Get your free e-tickets to our Passion Cantata here.

It is the human condition to experience great feelings of sadness, sorrow, and internal darkness....in the same breath: joy, love, and hope. (program notes by Dr. Larkin)

Preview the program including further notes to illuminate this musical experience here.

From Your Session

Your Westminster Session met on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, for their monthly stated meeting. The clerk reported two deaths since our last meeting, Carol Huber and Sherry Kuhns. The elders finished a book study and discussion of “The Agile Church.” A congregational meeting was approved for May 19, 2024, for the purpose of electing elders, deacons and nominating committee members. A congregational meeting was also approved for June 9, 2024, to install the elders, deacons and nominating committee. A daycare update was given; stay tuned for more information in the upcoming weeks. The focused discussion centered on the Strategic Plan and Boulder Hall Loan updates.

Yours in Christ, Sandy McLean, Clerk of Session

Looking Ahead



3/23 @ 9 am: Bird/Bat/Owl House Installation

3/24 @ 4 pm: Light Shines in the Darkness concert

3/24-3/29: Labyrinth available for self-guided walks

3/29 @ 6:30 pm: Good Friday Service: A Modern Day Passion

3/30 @ 9 am: Easter Egg Hunt

3/30 @ 2 pm: Jim Randle Memorial Service

3/31 @ 10 am: Easter Sunday Morning Service

4/17, 9 am-4 pm: Lifeline Screening

In Worship

• March 17 @ 10am The golden rule & the myth of more guns (Mark 12) Lent 5
• March 24 @ 10am Palm Passion Service: Courage amidst a violent empire (part 1) Lent 6
• March 24 @ 4pm Passion Cantata: Light Shining in the Darkness (part 2)
• March 29 @ 6:30pm Good Friday, A Modern Day Passion (part 3)
• March 31 @ 10am A New Easter: Power to the Peaceful (part 4)

Looking for something different for Holy Week? Check out our ecumenical church partners' offerings here or grab a paper copy from the narthex. AND make sure to check out a special dramatic production at Brush Creek Players by our own Michael Wood (more info below).

Access the full church calendar here. To add or correct something, please email office@salemwestpres.org.

This special event runs Friday, March 22-Sunday, March 31 at Brush Creek Playhouse in Silverton.

Find more information or pre-purchase tickets here.

“Whether you are a committed Christian, a person seeking to better understand the message of the New Testament, or just someone who loves a good, dramatic story, these presentations have something for you."--Michael Wood

Opportunities

Youth Geranium Sale is back! We are so happy to offer you Peterson Nursery's BEAUTIFUL individual geraniums AND mix colored floral baskets (petunia and other mixed florals) for pre-order!!!

The baskets are different this year, but I've been told by the owner that every time people order one, when they see it, they usually ask for a few more! 

Flowers are $6 each and hanging baskets are $30 each.

Flowers can be picked up on Sunday morning, May 5 from 9-11:00 AM.

Delivery is available for $10 if necessary.

Pre-Orders are due by April 18.

We will have a limited amount for sale out front at Westminster on Sunday, May 5. Please make checks payable to Westminster Presbyterian Church with "Youth Missions" on the memo. Fill out your order form here. Questions? Talk to Vik (vik@salemwestpres.org).

Free piano! Barbara Nelson is moving and must find a home for her beautiful Cable piano ASAP. This piano is console height, slightly taller than a spinet but shorter than an upright. From a non-smoking, non-pet home. Dial Bill (503-576-1278) or Katie (503-580-5631) if interested.

Pray for...

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, who is in the hospital and in extreme pain.

The family of Sherry Kuhns, who passed away last week.

Give

Have You Noticed Anything Fishy?

Westminster is participating in One Great Hour of Sharing to support Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Presbyterian Hunger Program, and Self-Development of People. If you want to join and support those causes, we encourage you to find one of the cardboard fish banks around the church and take it home with you, and start putting your loose change or bills into the fish banks. Bring them back on Palm Sunday, March 24, and the church will send those special offerings to support these causes. There will also be envelopes by the pledge box in the sanctuary and QR codes if you prefer to make a special offering in that way. If you would like additional information, please find a member of the stewardship committee after service and ask them to get you a flyer or check out this website.

This month, bring in Easter candy or small items to surprise and delight children at our annual egg hunt. A box will be in the narthex March 8-27.

Marion Polk Food Share Garden Program 5th Sunday Special Donation: Look in the narthex this month and you’ll see a wheelbarrow! It needs to be filled with items for our Marion Polk Food Share garden friends and their youth garden projects. Place your smaller gently used or new items in it. If you have any of the larger items listed below, fill out a card with your name, name of tool and a contact number and also place in the wheelbarrow. Please bring them by March 31.

• Garden gloves
• Hand tools (spades, small hand hoes etc.)
• Larger tools (shovels, rakes, hoes, loppers)
• Our community gardeners are always looking for lawn mowers, rototillers and weed whackers, but these may be a bit too large for the wheelbarrow- fill out card to donate

Sponsored by Mission Peace Ecojustice Committee

Westminster Presbyterian Church