Whether your summer involves a trip to the beach, tiring your kids out at the neighborhood pool, or nights spent on your back porch enjoying the fireflies, chances are you will be cracking open a book in the next couple of months. Here is a list of books our pastors and staff recommend. Mike Honeycutt Sanctification by Michael Allen This is not a popular-level treatmen...

If you have school-aged children, you know how hard it is to keep kids engaged over their summer break. This makes the summer a key time in student ministry because kids want to spend more time with each other and our staff. To help us, we hire interns each summer to make sure every one of our students is being reached over the summer. This year, we have an all-star team o...

Dear Westminster Presbyterian Church Family, Please read on for an update from the Session's May meeting. Westminster Catawba Christian School Each month, one of our ministries shares an update with the Session. This month, Scott Dillon, Head of School, presented an encouraging report on Westminster Catawba Christian School (WCCS). He shared updates on the overall healt...

Student Ministry by Caleb Blow The student ministry has had a full and encouraging year with the hiring of Aynsley Vivian and Wyatt Denton as our full-time assistant directors. It is difficult to believe Wyatt has been here a year already, and Aynsley is entering her first full summer with our students. While they have only been here a short time, already they have built...

Dear Westminster Presbyterian Church Family, Please read on for an update from the Session's April meeting. JOINT OFFICER DINNER MEETING Each quarter, our elders and deacons come together for a shared dinner, combining fellowship with important church updates. At our most recent gathering, the Bright Hope team presented a report on their ministry, now beginning its four...

When I was growing up at the beach and riding waves in from the "deep end" of the ocean to the shore on my little canvas raft, I realized the first wave I caught was not quite sufficient to get me all the way to the beach. Often, I would need to balance on my raft for that second wave to push me to shore where my float would scrape the shelly, sandy bottom. With our Bright...

In my office, there's a framed photo I see nearly every daya turtle perched on top of an old fence post. Whenever someone notices it, they inevitably ask about it. After stating the obvious, it's a turtle on a fence post, I will share the deeper meaning behind the photo. The message is simple: the turtle didn't get there by itself. Someone had to place it there. In my yea...

On Sunday, April 6, immediately following each worship service, we will hold a brief congregational meeting for the purpose of voting on the unanimous Session recommendation to make JT Hoover, Caleb Blow, and Jonathan Taylor Associate Pastors. The PCA has three classifications of pastorsSenior Pastor, Associate Pastor, and Assistant Pastor. Senior Pastors and Associate Pa...

Dear Westminster Presbyterian Church Family, Please read on for an update from the Session's March meeting. YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY UPDATE Pastor Jonathan provided an update to the Session on the recent activities of the Young Adult ministry. This ministry serves both college students and young professionals, helping them connect with the larger church community and build ...

Dear Westminster Presbyterian Church Family, Please read on for an update from the Session's February meeting. STUDENT MINISTRY UPDATE Pastor Caleb shared an encouraging update to the Session on the recent activities of the Student Ministry. Over 75 students and 12 staff/volunteers attended one of three large events The Edge middle school summer retreat, Project Sweat ...