Dear Westwood Church family, Every summer in The Loft - well, every summer since I have been here! - we spend a few months reflecting on one of the four value-pillars that inform the life of our worship community. Those values are Compassion, Conversation, Belonging, and Decolonization, and...
Puppet ministry, quill writing like St. Paul, and lovely new friends. This is only one day in the life of our Sunday morning faith formation for children. Thank you, Stephanie Lange, for volunteering, and to Deanna Edwards for guiding the team and the children to...
Dear Westwood Church family, While hanging out with my family yesterday, I ended up laying back on a grassy lawn, grateful for the shade from a tree that covered me, and for the breeze blowing by. Plus, the leaves of the tree were lovely as they...
Last Sunday was AMAZING! We had guests speaking other languages as we told the Tower of Babel & the story of Pentecost, a puppet show-in-the-making of the Good Samaritan, 6 drummers drumming, a rolicking game of compassion charades, and our beautiful, tiny City of God...
Dear Westwood Church family, I had an incredible experience last week, with young people from our church participating in the Sierra Service Project on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona. I'm inspired by our Grapplers, who showed commitment and compassion during the experience. On our way home, we stopped...
How do you feel when someone speaks in your own language? For the 4th Sunday in Vacation Bible School, we will revisit the Pentecost Story with older church friends coming into our classroom to speak to us in Hindi, Hebrew, Korean, German, Spanish, and maybe...
Sunday, June 25, 2023 Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter...
On Father’s Day I asked the kids during Children’s Time to describe a good parent. One of our 1st graders said, “Making sure they feel good about themselves.” Watch out, Church, we have a compassionate theologian in the making! This Sunday is the 3rd week of...
