09 Apr Seeking: Who Are You Looking For?
Posted at 10:15h
in Messages
Sunday, April 9, 2023 Rev. Molly Vetter...
Author: admin
07 Apr Easter Is Coming!
Posted at 08:02h
in Westwood Kids
Easter is coming! We’ll un-bury the ALLELUIAS, sing in worship, and have a scavenger Easter egg hunt! We look forward to Easter when the Westwood Kids Choir sings in the Sanctuary and the Loft in the 11:00 services! At 10:20 the Alleluias will have been unburied, and we can go as families through an Easter Egg...
05 Apr Claim Hope This Easter, Together
Posted at 10:02h
in Pastoral Notes
Dear Westwood Church family, I am excited to invite you to participate in our Easter celebrations this year; this is such a meaningful time to experience the grace-filled hope of our faith, as a community. It’s such a gift to gather together, to claim hope and embody...
02 Apr Seeking: This Is My Body.
Posted at 10:15h
in Messages
Sunday, April 2, 2023 Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter & Rev. Molly Vetter...
29 Mar A Call to End Gun Violence
Posted at 10:02h
in Pastoral Notes
The prophet Micah describes a vision for peace with compelling details: then, we will sit under our vines and fig trees, unafraid. We will know security and taste its sweetness. In preparation for that hopeful moment, the people of the world will "beat swords into...
29 Mar It’s time to wave a palm branch and welcome Jesus into Jerusalem!
Posted at 08:02h
in Westwood Kids
Please bring your family to join together in front of the church at 9:25. You’ll each get a palm branch and we’ll process down the “parade route” to wave your branches. After the music stops, we’ll lay down our branches, and the grown-ups will sit...
26 Mar Seeking: Can These Bones Live?
Posted at 10:15h
in Messages
Sunday, March 26, 2023 Rev. Molly Vetter...
23 Mar Jesus Had Big Feelings Like Us!
Posted at 08:02h
in Westwood Kids
What Bible story do we know that might explain why the Pool of Siloam gave the man born blind a chance to see? When I asked that question after the Godly Play sacred story time last week, one of our third graders made a deep...
22 Mar Commitment to Worker Justice
Posted at 10:02h
in Pastoral Notes
This week, the Los Angeles Unified School District has closed our schools for three days; a strike by the lowest-paid school workers, and supported by our teachers' union, left the school district unable to open safely. With the schools closed, I'm grateful that my twelve-year-old is...
21 Mar Claremont School of Theology Announces Relocation to Westwood UMC
Posted at 10:02h
in Pastoral Notes
This week, Claremont School of Theology finalized and announced their plan to relocate to our campus this summer. I am excited that this news is now public, and glad for the possibilities it opens up for our congregation and the school. I wanted to share...