Prayer List

Friends,

This Lenten season we are exploring questions that deepen our faith, that help us foster deeper relationships with God and with one another, and our planet.

Hope you join us on this journey of healing, transformation, and renewal!

Today I invite you to reflect on this question:

What can we offer the world? Are we offering it?

God of our stories, the Samaritan woman offered her bucket. She offered her truth. She offered her testimony. Am I offering all that I have to give? Are there ways I can give more, or give differently? Am I offering care to my neighbors as well as to myself? The world can ask so much of us. Help me find the pathways to give what I can, and give with joy. Amen.

~ Prayer by Rev. Sarah A. Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org

This week we pray for:

Sue Coleman

Prayers for healing for Sue who broke her wrist this past week.

Amos Wright, Relles' son-in-law

Continued prayers for healing for Amos who sustained some hairline fractures in his spine in a snowboarding accident.

Garry Marrie, Victoria Birk's dad

Continued prayers for healing for Garry who is recovering from a stroke.

Bob Iams

Continued prayers for Bob as he is gradually regaining strength.

Deb Hostettler

Continued prayers for Deb who is hoping to regain her appetite and energy following an adjustment in her medication to reduce side effects.

Barbara Mykkanen

Continued prayers for Barb as she participates in a study to help others with similar cancer diagnosis.

We pray for

• Those who are lonely, fatigued by life’s challenges, and depressed;
• Those who deal with fears, who have been victims of gun violence, and terror;
• Those whose lives have been unsettled by storms, weather related and otherwise;
• God’s peace in every place of darkness and despair;
• Joy for every moment when we see and sense the nearness of God.
• Gratitude for all of you who came out to support our partners Open Arms Hispanic Ministries at the their Taco Tuesday fundraiser yesterday. We celebrate this longtime partnership and pray for continued blessings on the ways Open Arms is present in and is building up the Beloved Community, creating space for all to flourish.

Great show of support from the Westminster crew!

Pastor Enikö & Pastor Haraldo

Upcoming Events

Thursday, March 16

• Dance & Exercise - 8:30 am - The Meeting Place
• Lenten Study - 5:30 pm - The Lounge
• League of Women Voters Event - Becoming American - 7:00 pm - First Presbyterian Church (621 College Ave)

Sunday, March 19 - Fourth Sunday of Lent

• Choir - 9:00 am - The Meeting Place
• Worship Service - 10:00 am - Mackey Hall
• “Open Arms Hispanic Ministries: Welcoming and Accompanying our local Latinx Immigrants.” Lunch following worship
• Friends Meeting - 10:30 am - The Meeting Place

Monday, March 20

• Scout Troop 61 - 6:00 pm - Mackey Hall

Thursday, March 23

• Dance & Exercise - 8:30 am - The Meeting Place
• Lenten Study - 6:00 pm - The Lounge

Sunday, March 26 - Fifth Sunday of Lent

• Choir - 9:00 am - The Meeting Place
• Worship Service - 10:00 am - Mackey Hall
• Friends Meeting - 10:30 am - The Meeting Place

Lenten Study on Thursdays

Madeline Fields Halva and Pastor Enikö are inviting you to join us for our Lenten Study. Each week, we'll be reflecting on the theme/question of the week guided by scripture readings and a short article.

GATHERING 3 - Thursday, March 16, 5:30 pm - The Lounge

Question: Who sinned?

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Article: "We're Blankets, Not Sheets of Steel" from Original Blessing by Danielle Shroyer (Fortress Press, 2016, p. 131-139)

*Note time change for this week.

GATHERING 4 - Thursday, March 23, 6:00 pm - The Lounge

Question: Can these bones live?

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Article: Every church a local resurrection community,” by Chris Hoke. The Presbyterian Outlook, Vol. 204, No. 15, October 24, 2022. pres-outlook.org/2022/10/one-parish-one-prisoner-every- church-a-local-resurrection-community

Look forward to seeing you on Thursday!

This is a great opportunity to invite a friend!!

Lenten Devotional E-reader

The authors of our Lenten study at A Sanctified Art have provided a special e-reader version of this year’s Lenten devotional, which you can access on your computer and mobile devices: online.flippingbook.com/view/928029194/ 

In order to protect their work, please refrain from sharing this link on the website or posting it on social media.

March 19th Sunday Worship Service and Lunch: 

"Open Arms Hispanic Ministries: 

Welcoming and Accompanying our local Latinx Immigrants.”  

 We hope you can attend that morning. 

Open Arms Director, Haroldo Nunes, will give the reflection followed by 

a Central American lunch,

after service with Open Arms’ Tutoring Coordinator, Kathy Troyer, sharing about Open Arms’ successful tutoring program.

Sunday Morning Hospitality & Liturgist

March & April

Westminster's worship and fellowship time is an important way to build relationships among all attending.

We invite you to participate as a liturgist, assistant, provide flowers to decorate our alter or supply treats for our after worship fellowship time.

If you are able to fill one of these areas,

please click here to sign up.

Thank you for your contribution to our worship service.