Westminster Presbyterian Church

As you have heard, Westminster is part of the Family Promise network of churches in New Castle County. The ministry consists of housing pre-screened homeless families in church facilities on a rotating basis with each church hosting about four weeks a year. The families come to the church...

The new Communications Advisory Board at Westminster was formed in January to create a vision for our communications processes and set priorities for ongoing enhancements to our communications media. The first phase is to improve our efficiencies and to free up time and resources wherever possible to make room for new opportunities. The Communications Advisory Board is very enthusiastic about making simple changes that have a positive impact on the staff, the congregation and the community.

The first noticeable change will be to our Sunday bulletin and announcements...

Our neighbor country, Haiti already permeated by poverty and despair, now suffers the effects of a massive natural disaster. Their needs remain acute, but our response as a church community has been impressive and heartfelt. Your church leadership and the Church in the World committee have helped to frame this response and move our donations through the correct channels to get the help where it is needed. The Gift of the Heart Kit project was first introduced on January 17. In less than two weeks...

Our 2009 Woman of the Year was born, perhaps appropriately, in the town with the world's shortest river. As the daughter of an Air Force test pilot who later became a dentist, she and her family spent much of her childhood traveling around the world. She was raised by a loving family who instilled in her their Christian beliefs and love of others. Perhaps it is a combination of these influences that gives this woman her desire to see the world, her enthusiasm for making the world around her a better place, and her way of making fast friends. She is the epitome of leading a life filled with love and grace and kindness and has shown this by working hard to raise her family and by volunteering her time to a variety of organizations, both through the church and as a citizen of the world.

Thanks to the generosity of Westminster members and friends, our 2009 Christmas Eve Offering totaled...

The Youth Ministry Team is pleased to announce that longtime youth advisor and church member, Mike Gnade, Jr. has joined the Youth Ministry Team effective...

Updates from the Holy Lands as they come in! Check back for journal notes from our Westminster Pilgrims!

Please remember in prayer the 18 members of Westminster who are walking where Jesus walked in Israel/Palestine, November 1 - 16. They include: Greg and Camilla Jones, Ned Bedrossian, Fred Carspecken, Bob Cox, Babs Harris, Suzie Hurlock, Bob and Carolyn McKeown, Bill and Ruth Nace, George and Jan Patrick, Stephen and Elizabeth Poole, Charlie and Linda Reinhardt and Gill Timon.