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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dear Westwood Community, Over the past year, we've been sharing more about our church on social media--especially including using video clips from worship as Instagram and Facebook Reels. A few posts have gotten quite a lot of attention--and (even better) allowed us to get messages that...
Coming up on Sunday? Our Mission Trip to Belmont to deliver valentines! Do you remember this sweet picture from four years ago? We finally get to return and give valentines and smiles and hugs (or a shoulder pat) to the residents Sunday at 11:20. We...