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Church Ministries
We at Westminster encourage you to call the church office (662-2775) for more information about any of our ministries, sacraments and programs.
Westminster Preschool has been providing early childhood Christian education since 1970. Its staff of
14 serves 100 children, toddlers through young fives, in half-day sessions. It also offers early arrival
and lunch hour care, plus extended day.
Westminster Children's and Youth Ministries offers Christian nurture to children in grades 1-5, and to youth in grades 6-8 and 9-12. A variety of learning, spiritual growth, and fellowship activities are provided. Age graded Sunday School classes, Youth Sunday, the Christmas Eve Children's Program, and Vacation Bible School highlight children's and youth activities.
Westminster Church enjoys praising God with instrumental and choral music. The Westminster Choir rehearses weekly, September through May. Nancy Wright, at the organ, and Linda Rosen, at the piano, bring dynamic music for our worship. Ellen Schramm directs the Westminster Choir and serves as Westminster's Music Director. Children and adults are encouraged to share their talents during worship. Westminster is a teaching congregation for those entering Christian education or pastoral ministries. Drawing on schools like Christian Theological Seminary, Indiana Wesleyan University, and Taylor University, Westminster combines theological learning with practical preparation as students participate in internships and receive guidance from the pastor.
The ministry of prayer plays a vital role in the life of the congregation. Small groups meet regularly to pray together. The congregation has two telephone prayer ministries: the Prayer Line (765-671-7817) and a Prayer Pager ministry (765-651-2716). Regular messages about prayer needs within the congregation are available on the Prayer Line. Persons with special needs can request a pager which lets them know each time someone has prayed for them and calls the pager number. The person with the pager receives a "prayer vibration." We strongly encourage people to be active members of a church because of the difference this makes in people's faith commitment. We welcome people wishing to become members of Westminster Church. You may express your desire to join by seeing the minister. We accept members by Transfer and by Confession of Faith. Transfer means you are a member of another church and want to place your membership at Westminster. It is not necessary for you to arrange a transfer letter. The church office will contact your former church. Confession of Faith is for people who have never belonged to a church. The minister will ask you: "Is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior?" and "Will you be a faithful member of Westminster Church?"
Westminster Church (Presbyterian Church USA) is committed to making your wedding as beautiful and
memorable as possible. The purpose of this policy is to assist you in your preparations and to
ensure an experience that will bring fond memories to you for years to come.
Westminster carries out its mission beyond the church walls in several ways. Community organizations are sponsored financially and through participation of church members and pastors on the boards of these organizations. The church has sponsored five mission trips to Honduras from 2000 to 2005. Most recently, our youth traveled to a town outside of Tegucigalpa and spent a week with abandoned and orphaned children. Yearly, Escuela el Sembrador Donald Hawk, near Catacamus, Honduras, receives money with which to pay for weekly visits by a doctor and a dentist. Westminster also supports foreign missionaries serving in France and Honduras and ones with the Wycliffe organization and the mission arm of Presbyterian Church USA.
Westminster Calendar of Events • Volunteers • Officers
The Sacraments at WestminsterAll those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are invited to take communion. Both the bread and the cup will normally be passed to you in the pew. Occasionally worshipers come to the front of the sanctuary for communion. As we serve one another, we celebrate that all believers are priests called to serve one another! As you wait to be served, use this time to pray about God's love in Christ Jesus and His presence in your life. Unless otherwise instructed, once all are served, we will take the elements together. Baptized children who have been instructed by their parents on the meaning of communion are also encouraged to participate in the communion service. Presbyterians practice infant and adult baptism by sprinkling. We baptize our infants as a sign and seal of God's promise that all people are part of Christ's church at birth! To have your child baptized, see the pastor, who will then make all the necessary arrangements. A baptismal certificate will be provided all who are baptized. A Dutch Cradle Cross is given to each child. Adults who are ready to confess Christ as their Lord and Savior and wish to be baptized are invited to see the pastor to make arrangements. Adults wishing baptism by immersion can make special arrangements with the pastor. For those interested in transferring their membership, we accept all other forms of Christian baptism. If you have been baptized in another tradition, it is not necessary to be baptized again. A person is normally baptized only once. |
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