With Dr. Ben Hutchens on John Rutter's "Magnificat" (1990), which is being performed during the 11am service on Sunday, December 5.

All children, youth & families are invited to make an advent wreath and edible manger scene (RSVPs encouraged). We will do this inside and masked. If you would rather do this project at home or if you are still out of town on Sunday morning, sign up to pick up an at-home kit! Kits will be available on November 29. $5 suggested contribution/family.

If you have not yet registered and would like to come on Sunday to participate, we would love to have you. Please email Patty Chamberlain at pchamberlain@wpc-alex.org to let her know in order to have all your supplies ready.

We encourage you to use this weekly devotional to prepare for the celebration of Christ’s coming into the world. Written by the staff and members of Westminster, experience Advent through Scripture, song, art, mission, and prayer. Click below to view the devotional or sign up to get it on Sunday mornings by email.

We are thrilled to provide another opportunity for you to share gifts with loved ones that help those in need. This year's bazaar will be a hybrid event with in-person and virtual ways to support the agencies and projects supported by our local, national and international missions committees, including the United Orphanage and Academy in Kenya.

To participate, go online to learn about the range of giving opportunities and make a gift donation. Or, visit the AGB tables after both services on December 5 & 12, where you may make donations and purchase fair trade coffees, teas, chocolate and Together We Bake granola. You may also mail in checks, using the checkout sheet that was recently mailed.

Thanks to all who participate! Those making donations or purchases will receive seed-embedded bookmarks that you may share with loved ones, proclaiming "The light shines in the darkness!"

Honor or memorialize loved ones with a dedication to the Christmas Flowers Mission Project. In addition to providing flowers in the Sanctuary, donations will support Appalachia Service Project, a ministry that inspires hope and service through volunteer home repair and construction in Central Appalachia. No minimum/maximum donation required. Make your dedication below by Monday, December 6. Payment can be made online at wpc-alex.org/giving or by check; please mark your payment for “Christmas Flowers.”

This PC(USA) Offering is shared by the Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions, which provides critical assistance to Presbyterian church workers and their families; and Presbyterian-affiliated racial ethnic schools and colleges, which enable students to develop their gifts and find their calling. Remember our support to these two vital services as we seek to honor every child of God this Christmas season. Donations can be given online or by check; please mark your payment for “Christmas Joy Offering.”

On the Second Sunday of Advent, we anticipate the celebration of Christ’s coming into the world with the Magnificat, a song of praise spoken by Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Westminster Choir & Monticello Chamber Orchestra lead us in this service of praise with John Rutter's "Magnificat."

Members and friends of all ages invited to come see our children tell the Christmas story! The pageant is planned to take place outside. However, if the weather is bad, the pageant will move indoors into the sanctuary. Elementary schoolers may sign up to participate in the pageant here.

We celebrate the season of Christmas with the world premiere of a newly commissioned orchestration for Choir, Congregation and Chamber Orchestra, Robert Shaw & Robert Russell Bennett's "The Many Moods of Christmas."

As part of the Therefore Project, we are sponsoring a trip to Alabama next March to explore how our political and cultural landscape was shaped by the institution of slavery, and the way music impacted the Civil Rights Movement. Please consider joining us for this pilgrimage - we are hoping to have 30 people signed up by December 1 to ensure that the trip is "on."

Please join us on Zoom as we pray, listen, and celebrate the Word as we are led. Join this open group as you are able. Led by Betsy Preston and Dana vanBever-Green.

Zoom Link | Meeting ID: 946 3373 7837 | Passcode: 339451

We will be meeting to see the National Christmas tree and then share a meal together. RSVP by December 5 so we can have an accurate count for the restaurant and to indicate if you’d like to carpool. You can RSVP or send questions to Adrienne Griffin and Amy Stenlund at cross-roaders@wpc-alex.org.  Cross-Roaders is a fellowship opportunity for Westminster adults in the “middle" (late 30s-50s) including single adults and single parents. Couples without children are also welcome. 

Pastor Larry Hayward joined with clergy from Agudas Achim Congregation, the Church of Saint Clement, and Trinity UMC - Alexandria to share how faith and gratitude guide us during this Thanksgiving season.

Thank you to all who have submitted a pledge for 2022! As of November 17, we have received pledges from 189 households totaling $1,283,679. There are lots of easy ways to make your pledge: visit wpc-alex.org/stewardship and click the “Make Your Pledge” button; return the pledge card that you received in the mail; or contact Lavinia Davis-Laux at ldavislaux@wpc-alex.org or 703-549-4766 ext. 110. Our next pledge update will be after Thanksgiving.