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close with Dave Calhoun and John McCrea dashing to the phone to summon more loyal souls to the task of teaching at <strong>Westminster</strong>.” The two-session Sunday school which required double staffing contributed to the difficulty of obtaining sufficient teachers for many years. In 1966 the double schedule was evaluated with the conclusion that “the church school has and will have problems” but it was felt the double schedule was successful (there were two morning worship services at the time) and “we cannot go back to a single schedule.” Again in 1972, however, the desirability of having dual morning worship and Sunday school classes was studied by the Worship and Christian Education Committees with the resulting establishment, by Session action, of a single 10:15 am Sunday program beginning in October. This presented no problems and received many favorable comments upon implementation. In 1978 the Christian Education Committee led by Jan Thomas and the Session agreed to attempt a courageous step with a completely new set-up and time schedule for Sunday morning. In September, at the beginning of the fall season, worship was scheduled to start at 10 am with children through fourth grade attending with their families the first twenty minutes of the service. The children then were to depart during the singing of a hymn to their own junior worship service. Following morning worship, and a fifteen minute fellowship period, Sunday school classes for adults and children were to be conducted. This program, considered highly controversial and experimental when adopted with considerable apprehension, has been eminently successful due to careful planning, with topics and courses of exceptional interest to adults, as well as dedicated and skilled teachers and leaders. Adults have a christian education—49
choice of three study courses each of three terms throughout the year, while children beyond nursery level are taught the approved curriculum. In the fall of 1979 a church-wide Scripture memorization program was implemented. Booklets with Bible verses suitable for eight age levels were prepared and offered for memorization and recitation before “hearers” to any who voluntarily chose to be in the program. This has met a need for familiarizing all ages with knowledge of Bible passages essential to a well-informed Christian. Those who succeed in the memorization program are commended and recognized. Naming of church rooms by the Christian education department received much consideration several years ago. The Heritage Room, Geneva, Psalter, Celtic and Founders Rooms and John Knox, John Hus, Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Monteith Rooms, are primarily classrooms and all are signed with plastic name brackets. Other activities have complemented the Christian education programs at various times including the annual churchwide picnic, women’s weekly Bible study, summer family night suppers and movies, and numerous other events geared to ongoing and emerging interests. It appears that with the vitalizing of courses, the outstanding leadership of lay and professional people, and the enthusiastic participation by increasing numbers of our membership, the peak of effectiveness of the Christian education program has yet to reveal itself. 50—the first twenty-five years
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Page 14: Theology we have left to the theolo
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Page 25 and 26: day, January 11. A community open h
Page 27 and 28: A pastoral nominating committee con
Page 29 and 30: work of the church in our part of t
Page 31 and 32: month was out. Chairman MacDonald r
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Page 35 and 36: God moves in mysterious ways - and
Page 37 and 38: The formal dedication service was a
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Page 43 and 44: After maturity to self-support and
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Page 49: children invited to participate. Ex
Page 53 and 54: Good Scotsman Lloyd MacDonald, surr
Page 55 and 56: proofread”) in a new Church Recor
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Page 59 and 60: Assembly rules. In April 1957 a dra
Page 61 and 62: wedding and other receptions. These
Page 63 and 64: who have joined Westminster during
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Page 67 and 68: There are of course many loyal memb
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Page 71 and 72: Audio aids, installed in several fr
Page 73 and 74: of assistance. Volunteers staff the
Page 75 and 76: in St. Andrews Hall, and other proj
Page 77 and 78: oard of deacons in 1978 however, Se
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Page 83 and 84: gratitude. Our appreciation never w
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Page 89 and 90: leadership increased to meet the ne
Page 91 and 92: The Rev. Richard Miller was Westmin
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While the staff search committee wa
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In June 2000 a Vacation Bible Schoo
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Westminster teens sort food they co
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Adult Ministries The spiritual grow
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led the choir in the performance of
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sition she had held since the churc
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as arrangements for our choirs. In
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gregational input was needed. Dr. J
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quet - all concluding with a celebr
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the concrete beams for the main flo
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Stephen Murray speaks at dedication
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130—the story continues In 1998,
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132—the story continues A friends
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Kornfield (Brazil), Mark and Gwen P
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of adopting six needy area families
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The men have sponsored a Halloween
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The Session of 1986 gathers for a p
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Wherever the path leads, one consta
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1964 February 2 Pulpit declared vac
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