We all loved celebrating Earth Day last Sunday! We shared our ideas and plans in doing our part to love and care for the Earth. Playing with our ideas included making “binoculars” to help us focus on specific things of beauty, making little bird feeders...
Sunday, April 21, 2024 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Last Sunday we illustrated Psalm 23. We'll continue to work on memorizing it. Look for our beautiful watercolors in the hallway! This Sunday is Earth Day. We invite everyone to wear something with birds on it. We’ll be making bird feeders and cardboard “binoculars,” and...
Dear Westwood Family, Last month, a beautiful, old, big jacaranda tree on my parsonage lawn fell over. I'm not sure exactly what prompted the fall: it happened just before midnight on a still night. Certainly, the soil underneath was saturated with water from recent rains. The...
Sunday, April 14, 2024 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Dear Westwood Family, This week, we are finishing up the parent's reading group that I started a few months ago. We read and discussed Dr. Becky Kennedy's book, Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want To Be. As a new parent and the parent...
Many thanks to Ms. Deanna and Dr. Carter for their leadership with the children last Sunday while I was away with my clergy women’s covenant group and to see my sister (with an excellent bonus sighting of the eclipse). The children explored the many faces...
Sunday, April 07, 2024 Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter...
Dear Westwood Family, Happy April! As I’m fairly sure none of you know about me, Easter is my favorite holiday. Partially for the birds and bunnies, partially because I love Spring, but mostly for the story behind it and the reminder it brings me each year...
EASTER DAY at Westwood was wonderful last Sunday, with lots of friends and even a few bunnies! That was only the beginning of a time we like to call EASTERTIDE. We will still be celebrating Eastertide in a lot of thoughtful ways for the next...