Dear Westwood Community, The world needs more compassion! That’s part of what God’s “abundant life” looks like – not hostility, indifference, or patronizing pity, but genuine compassion, the kind of mutual care evoked by Jesus’ call to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Compassion means seeing things from someone...
Sunday, November 5, 2023 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Día de los Muertos, "Remember Me" from the movie "Coco," "Remember me," from the lips of Jesus at the Last Supper, and we do remember. We remember in our hearts the loved ones who have gone before us as we prepared for Halloween ("holy eve"...
Dear Westwood Community, As our holy scriptures tell the story, from its very beginning, our earth has been home to life abundant--to creation that lives and thrives in community. Flocks and herds and schools and packs, and groups of human beings, too. Our Westwood United Methodist...
Sunday, October 29, 2023 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Dear Westwood Community, My heart breaks for so much going on in the world; I have been spending extra time in prayer these days, lifting to God my prayers for peace in Palestine and Israel, prayers for our national government amid chaotic leadership in Congress, prayers...
Fall Festival was so sweet for the little ones. Thank you, Grapplers!! We also enjoyed being in the Loft with the whole church and then into story time about Moses and his touch with God. I was amazed at some of the stories of when...
Sunday, October 22, 2023 Rev. Molly Vetter & Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter...
Dear Westwood Community, Hello! Everest here. As you may or may not know, I am not, in fact, a cradle methodist. I was raised in the Episcopal church, took communion every week, you know the drill. As of last week, I’ve been at Westwood for two...
🍁FALL FESTIVAL this Sunday! 10:00 Loft for Children’s Time 10:20 for choir & music experiences 10:30 for story from Exodus 33, guided meditation 10:50 for classroom discussions, write God Poems and make Glory of God tiny tiles 11:20 for the “carnival” in the play yard 11:45 parents pick up kids in...