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Westminster’s outreach efforts are patterned after Christ’s example of healing the sick, feeding the hungry and proclaiming his saving grace. We accomplish this through direct participation and by supporting the work of others locally, nationally and worldwide.
Your contributions will make a difference in our outreach efforts:
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 Help with Westminster’s Garden 4 Good. See the missions bulletin board in the fellowship hall entry. Produce is donated to Food Gatherers.
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 Bring vegetables from your garden to church to donate to Food Gatherers.
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 Come and See what God is doing in Detroit, July 15–20. Spend a day or the week serving, learning and loving. Please contact Greta Buck to volunteer or to learn more.
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 Take part in Babylon: Daniel’s Courage in Captivity, our 2012 Vacation Bible School, June 18–21, 4:30–8 pm. Sign up as an adult leader or helper, or sign up to donate food for simple dinners for the participants.
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 Read to our young children during summer Sunday Celebration. Sign up in the entry to the fellowship hall or contact Tina Shaw.
Detroit Mission Trip, July 15–20
Come and See what God is doing in Detroit and be an active part of it! July 15–20, you can spend a week (or a day or two) serving, learning, laughing and loving in Detroit. All ages are welcome, including families with elementary aged children. This is a wonderful opportunity to invite friends and neighbors, too.
We'll stay at Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church and serve at many different ministries: We'll run a Fine Arts Camp, help with health fairs, serve food to the hungry, restore and rebuild, and make new friends. Come along and see! Please contact Greta Buck and read the Frequently Asked Questions and schedule for more information. |
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Garden project provides food for many
Our goals in creating a garden on our Westminster property are to share food with the hungry of our community, and to provide a sacred space, open to the public, for contemplation, prayer and reflection.
Garden project FAQs . . .
What’s happening in the Westminster garden?
“Child” of Westminster, Rachel Smallish Dziku, and her husband work with YWAM in Ghana. Read their newsletter here.
David Kornfield, of OC International, supported by Westminster’s Faith Promise funds, writes to his supporters.
A team of dedicated volunteers provides rides to church for our Westminster members living at Brookhaven. Conversation, laughter and friendship have evolved from this caring ministry. If you would enjoy being a regular or substitute driver for this “lifting” ministry, please call Marla Johnston.
Westminster provides financial assistance when needed for members doing short-term mission work. Guidelines and application are here . . .
Clothing donations welcomed | Used electronics and printer ink earn money | Cancelled stamps benefit mission work
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What is Riverside Community Gathering?
How can I help at Riverside Community Gathering?
It’s been mentioned in sermons, referenced in the Weekly, discussed at Session and in mission committee meetings, but what is it really and how might you get involved?
What is it? Riverside Community Gathering (RCG) is a joint Mission and Outreach project conceived nearly two years ago through a working team of representatives from Fort Street Open Door, First Presbyterian Church Ypsilanti, Hope Clinic and Westminster. Modeled after ministries like it in other neighborhoods in the Detroit Presbytery, the primary goal is to build community by bringing together otherwise isolated and fragile individuals and families. The target geographic area is within walking distance of the Ypsilanti First Presbyterian Church, and the target demographic is single parent families and seniors. RCG officially opened in May 2008, takes place weekly on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 6 pm. Fort Street Open Door brings and prepares the food, First Presbyterian Ypsilanti provides the facility,
Hope Clinic refers families and seniors, and Westminster funds the project and provides a weekly volunteer base.
What happens there? Week after week,around forty people from the community gather to share prayers, a meal and conversation. Volunteers from the hosting organizations and guests serve one another and eat together. Relationships and connections are intentionally nurtured. The children have created an art gallery and weekly add their creations.
How can you get involved? Volunteers are always welcome to host dinners and support the activities. And please pray . . . pray for the people from the community
that they would open their hearts to one another . . . pray for their strength and for their health and life . . . pray for the host partners . . . for compassion and wisdom . . . pray that all who come to the table together would see Christ in the eyes of one another, and in so doing, come away changed. To find out more, please contact Pastor Cathi King.
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Take part in the Great Tomato Giveaway. Pick up a tomato plant at church on Sunday, May 20; bring the harvested tomatoes to church to donate to Food Gatherers.
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