Mission Opportunities

December 15, 22

The Alternative Christmas Gift Market offers a different way to give gifts to friends and family while also giving to those in need. Nineteen non-profit agencies and WPC missions have provided “shopping lists” that offer gifts to enhance the quality and faith-based nature of gift-giving this holiday season. You can “purchase” gifts from the participating groups in honor of family members and friends.

Below are three of the mission organizations Westminster works closely with. To purchase a gift and learn about the other organizations in the market, please click the button below.

Alternative Christmas

Equal Chance for Education

Equal Chance for Education was founded on January 15, 2014 as a Tennessee Nonprofit organization by Michael Spalding M. D. after he saw a personal friend denied the opportunity for higher education because of her legal status. Melissa has lived in Nashville since she was 8 months old and successfully completed high school with outstanding academic records. After talking with her family about her situation, Dr. Spalding went to Nashville State, the local community college, to offer to pay for her first-year tuition. Upon telling the admissions counselor her name the tuition immediately jumped from $7000 for 2 years to $ 28,000. Upon researching further, Dr. Spalding realized that Melissa didn’t qualify for any sort of financial aid or student loans. She was denied in-state tuition to Tennessee universities and colleges even though Tennessee is the only home she has ever known.

Oasis Center

Oasis Center is a nationally recognized organization on a mission to help young people in Middle Tennessee move into happy, healthy, and productive adulthood. Every year, we engage more than 3,500 youth and families across a broad spectrum of programs and services designed to help them reach their full potential.

December 11, 17
Salvation Army Bell Ringers
12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Green Hills Kroger

History of the Red Kettle
In 1891, Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee was distraught because so many poor individuals in San Francisco were going hungry. During the holiday season, he resolved to provide a free Christmas dinner for the destitute and poverty-stricken. He only had one major hurdle to overcome -- funding the project.
Where would the money come from, he wondered. He lay awake nights, worrying, thinking, praying about how he could find the funds to fulfill his commitment of feeding 1,000 of the city's poorest individuals on Christmas Day. As he pondered the issue, his thoughts drifted back to his sailor days in Liverpool, England. He remembered how at Stage Landing, where the boats came in, there was a large, iron kettle called "Simpson's Pot" into which passers-by tossed a coin or two to help the poor.

The next day Captain McFee placed a similar pot at the Oakland Ferry Landing at the foot of Market Street. Beside the pot, he placed a sign that read, "Keep the Pot Boiling." He soon had the money to see that the needy people were properly fed at Christmas.

RSVP with Sherri Givens if you would like to stay for lunch. Cost $10.

Third - Fifth Grade Math Tutors Needed at Cockrill Elementary School

Math tutors are needed to help third - fifth graders starting in January. Training is provided. A background check is required.

Please contact Jennifer Anderson for details.

Tuesdays

Pottery

January 7-February 25

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

$50 per person

Limit: 8 participants

From hand-building to

glazing, create your

own pottery items with

the help of our fabulous

pottery team. Items are

microwavable, oven-safe, and dishwasher-safe.

Click here to register.

Tuesdays

Songwriting Class

Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4

10:00 a.m. - Noon

No fee

The Craft of a Nashville

Songwriter: This is a four-week

introduction led by Steve

Leslie.

Wednesdays

February 5, 12, 19, 26

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Limit 24 children

Each group will attend

two weeks of pottery and

two weeks of recreation

in the gym! Classes are

for K through 4th graders,

church members and

community friends.

Grandparents, bring your

grandchildren.

Click here to register.

Please click here for the latest in Joy in Learning news and class schedules.

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