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Music Feeds Us – May 13 at 7 pm

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Music Feeds Us, led by Artistic Director and violist, Fitz Gary, is a concert series originating in Charlottesville, Virginia designed to promote hunger relief.  Their concerts, where audience members are encouraged to make free-will monetary or non-perishable food donations to our partner food banks, have raised over 140,000 meals for the hungry in Virginia.  In addition to chamber music benefit concerts, Music Feeds Us has also collaborated with arts organizations, libraries, and schools to promote both classical music and hunger awareness.

The Mission of Music Feeds Us is to unite our community through the power of classical music that champions the eradication of hunger. Motivated by a true collaboration between the performers and audience members, Music Feeds Us hopes to inspire the generosity and good-will of the community to help our neighbors in need.

Through children’s concerts, the quartet is not only educating the next generation on the joys of chamber music and the wonderful repertoire it brings, but also instilling in them the responsibility to fight for the often forgotten humanitarian issues, specifically hunger, which is still a major problem in the United States.The goal is to inspire audiences, through music, to give to their local food bank. By guiding the generation of tomorrow on these issues, we can hopefully make a lasting difference in our community.

2018 marks the seventh season of Music Feeds Us.  Their first concert this year will take place on May 13th, at 7 PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church with a program of string quartets by Haydn, Caroline Shaw, and Tchaikovsky.  Returning guest artists joining Mr. Gary on stage are Jinjoo Cho, winner of the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis; Eric Wong, violist of the Cavani String Quartet in residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music; and NYC based cellist Madeline Fayette, a multifaceted performer, with equal fortitude both on the concert stage and as musical pedagogue and ambassador. Our goal for 2018 is to exceed a cumulative 200,000 meals.

 

PROSAMI African Dinner

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Please join us for a wonderful  African  dinner, served in style, at Westminster Presbyterian Church from 5:30 to 8:30 pm, on Tuesday, March 27th.   All proceeds from the dinner go to PROSAMI, non-profit organization that is promoting the health of mothers and infants in the CONGO through the training of Congolese nurses to the level of advance nurse midwife. We will have a slide presentation during the dinner to share with you the many accomplishments of PROSAMI and the upcoming plans  for our new Maternal / Infant Pilot Center.  This is a stand-alone clinic and small hospital  for women and infants in Mbuji-Mayi.   For any questions, contact David Strider or call at 434-996-0497.

David Strider

Benevolence and Grants

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Much of our local and justice work expands beyond our own borders, but Westminster also partners with many local, national and international organizations and mission projects through benevolence grants.

Recent partners and recipients have included: The Alliance for Interfaith Ministry (AIM), Charlottesville Free Clinic, Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Presbyterian Disaster Assistance,  Jefferson Area Children’s Health Improvement Program (CHIP), Mediation Center of Charlottesville, PACEM, PROSAMI, Shelter for Help in Emergency (SHE), Sin Barreras (Without Borders), The Haven, UCARE Newsletter, Westminster Child Care scholarships and others.

Applications for consideration to the Benevolence Committee are due April 15, 2018.  Details on on the website: benevolence giving and grant making.

Regards,
Kobby
434 996 1961

Thank You for Hosting PACEM

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To our friends at Westminster Presbyterian Church:

Thank you for once again hosting PACEM’s men’s shelter in our 14th winter of helping people who are homeless in our area. We want you to know how truly blessed this community is to have congregations like yours to help in our mission to provide shelter for our neighbors in need.  We greatly appreciate your willingness to prepare and serve dinner, to work with partner congregations, and for all the Basket Ball games, TV, ping pong, gift cards, desserts, and hospitality you provided for the guests in a warm, welcoming, and compassionate environment each night.

In addition to shelter, WPC also provides generous financial support to PACEM. Your financial help supports the cost of PACEM’s shelter staff in your church. The graciousness of the entire PACEM Family makes it possible for us to remain open throughout the winter.

Thank you for hosting PACEM’s men’s shelter again this winter, for the hands of all your volunteers, the graciousness of opening your doors, and your willingness to work with other congregations in our community to address the immediate needs of our neighbors.

Habitat for Humanity – No Hammer Required

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No Hammering Required is a one Sunday “class” in which we will get an update on Habitat in C’ville and all the ways – especially those that don’t require building skills – volunteers contribute to that effort to chip away at the affordable housing crisis.

Come to the Library at 9:30 on January 28 either to learn and maybe to sign up to help Westminster host Community Conversations for the families who will move into Harmony Hill on Fifth Street or one of the other volunteer tasks that fit you.

Carolyn Brown

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

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

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