Dear Westwood Family, Last week, I attended LA Voice’s leadership assembly and found myself in a crowd of people committed to pursuing justice and equity for their communities, this city, and the world. Sitting in the plaza at Dolores Mission Catholic church, surrounded by people of...
Sunday, May 12, 2024 Pastor Molly Vetter...
Dear Westwood Community, Last week, at the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, we finally and fully removed anti-LGBTQ+ language and policies from our denominational Book of Discipline. This is a significant shift for the church: when the General Conference last met in 2019, we...
Sunday, May 05, 2024 Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter...
This Sunday, our children will be digging into Psalm 98 and raising their voices to sing a "new song" in praise to God. We will explore making a joyful noise in different ways and make rhythm instruments to remind us to praise God with joy...
Sunday, April 28, 2024 Rev. Clint Collins...
Dear Westwood Community, Recently, while getting lunch with one of my dear Westwoodian friends, he asked what I thought about how to hear God over all the noise- of our lives, our screens, this ever-louder city we all share. And truthfully, I think hearing God among...
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...