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Greetings Westwood Family, By now, I am sure that most of you have met Everest Harvey, our new Director of Youth and Social Justice. Everest has been hard at work, meeting with many of you and getting the pulse of what social justice issues our community...

Are rules important? What about God’s rules? What if we break them? This Sunday, we will continue our story of the Exodus (come see our diorama of Moses’ life!) and talk about the 10 Commandments, using fine art and our own responses to the questions...

What’s it like to eat manna in the wilderness? We don’t know for sure, but we do know that a  dad (Tom Burkhard as a grumpy Israelite) wanted something else! This Sunday, the children will sing and play on the first hymn in the sanctuary and...

Dear Westwood Church Family, I've been pondering this image over the past week, of a seedling and its roots. On the surface, a tiny tree is visible. Beneath the surface, a delicate and extensive web of networked roots connects that visible plant to its home. These...

What was it like for the Hebrew families to be free of the Egyptians? Last week, we danced “Hava Nagila,” remembering Moses’ sister Miriam. We lamented the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea - soldiers who were only doing what Pharaoh had commanded...