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01 Mar Who Do People Say That I Am?
Posted at 10:51h
in Westwood Kids
“God is with me when I’m scared,” we recited as we played hopscotch and made “portable hugs” to remind us of things that help us when we’re scared. We learned the story of how Peter was too scared when he asked Jesus to help him...
28 Feb A Long View: Compassion, Justice, and Belonging
Posted at 10:42h
in Pastoral Notes
Greetings Westwood Community, This last weekend, during Sunday worship in both of our gatherings, we celebrated and blessed the Claremont School of Theology (CST), which is now located on our campus. (They are, I should note, still finishing renovations in the Lower Helms Hall area, which will be...
22 Feb Jesus and the Sea of Galilee
Posted at 16:46h
in Westwood Kids
We interacted with nets and Jesus calling his first disciples. Thank you, Ms. Deanna, for your presentation of the story in a way that we could experience it together. Each classroom talked about how to identify themselves as disciples, wrote the ideas on strips of...
21 Feb Turning Points
Posted at 16:29h
in Pastoral Notes
Greetings Westwood Community, I have always understood Lent as a time of preparation, a time to sit and explore the depths of my inner world. As Howard Thurman notes in his sermon The Sound Of the Genuine (a sermon from which I constantly draw!), Lent is...
16 Feb Preparing for Lent
Posted at 09:20h
in Westwood Kids
What a precious day to see little ones and big ones greet each other over the love and delight of Valentine’s Day. The most common word the children shared as we prepared for the mission to Belmont was “awkward.” And the same word was used...
14 Feb Ash Wednesday Invitation: Journey With Us
Posted at 08:39h
in Pastoral Notes
Dear Westwood Community, Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. I want to invite you to worship, online or on campus at noon, in our Sanctuary. Please know that you can also watch via YouTube any time afterwards. On Ash Wednesday, our worship includes...
