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March For Our Lives Coming To Westminster

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Last Friday, I was contacted by Rev. Gay Lee Einstein  (Presbyterian Pastor) to see if Westminster Presbyterian Church would be willing to host the high school students from Parkland, Florida as they tour the country registering young people to vote and sharing their first-hand experiences of gun violence.  Yes, this is the same group of students who spoke at the rally in Washington DC on March 24th of this year. And so, I am happy to announce that the Session of Westminster Presbyterian Church has approved the usage of our Fellowship Hall for this event.

On Friday, August 3rd from 6:00-7:30, The March For Our Lives: Road to Change tour will be having a rally at Westminster Presbyterian Church. This event is open to the public and I’m sure there will be a flurry of media exposure.  What an exciting opportunity for us and Charlottesville.  Please check out the link below for more details.

Let us continue to believe and pray that gun violence is not an unsolvable issue.             Ken

 

https://marchforourlives.com/

 

Building Renovation Projects this summer!

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Over the next several weeks we will be embarking on a couple of facility maintenance projects that we would like you to note:

Common Grounds Exterior Painting

Having just completed the re-roofing of our Common Grounds building, we are continuing the renovation by re-painting the building’s exterior. This will be completed prior to the return of our Ukirk Student Ministry programs in August, but may impact committees and groups making occasional use of the building during the summer.

Renovation of Choir Room Bathrooms

As you must agree, the bathrooms on the Choir Room level beneath the Sanctuary are in need of updating!

We will begin renovation work immediately, taking only one bathroom out of service at a time. The work will include new wall and floor coverings, installation of vanities, new lighting and ventilation units. We will remove the stall dividers since after the renovations, each bathroom will be designated for use by one person at a time and be accessible on a gender-neutral basis. The bathrooms will not be fully ADA handicapped-compliant due to space limitations, but will have accommodating features.

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

Litter Pick-up event

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On Saturday, March 31st from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon we will be partnering with the University of Virginia’s Facilities Management Office and the UVA student Environmental Club for a litter cleanup event of the area along the railroad right-of-way from the Culbreth Garage to the UVA Corner.  Our lower parking lot will be the site for the kick-off of the event and one of the collection sites as well. Please join members of our church Green Team in hosting a great group of UVA students whether you actually pick up litter on the slopes or hand-out water and trash bags to support the students!

“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

 

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