Contact Angela Emrich

May 10 & 11 • Ocean City, NJ

We are heading to the beach for our Spring Retreat! We will explore themes of identity, belonging, and purpose for youth as created in the image of God and empowered to serve in the Spirit of Christ. Open to any youth in grades 6-12, the weekend includes games, recreation time at the beach, worship together, small group conversations, art, prayer and so much more! Cost is $100/person. Click here to register. Questions? Contact Chris Clark.

Do you recall making these vows?“… in the name of the whole church of Christ, we undertake with these parents the Christian nurture of this child so that in due time she/he may confess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior?”  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we fulfilled these Baptismal promises by helping care for them during our times of worship and special events?

Our Nursery Care Team needs volunteers to nurture for our youngest ones – 6 months through 4 years. Volunteer on your schedule. Background clearances are required, but we will help you acquire them. To learn more, contact Child Care Coordinator, Mary Maina.

Dear Westminster Sisters, Brothers and Friends in Christ,

Words cannot adequately express my gratitude for the beautiful sendoff you gave me on Sunday, February 11, as I concluded 8+ years of pastoral ministry with you! I cannot thank you enough.

Thanks to all who made it possible to combine worship services for my final Sunday at Westminster: the staff, the choir, the contemporary music team, the worship support volunteers and the children’s ministry team who flexed to make this happen.

It meant the world to me to be able to gather at the same time to worship and glorify our Lord. I am grateful for everyone’s contribution to this profoundly meaningful service. I am eternally blessed by the laying on of hands and the beautiful sending offered as I stood at the center of the sanctuary following the benediction.

Thank you for the amazing celebration and reception in Spellman following the service. You blew me away! Your mindful attention to the details of theme, food, decoration, and hospitality blessed me immensely. Thank you to all who organized and contributed to make this a wonderful celebration! Reading your messages printed in cards and reflections, as well as your spoken words, have touched me in ways you’ll never know.

Thank you to the Westminster children and children’s ministry team for the gift of dandelions and the sweet painting presented to me with colorful fingerprints, reminders of seeds of faith that may have been planted in children’s lives during my time at Westminster. I pray that those seeds will take root and flourish over the coming years.

Thank you to the congregation for the thoughtful gifts of backpacks and walking sticks to be used for travels and adventures that lie ahead. And thank you all for the VERY generous financial gift given to me that will enable those travel adventures to happen.

It has been my joy and honor to serve in Christ’s ministry at Westminster along with an amazing staff and congregation. I could not have asked for a better church family in which to complete 41+ years in pastoral ministry. You are loving and faithful witnesses to our Lord Jesus Christ, serving as his disciples to one another, to the wider community and to God’s world. The light of Christ shines through you!

As I enter retirement, I carry each of you with me in my heart and prayer. I repeat what I said to you in my final benediction at Westminster: “I love you. God be with you. And remember who (and whose) you are!”

With much gratitude and love,

Jennie

For 75 years, One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) special offering has provided avenues of partnership with those who have the least. The ministries supported by OGHS – Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Presbyterian Hunger Program, and Self-Development of People – work in a variety of ways to rebuild and restore the lives of families and communities. OGHS is the single, largest way Presbyterians come together to work for a better world by advancing the causes of justice, resilience, and sustainability. Each donation to OGHS helps change the lives of people who are in these challenging situations. Please consider donating during the season of Lent. Click here to donate to One Great Hour of Sharing. Thank you for your generous support!

We’ve setup a lost and found table in Café 10 West until February 25. All items not claimed at that point will go to the Westminster Thrift Shop. We have shirts to stuffed animals. Please collect anything that is yours.