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10 am: Worship Service
11:15 am: Coffee Hour
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November 22nd: Gingerbread House prep
November 23rd: Advent Craft Day!
November 28th: Sanctuary Decorating for Advent
December 7th: The Trinity Choir at St. Paul's
December 14th, 10:00 AM, Children's Program "Light of the World"
December 21, 10:00 AM: Christmas Cantata
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Pastor's Corner
11/20/25
Westminster celebrates New Member Sunday this week, Nov 23, as we welcome 9 new folks into membership. New Member Sundays are an opportunity to revisit what it means to embark on the perennial journey of joining together in purpose and mission.
The Ministry of Members Membership in the Church of Jesus Christ is a joy and a privilege. It is also a commitment to participate in Christ’s mission. A faithful member bears witness to God’s love and grace and promises to be involved responsibly in the ministry of Christ’s Church. Membership involvement includes:
- proclaiming the good news in word and deed
- taking part in the common life and worship of a congregation
- lifting one another up in prayer, mutual concern, and active support
- studying Scripture and the issues of Christian faith and life
- supporting the ministry of the church through the giving of money, time, and talents demonstrating a new quality of life within and through the church
- responding to God’s activity in the world through service to others
- living responsibly in the personal, family, vocational, political, cultural, and social relationships of life
- working in the world for peace, justice, freedom, and human fulfillment
- caring for God’s creation
- participating in the governing responsibilities of the church
- reviewing and evaluating regularly the integrity of one’s membership, and considering ways in which one’s participation in the worship and service of the church may be increased and made more meaningful. (G-1.0304)
Ever onward,
Pastor Kelly
| | | The congregational vitality committee will be hosting a new member reception in Boulder Hall after worship to celebrate our newest members. | | | Annual Cookie Exchange and Salad Potluck | | | |
The Annual Cookie Exchange and Salad Potluck is coming!
Dec. 8, 6:00 pm in Boulder Hall
Traditionally part of Women's Night Out, this is open to the whole church (not just the women!). Bring a salad or appetizer to share and 5 dozen of your favorite cookies. After dinner, you will get to choose 5 dozen various cookies to take home from among all the different offerings to jump-start your holidays. Everyone is welcome!
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This Sunday, Nov. 23, begins a series of after-worship listening sessions by WPC elders.
Do you have questions, concerns or suggestions about the church? Bring them to elders, who will be available from 11:30 a.m. to noon-ish in the Eastminster Room on Sundays.
A couple of elders will be present each Sunday to listen, seek answers for you, and ensure your concerns or suggestions reach the right people.
This is an idea, borrowed from other congregations, that has been percolating since earlier this fall. We look forward to listening.
WPC Session
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Session Monthly Update-November 2025
The Westminster Presbyterian session met for its monthly stated meeting on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 6:30 in Russell Hall. All members were present and the deacons joined the meeting at 7:05. Nine new members were approved and will join the church during the service this Sunday, November 23, 2025. They are: Georganne McPherson, Kwabena, Grace, Susan, Kevin and Kendra Boakye, Vivian Severson, Len and Sunni York. Come to the service and welcome them! The elders passed a motion from Building and Grounds to formalize the commitment contained in the “Response to Frequently Asked Questions” from the beginning of the Boulder Loan Retirement Campaign in July, 2024. If funds are left after paying off the loan, the remainder would be transferred to the Reserve Fund for future building needs. The session moved into Executive Session at 7:05 with the deacons to discuss a recently filed lawsuit. Session members will begin an 8-week series of listening sessions after worship in Eastminster, the dates are: 11-23.11-30, 12-7, 12-21, 12-28, 1-4 and 1-11. The meeting adjourned with prayer at 9:00. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 in Russell Hall.
| | | P.S. If you are free the day before please come help prepare Gingerbread Houses at the church on Saturday November 22nd from 9am to 12pm. Any help is appreciated! | | | |
Tuesday Bible Study @ 10:30am schedule:
11/25 Leader: Pastor Kelly
Sunday Bible Study:
The pre-worship Bible study (9:00 - 9:45 a.m.) is going well. We are studying the Gospel according to Mark. We welcome new participants and drop-ins. Participants should bring a Bible with them to class. If you forget, borrow one from the sanctuary or Russel Hall.
Although this is an "adult" Bible Study, youth are welcome to join. Children are invited to bring coloring books or small toys when or if they accompany an adult.
Please join us in Eastminster.
| | | Advent Sanctuary Decorating | | | We will decorate the church for Advent on Friday, November 28, at 10 am. A soup and bread lunch will be served for all who help. No skills (other than following directions!) required. For questions, call or text Nancy MacMorris-Adix 503-999-8148. | | | |
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks so much for all the donations, money, food and time given to Table of Plenty to help us feed the hungry! We are blessed by your partnership.
