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Westminster and Earth Day

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WPC — on the way to 100% green power

This April we observe the first anniversary of the installation of the solar panels on the kitchen roof.  This has produced excess electricity that has been sold back to Dominion for about $677.  The total production by the solar array in the most recent 12 months was 9.84 Megawatt hours (MWhr).

The church used 175 MWhr from July 2016 to June 2017.  This was down from 187 MWHr used the previous year.  A member of the committee whose all electric household only has two people used 14 MWhr during this same time frame.

Also, in September 2017, the session approved the purchase of wind Renewable Energy Certificates through Arcadia Power.  This supports wind farms in other parts of the USA.  Arcadia provides 100% offsets for all of Dominion’s electricity used at Westminster.  This program has worked well and now we, as citizens, need to make Arcadia redundant by lobbying Dominion to provide clean renewable power here in Dominion’s service area.

The Green Team

Community Events

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A Climate Conversation, April 23 7-9pm, Carver Recreation Center. States, local governments, businesses and individual citizens are the new face of American leadership on climate change as a result of the Federal government’s announced departure from the Paris Agreement. Join others to learn what is being done in Virginia and here in our own community to address climate change, how it is affecting us now and will in the future, and what we can do in our daily lives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Conversation will empower our community to foster real change through education, engagement and action.

Unaccompanied and Immigrant Minors Information Session, Wednesday, April 25 at 11:30am. Organized by Creciendo Juntos at The Bridge PAI, 209 Monticello Road. Registration required.

A Concert Conversation with Natalia Serna, Wednesday, April 25 at 5:00pm. LatinX Graduate Student Alliance (LGSA) and the UVA Art Department are sponsoring this event that will explore immigration and border topics through songs and stories. Open Grounds Studio A, 1400 University Avenue. Ticket required.

Charlottesville-area Immigrant Resource and Advocacy Coalition Meeting and Forum: Immigration Policy Hits Home: What Can We Do? Wednesday, April 25 at 6:30pm. Volunteer orientation for transportation & detention visitation at 6:30pm, Forum at 7:15pm. Each year, 50 of our Charlottesville neighbors are unjustly removed from their families and placed into deportation proceedings. Please join CIRAC and Sin Barreras, with speakers David Baluarte, Professor of Law at Washington & Lee University, Tanishka Cruz, Immigration Attorney and Lecturer at UVA, and Fanny Smedile, founding Director of Sin Barreras/Without Barriers, at a forum to understand the Policies, Practices and Harm resulting from these removals. The 6:30 Volunteer Orientation is a great way to learn more about CIRAC, even if you can’t stay for the forum. IX Art Park, 522 2nd St SE, Charlottesville

Art and Tacos: a silent art auction fundraiser for Sin Barreras. Saturday, April 28 at The Kitchen: 606 Rivanna Avenue, Charlottesville
5:30-9:00pm. Live music by Lua Project. Advance tickets $25 via sinbarrerascville.com (PayPal) or $30 at the door. Food included / cash bar

For more information on the Charlottesville Area Immigrant Resource and Advocacy Coalition (CIRAC), please visit the website or “like” the group on Facebook.

Join other PACEM Shelter supporters on April 29th from 2-5pm at the Barn at Pea Ridge Farm for a spring fundraiser. Tickets are $75 per person or $500 for a table of eight. Price includes food by C & O Restaurant, music by Michael Clem & Rusty Speidel, and beer from Devils Backbone Brewing Company & wine donated by the Charlottesville Cooking School. RSVP to ed@pacemshelter.org. All proceeds benefit PACEM! To reserve your ticket call 434.973.1234 x121

The Sprunt Lectures: May 7-9 at Union Presbyterian Seminary

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“Redeeming the Creature: Race, Place, and the Hope of the Church”

Dr. Willie Jennings, a major figure in theological education across North American, is the featured speaker at the 2018 Sprunt Lecture series May 7-9, 2018 on the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary. The topic is “Redeeming the Creature: Race, Place, and the Hope of the Church.”

“These lectures will be devoted to helping Christians rethink the nature of life together as creatures. Christianity in the west suffers from a defective doctrine of creation that has been plagued with both the racial condition and a horrid understanding of place. Together these problems have rendered the doctrine useless – it does no significant work in shaping the way we understand creaturely life together. In these lectures, I will explore the reasons for this defect and suggest what a robust doctrine of creation should teach us.”

Jennings serves as associate professor of systematic theology and African studies at Yale University Divinity School. He is the author of “The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race,” for which he received the American Academy of Religion book award in 2011 and the Grawemeyer Award in Religion in 2015. The work was described as a “theological masterpiece” by the Englewood Review of Books.

Rev. Jill Duffield (M.Div.’96), editor and publisher of The Presbyterian Outlook, will be the preacher for the three-day event.
Worship Titles: “Mature Little Children” (Col 1: 15-29 and Mark 10: 13-16) and “Where are you from?” (Isaiah 43: 1-7 and Luke 13: 22-30)

Westminster Ping Pong Tournament

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Saturday, April 14th
2 – 4 p.m.
Fellowship Hall

Besides being an opportunity for fellowship and fun, this table tennis event will essentially be a doubles tournament with participants rotating through four tables. And yes, we have a special WPC trophy to hand to the grand slammer. All ages and skill levels are welcome! And if you simply want to be a spectator, that’s okay, too. Come for a fun time of food, fellowship, and amazing spin shots.

IMPACT’s Nehemiah Rally

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IMPACT’s Nehemiah Rally on Tuesday, April 24, will seek support affordable housing progress in Charlottesville/Albemarle.  The rally begins at 6:30 in the MLK Auditorium at Charlottesville High School.  Contact for further details.

“So faith, hope, and love abide, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.”
−1 Corinthians 13:13

Our Mission

Sustained by grace, we are called to serve Christ, share God’s love, and work for justice in a complex world.

Our Values

With faith, hope, and love as bedrock Christian values, we also cherish the following:
  • Thinking and Learning
  • Inclusiveness
  • Fellowship
  • Stewardship
  • Courage

 

Westminster follows the Presbyterian Book of Confession and is a confessional church. You can view/read the Book of Confession at the PC(USA) website by clicking on the following link: http://www.pcusa.org/book-confessions.

Contact

Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 Rugby Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2474
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