Dear friends,
Thanks for wholeheartedly welcoming me as your new Associate Pastor for University and Social Justice Mission. Many of you have communicated your excitement about my arrival, and the feeling is mutual! From the moment I heard about you, I have felt called to your community’s heart for mission, intellectual curiosity, and embrace of diversity. In the past few weeks, you have greeted me warmly after worship, helped Catalina and me acclimate to our new home, and shared your stories and insights about our collective calling to promote justice, peace, and inclusion. In addition to C'ville’s stunning mountainscapes and live music scene, I am grateful to be a part of your community.
As a Resident Minister at First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, I was part of the team that re-energized Campus Ministries at the University of Michigan. It was among my greatest joys to cultivate spaces for intra- and inter-generational connection. As the ministry coordinator for graduate students and young professionals, I sought to empower members to forge purposeful relationships and further community-building. Now, I’m energized to integrate these experiences with those from my time in Nashville, where I focused on faith-based communal learning and social action at the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
I look forward to the opportunities ahead of us in cultivating a community of belonging, spiritual growth, and social action for undergraduates, graduate students and young adults, UVA faculty and staff, alumni, and more. If we haven’t met yet, I would love to learn more about you during coffee hour this Sunday and in the coming weeks!
Peace,
Dorothy
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Sunday, August 11
Worship
at 10 a.m.
Ken Henry preaching
Calendar
Sunday, August 11
10 a.m. Worship
11:15 a.m. Fellowship Hour, fellowship hall
Session Meeting, lounge
"Paris to Pittsburgh," film presented by the Green Team, library
Sunday, August 18
10 a.m. Worship
11:15 a.m. Fellowship Hour
Sunday, August 25
10 a.m. Worship
University Students’ Welcome
Dorothy Piatt preaching
11:15 a.m. Fellowship Hour
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Paris To Pittsburgh - Creative Change for Climate
On Sunday at 11 a.m. the Green Team is screening “Paris to Pittsburgh,” in the library. This film celebrates how Americans are demanding and developing real solutions in the face of climate change. As the weather grows more deadly, they aren’t waiting on Washington to act. Learn about their incredible stories and be inspired to create change in your own community. Watch “Paris to Pittsburgh” with us on Sunday and enjoy food, fellowship, and discussion. If you’re not able to come on Sunday, the movie is also available on the National Geographic channel on Youtube.com for free.
"What We Live With" Performed August 15-18 at Live Arts
For almost a year now, Ken Henry has been participating in a play-writing group at Live Arts downtown. In the spring, when Live Arts began soliciting writers for 10-15 minute plays, Ken submitted one and, lo and behold, “What We Live With” was selected with five other plays to be produced and performed on August 15, 16, 17, and 18. If you’re interested in one act plays written by local playwrights (including Ken!) and performed by local actors, go www.livearts.org and click on “Locally Sourced.” Tickets are available now. See you at the theatre!
Donations for PROSAMI Yard Sale
Free up space in your garage and attic up by donating gently-used items for the PROSAMI Yard Sale on August 31 at St. Mark Lutheran Church on Alderman Road in Charlottesville. If you have anything to donate, please contact David Strider,
dvs7e@virginia.edu or 434-996-0497
. PROSAMI provides Congolese communities with affordable quality health care for infants and mothers. This is contributed to the decrease in maternal and infant mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Prayers of Joy
- Ken and Lucille Digges offer prayers of joy for the arrival of great-grandson Jason Raymond Gunther born to their granddaughter in Norfolk, VA on July 16. All healthy and doing well..
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Upcoming Services
August 11 - Ken preaching
August 18 - Ken preaching
August 25 - Dorothy preaching
September 1 - Lynne preaching
September 8 - Guest preacher
with information about what's happening at Westminster throughout the year
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400 Rugby Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2474
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Kate Brinkley | Westminster Presbyterian Church | 434-2967208 | 434-293-3133 |info@westminsterva.org | www.westminsterva.org
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