Table of Plenty and customers,
Julie Rowher.
| | | Presbytery of the Cascades | | | |
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Presbytery of the Cascades I write to thank you for hosting the Fall Presbytery Meeting on October 24-25, 2025. Presbytery has a lot of expectations and demands when it comes to hosting these gatherings and i know that this requires flexibility, out of the box thinking and just plain hard work by staff and volunteers from the host congregation.
Thank you to the volunteers who welcomed people, even braving the rain to assist with parking, for those who helped serve and clean up refreshments and meals. Thanks to the staff who helped us with audiovisual equipment, coordinating room use, opening the facility early and staying late.
The meeting succeeded in accomplishing business and, allowing relationships to be strengthened which helps presbytery to increase collaboration with Spirit-led ministries that embody God's Love in Jesus Christ. We appreciate the use of your facility and the time and care you gave to make the event a huge success!
Gratefully,
Paul Belz-Templeman
Stated Clerk
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December 14th, 10:00 AM, Children's Program "Light of the World"
The children will perform some short songs and solos during this service. They have been working musically to sing and ring the chimes for December 14th. All are welcome.
December 21, 10:00 AM: Christmas Cantata
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11/23 Sunday school 9:30-11:30am (Teacher: Heberlyn)
We hope all children will bring their families to the church on Sunday afternoon from 3:00 - 5:00 for the Advent Craft Fair. There will be fun crafts for the young and the young-at-heart.
| | | The Trinity Choir at St. Paul's | | | |
The Trinity Choir at St. Paul's will present the first part (Advent/Christmas) of G.F. Handel's Messiah with orchestra on December 7th after the service of Evensong at 4:00pm. This masterpiece is beloved the world over and will be presented in its entirety over three concerts during the 2025-26 year. This concert will last approximately 55 minutes and will include soloists from the choir.
Part I of the oratorio focuses on the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah's coming and the Nativity of Christ, beginning with themes of comfort and anticipation from texts by Isaiah, and moving to the joyful announcement to the shepherds. Composed in 1741 by Handel, the libretto was created by Charles Jennens.
The concert is open to the public with free-will donations accepted at the door or through the Music Guild fund on the church website.
Live-stream can be found at stpaulsoregon.org
| | | Heads of major American religious traditions, including PCUSA, issue landmark statement supporting trans, intersex and nonbinary people | | | |
To The American Public, Its Political Leaders, and Moral Teachers,
As heads of diverse religious traditions in the United States, our faiths call on us to proclaim that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people deserve respect, love, and equal rights. During a time when our country is placing their lives under increasingly serious threat, there is a disgraceful misconception that all people of faith do not affirm the full spectrum of gender – a great many of us do. Let it be known instead that our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole.
Our religions vary, yet we share a fundamental belief across our traditions that all people hold infinite value and dignity, and we are morally compelled to care for those living under persecution. Our scriptures vary, but they share a common conviction. As we make justice our aim we must give voice to those who are silenced. Our shared values, held across many faiths, teach us that we are all children of God and that we must cultivate a discipline of hope, especially in difficult times. As such, we raise our voices in solidarity to unequivocally proclaim the holiness of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, as well as the recognition of the entire spectrum of gender identity and expression.
Too many entrusted with positions of power are demonizing transgender people, blaming them for acts of violence, and criminalizing their very right to occupy space in our common life. The fear that many transgender children, their families, and their loved ones experience is unacceptable. The drive to limit the ways that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people authentically live their lives – by limiting the medical care they receive, ignoring and sometimes provoking acts of violence against them, preventing them from traveling freely, or keeping them from participating in public activities — is a betrayal of our deeply held values as people of faith.
As a nation, we have often failed to live up to the ideals of equality and justice that safeguard the foundation of a free society. Yet throughout our history, in periods of great struggle and division, people of faith and good will have come forward to defend the very values that define American democracy. It is from that religious legacy that we speak today.
When people of faith and conscience stay silent in the face of oppression, we are all made less whole. When people of faith and conscience speak out against that which violates the sacred in its own name, we have the power to stay the hand of sin. Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people are vulnerable today. Our faiths, our theologies, and our practices of prophetic witness call on us to say with one voice to transgender people among us: “You are holy. You are sacred. We love you. We support you, and we will protect you.”
Our transgender, intersex, and nonbinary beloveds offer a singular gift. They invite us to witness our broken world through the knowledge that, when we lead in truth and love, nothing is beyond transformation.
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