10/30/22 - Service of Installation for Pastor Leah R. Hrachovec

Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location: Sanctuary & Live Stream

You're invited to join members of the Presbytery of Donegal in celebrating the installation of Rev. Dr. Leah R. Hrachovec as Lead Pastor of Westminster. This service to the glory of God includes covenant promises that the Pastor and the Congregation make to God and to one another as we move forward in Christ's mission together. The Lord's Supper will be celebrated. Dr. Lewis Galloway will preach on John 15:12-17 and I Corinthians 13. Reception to follow in Spellman Hall hosted by the Deacons. 

Dr. Lewis Galloway is a native of Columbia, SC and a graduate of Davidson College (A.B.) and Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA (D.Min.; Th.M.).  He studied in France for two years at the University Paul Valerie in Montpellier and at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris.  He is married to Dr. Eleanor (Bunny) Alexander who is also a Union graduate, a PCUSA pastor and a Pastoral Counselor.  They are the parents of three grown children and have two grandchildren. They moved to Black Mountain for retirement after he served for 14 years as the Senior Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church.  Prior to moving to Indianapolis, Lewis served churches in eastern North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and Columbia, South Carolina.  In Columbia, he was active in racial reconciliation ministries, campus ministry, social justice issues, and homeless concerns. He was the President of the South Carolina Council of Churches, the Cooperative Ministry, and the Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness.  He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Union Presbyterian Seminary and Davidson College. He is currently on the boards of the Montreat Conference Center, the Anderson Foundation, and Agnes Scott College.  While he was at Second Indianapolis, he served as the Program Director of the Lake Fellow Residency Program in Parish Ministry and the Chair of the Indianapolis Interfaith Hunger Initiative.