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Mission Opportunities

If you need a ride to your polling place, please call the church office, 615-292-5526.

The Chapel and Sanctuary are open for those who need to pray during this election season.

November 6

Wednesday Night Dinner

5:30 p.m.

Westminster Café

We hope you will join us for food from Brown Bag Catering (chili, baked potatoes, salad and pizza for kids).

Cost:

$10 per person like usual. $40 family max.

Theme:

Making Thanksgiving Trees to take home. See the pic below for an example.

Contact Ashley Higgins, ahiggins@nashvillewpc.org, for more info. Click the button below to register.

Dinner Reservations

We are working with Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Asheville, NC. They have provided a list of needed items for area residents who need support. If you can bring something by Westminster, please do.

We will accept donations through November 6.

With the weather getting cooler, please remember items to keep folks warm. Links are provided for many items below if you would like to order and send to WPC. Our address is 3900 West End Avenue, Nashville, 37214.

Collection for Helene Survivors in Western NC:

Sub Zero Sleeping Bags
Handwarmers
Canned Food
Gluten-Free Canned Food

Please NO CLOTHES

Gift Cards: Walmart, Sam's Club, Target, Ingles (in any amount)

We have volunteer opportunities with our Matthew 25 partnership with Glencliff Presbyterian Church and their food pantry, Nueva Vida located at 416 E. Thompson Lane 37211.

The most immediate need is for help unloading delivery trucks on Monday and Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m. This is a perfect volunteer project for retirees or folks with a flexible work schedule in good physical shape because there is some lifting involved, but we always share the load! We are usually done with this shift by noon.

We are grateful for Westminster's help these past years and are doing fine for Saturday volunteers. We are also grateful for the wonderful women from Westminster who have stepped up to cover the current bread collection shifts from around the city. During the winter months when many of our clients are not able to work, we may add a food distribution day during the week and will let Westminster know our needs when those dates and times are confirmed.

Please contact Ralph Wheeler for more info.

James Lawson High School has some volunteer opportunities. Please contact Jackie Shrago if you can help with any of the following:

Math tutoring – as needed for small group sessions
Incentive days- 1-2 volunteers to host &

Assist in passing out small ‘rewards’

AVID – small group ‘problem solving’
Other needs- often pop up where 1-2 volunteers help

Staying Warm This Winter

Students at JLHS wear hoodies during the winter. If you would like to provide a hoodie for a teen who doesn't have one, please drop one off at the church or order below and send it to the church, WPC, 3900 West End, Nashville, 37205. Neutral colors work best. We need sizes small through XXXL. Underwear is also needed. See link to purchase below.

Click here to order a male hoodie.

Click here to order a female hoodie.

Weekly stocking of a refrigerator located outside the JL High School

Families experience a slowdown in hourly wages due to weather.

The Refrigerator ‘outside’ the school offers easy items for students to pick up & carry home in their back-pack:

half-gallons of milk
1 lb. packages of ground beef or turkey
dozen eggs
sliced bread
jars of spaghetti sauce
boxes of spaghetti noodles

If you can volunteer weekly at the Family Resource Room, helping to receive parents and sort donations, please email Jackie Shrago or text 615-310-3285 with questions or specific areas where you can help.

If you would like to help a struggling family with unexpected expenses, please purchase a $25 gift card and bring it to the office in an envelope marked Jackie Shrago.

We have 1500 students in our two schools & 4000 in the HERO program.

Room In The Inn
Begins November 13

There is a distinct feel of fall in the air and very cold weather is around the corner. We are excited and solemn about the Room Inn The Inn fall/winter feeding and sheltering program at Westminster – excited because serving together is uplifting and solemn because serving in this ministry can be outside the comfort zone of some of our members yet engaging more members in this ministry is an important opportunity where the impact can span generations.

Room In The Inn resumes at Westminster November 13, 2024 with many opportunities for engagement for singles, families, or small groups Wednesday nights through March 26, 2025. We have many great opportunities to spend time with Westminster friends and 14 homeless male neighbors.

RITI Opportunities

Drive A Bus

Bus Drivers are responsible for safely

transporting youth to and from PTM. Driving

shifts vary from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. each weekday. Bus driving experience is required, but a CDL is not required to drive their buses.

If you, or someone you know,

would like to volunteer or are looking for a

part-time job, please email Amber,amber@prestontaylorministries.org, if you are

interested!

November 6, 8

Fleece Blanket Cutting

Wednesdays and Fridays

9:00 - 11:00 a.m. • Westminster Café

Fleece Blanket fringe cutting returns! If you can cut, we can use you! We will prepare 80 blankets for our middle school refugee friends and hope to have them ready before it gets cold! Sign up here to let us know when you are coming!

December 6

Refugees and the Road

to Citizenship

10:00 a.m. to Noon

Come join Chris

Lovingood, Executive

Director of Nations

Ministry, as he shares

the knowledge and

experiences he’s gained

over many years of serving

as Executive Director.

Please click here to RSVP.

Generosity 2025 Pledge

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