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Passover Seder Meal Set for Maundy Thursday Communion |
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Come experience the roots of our
religious foundation found in the Jewish Seder meal
which commemorates the Passover story (Exodus, Chapter
12). When celebrating the Passover meal, Jesus first
instituted the Lord’s Supper with his disciples.
You are invited to a Seder Maundy
Thursday, March 24, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. in Fellowship
Hall. The congregation will share a worship service,
with communion, within the setting of a family meal. The
Seder will replace our usual Maundy Thursday Communion
service in the sanctuary. |
Westminster members are invited to
participate and encouraged to invite a guest who is not
a member of our congregation to share this feast.
Nursery care will be provided for the younger
children. Older children are welcome at the table. A
free will offering will be collected. The suggested
donation for the meal is $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for
children.
Reservations are needed to plan the
amount of chicken to prepare! Call Jean at the church
office (475-6702) to make reservations for the meal, for
nursery care, and/or to specify a vegetarian meal
preference by March 21. |
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Westminster Members Contribute to
Tsunami Relief Two Ways |
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As of February 18, the Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance (PDA) had received an "estimated $4
million in individual contributions for tsunami relief."
The money started coming in immediately after a
magnitude 9 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra,
Indonesia, sent massive waves inland across the Indian
Ocean, slamming a dozen nations and killing tens of
thousands. PDA, the disaster response arm of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has surpassed its tsunami
aid goal of $2.5 million, which it set in early January.
Gifts from congregations and presbyteries are not
reflected in the total above. That is because these
gifts go through a different intake process via each
presbytery’s treasurer |
so that each church and presbytery gets
credit for the gifts they submit. They are submitted at
the end of each month.
Business Manager Cheryl Rennick, said on
February 17, "The total (contributed by Westminster
members) to date is $6,461.63 for the tsunami Relief . .
. a member sent $500 directly" bringing the
congregation’s total to $6,961.63 for the December 26
disaster. At the beginning of February, PDA estimated
gifts from congregations and presbyteries at $595,000.
Only the January part of Westminster’s gifts were in
that total.
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