Prayers for peace and comfort for the family and friends of our long-time and beloved member David who died last Thursday. A memorial service for David will be held at Westminster Church at a later date. I will be in touch regarding arrangements for the service as those become available. 

You may send sympathy cards to David's wife Marty, who is at Brookdale:

to their son:

and their daughters:

Continued prayers of strength and comfort for Deb and her family. Deb will begin chemo treatment for a reoccurrence of cancer on April 14.

Continued prayer for Otis who is recovering from a number of health issues and is presently at a skilled nursing facility in Wadsworth, OH.

Prayers for Tammi as she prepares for chemo treatment for a recurrence of cancer.

Continued prayers for a friend of Ferenc and Candy who is dealing with a serious health issue.

We pray for the lingering challenges at the US southern border, and especially for the many around the world seeking asylum, help, and care. We especially pray for over 4 million refugees who fled Ukraine to date, and for 6.5 million persons internally displaced as the result of the war in the country; for an end to destruction and violence, terror and trauma, for God’s peace to prevail.

Currently the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is working with partners on the ground in Eastern Europe who provide emergency humanitarian aid such as food items, shelter, medicines, diapers, hygiene items, for refugees from Ukraine.

Mackey Hall will once again be decorated in beautiful Easter flowers. Twenty potted plants have been ordered and may be purchased by members as a donation to help cover costs. You may choose to honor or memorialize friends and/or loved ones and after Easter Sunday, they can be picked up, delivered to a homebound member or planted in a beautiful garden outside the church house. Click here for the order form or blank ones are available in the sanctuary.

We will not be having our usual Contemplative Worship this coming Sunday due to our Tuesday evening Centering Prayer series. We will resume our Walking in Mindfulness at Oak Hill Park in May. Please contact Joel Chupp with any questions.

Starting on Tuesday, March 29th and running through May 3rd, participants will engage in 6 sessions that will provide an introduction to the life-changing practice of contemplative praying. Contemplative prayer is a form of spiritual practice that has the power to take us beyond the surface of our ego-centric minds to a whole new level of interior consciousness and awareness, having the power to transform our daily lives and routines. 

At its March 29th meeting, the WPC Session decided to update our safety protocols as follows:

Changes to health policies and procedures began on March 30, 2022. Committees will begin working on new protocols in order to move forward. 

We continue to monitor the situation, and will adjust our guidelines as needed.

Thank you for your understanding and support to keep all of us safe.

If you would like to submit a prayer request for yourself or someone else, please fill out this anonymous form. You are also welcome to email Pastor Enikő directly, or call her at (330) 263-2208 during her office hours (Tuesday–Friday, 9am–5pm).

Session members and our Congregational Care Ministry team continue to provide calls, cards, and emails to our Westminster Presbyterian Church family. You are the eyes and ears who help the church meet the needs of our faith community. Please contact the church office by email or phone (330-263-2398) and make the needs of our church family known.

Lectionary readings provide a disciplined way to read through the Bible. Read today's Daily Lectionary reading and find previous and future readings. Click here.

World news This Week in Prayer is (normally) compiled and posted every Thursday. World in Prayer is a ministry of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist Lodi, California, USA, and is written by a team of writers representing different denominations throughout the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Click here.

Check out the Our Bible App platform — a progressive Christian devotional resource centering the voices of marginalized communities and people of faith. Click here to visit the homepage and download the app to your smartphone.

Please note, that because of government privacy laws, hospitals and care centers no longer are allowed to notify churches that a person has been admitted (even if the person lists their home church at admission). The only way that the church staff will know if someone is hospitalized is if a family member or friend lets us know. We'd rather get 20 calls about the same person than none! Thanks for your help in making Westminster a caring community. Contact the Westminster Office by phone 330-263-2398 or email to notify the church if you or someone you know is hospitalized or otherwise in need of our prayers!