Author: admin

17 May

Posted at 10:17h in Westwood Kids

So many thanks to Sarah Wilson, Stephanie Lange, Isabel Kilroe and our wonderful children’s ministry team for covering for Pastor Diana AND for Dr. Deanna! They made flowers and cards for their own moms as well as the young mothers at Harvest Home. This Sunday for...

15 May

Posted at 10:10h in Pastoral Notes

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...

10 May

Posted at 06:51h in Pastoral Notes

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...

02 May

Posted at 14:03h in Westwood Kids

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...

26 Apr

Posted at 05:58h in Pastoral Notes

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...

24 Apr

Posted at 10:27h in Westwood Kids

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...