Dear Westwood Community, Advent is a season of endings and beginnings. Christ’s birth brings new ways of living and loving into our world of uncertainties and injustice. In many ways, pregnant Mary was surrounded by endings—large and small, personal and political. But Mary proclaimed hope in...
Sunday, December 15, 2024 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Dear Westwood Community, For whatever reason, Christmas has snuck up on me this year. This is surprising, given that we have been playing Christmas music at home since November 1st! Gabrielle and Isaiah LOVE popular Christmas music and while can't say that I love it, I...
Dear Westwood Community, Tonight is our annual Church Conference, at which our District Superintendent Rev. Siosaia Tu'itahi will preside, as we give account of our ministries and leadership this past year. It's for sure a church meeting, with required forms and particular requirements about what we...
Sunday, December 1, 2024 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Dear Westwood Community, I really enjoyed being a part of this past Sunday at church--getting to worship together as a whole congregation was a joy. The music was fabulous, and it's always a gift to have our young people singing in worship. Sharing in baptism and receiving...
We played balloon volleyball last Sunday. As you can see, some of the kids were confined to chairs. What a glorious moment when the kids realized that the best way to play was to bat the balloon to them so they got a chance to...
Dear Westwood Community, By the time you are reading this, I will (God willing) be out of top surgery, and the aforementioned “something” in the subject line of this email will indeed be off my chest. As I am writing this, I am feeling many things,...
