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Worship Sunday, September 10, 2023 Homecoming and Water Communion

Homecoming and Water Communion – Intergenerational Service Westminster begins its new church year with a special celebration. We gather to celebrate community, remember our blessings, and seek inspiration for the days ahead. Be sure to bring a little water with you – perhaps from a place you visited over the summer, or from the kitchen … Continue reading Worship Sunday, September 10, 2023 Homecoming and Water Communion

Worship Sunday, August 27, 2023 – 10:00 AM “Summer Blues Service”

Summer Services in-person in Smith Hall Summer Blues Service The annual Jazz Service returns to Westminster on August 27th. Guest Minister Tom Stites (formerly Editor of UU World) will be back behind the pulpit, exploring the meaning of the songs of Duke Ellington. The band, led by Howie Stone, will support his ministry with the … Continue reading Worship Sunday, August 27, 2023 – 10:00 AM “Summer Blues Service”

Worship Sunday, August 20, 2023 – 10:00 AM A Drumming Circle

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Summer Services in-person in Smith Hall “Humming and Drumming Circle” It’s Back!! Our Westminster Drumming Circle Returns. Bring a percussive instrument. It can be a plastic bottle with pebbles for a homemade maraca, a plastic 5-gallon drum–or a fancy set of tom-toms. Acoustic instruments are also welcome such as flutes, harps, and melodeons.     … Continue reading Worship Sunday, August 20, 2023 – 10:00 AM A Drumming Circle

Worship Sunday, August 13, 2023 – 10:00 AM Connection Groups at Westminster

Summer Services in-person in Smith Hall Making Connections Through Music and Listening Groups. This morning we will be treated to the musical stylings of the band, Dog Poetry, featuring Westminster youth, Eva Haan. We will also explore the ways Westminster’s Connection Groups deepen our spiritual connections with our world, each other, and ourselves.   No … Continue reading Worship Sunday, August 13, 2023 – 10:00 AM Connection Groups at Westminster

Worship Sunday, August 6, 2023 – 10:00 AM Hiroshima Day: Paths of Peace

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Summer Services in-person in Smith Hall Westminster participates in Hiroshima Remembrance Day this morning. We’ll look back to the horror experienced by the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and recommit to the ‘paths of peace’ that we are called to. This morning we’ll also install and dedicate a new ‘Peace Pole” at Westminster Church. No … Continue reading Worship Sunday, August 6, 2023 – 10:00 AM Hiroshima Day: Paths of Peace

Worship Sunday, July 30, 2023 – 10:00 AM Relections on UUA General Assembly

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Summer Services in-person in Smith Hall “Reflections on UUA General Assembly” Led by Amy Abel, Doris Duarte, Cele Mark, and Bob Walker What is the Unitarian Universalist Annual General Assembly? Why do we have one? Why would you ever want to go??? Well, four Westminsterires had gone to the 2023 Pittsburgh UUA GA this year … Continue reading Worship Sunday, July 30, 2023 – 10:00 AM Relections on UUA General Assembly

Worship Sunday, July 23, 2023 A Church at Pooh Corner

Summer Services in-person in Smith Hall A Church at Pooh Corner Winnie-the-Pooh and friends have been special companions for many generations of people over decades. They have soothed us, instructed us, reminded us of deep truths, and invited us into living with depth and meaning. This morning we’ll explore the spiritual truths found within these … Continue reading Worship Sunday, July 23, 2023 A Church at Pooh Corner

Worship Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 10:00 AM “Appeal, Gratitude, Delight, and Lament”

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Summer Services in person in Smith Hall Appeal, Gratitude, Delight, Lament (Or: Help, Thanks, Wow, This Stinks) What is prayer? Fresh berries in a tiny container? A story in a driveway? A thumb on a forehead? Shoes? Is it gratitude, recognition of a miracle, an appeal for help, a curse, an apology, longing, hope, grief, … Continue reading Worship Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 10:00 AM “Appeal, Gratitude, Delight, and Lament”