EVANGELISM NEWS AND UPDATES:

The Evangelism Committee met on January 10, 2012 to discuss plans for the new year.  Westminster is a healthy church and the new service continues to be a success.  Five new families joined the church in the past month. Four of the five attend the contemporary service.  There is a need to advertise/market all of what we are doing at Westminster.  We are looking into ways we can market ourselves to Greenwood.

There are plans for an evangelism study sometime later in 2012.  Starting Ash Wednesday, six weeks of Vespers services will take place on Wednesday nights.  Six different members of the congregation who are preachers will lead one of the services.

The McCormick Prison Christmas Dinner was yet again a success.  Westminster provided the chicken which was purchased at a low cost from Lander University.  Many volunteers participated and there was plenty of food to go around.  The prison chaplain sent a letter out that included the four scheduled services for 2012.  Van Taylor can be contacted for more details.

The Good News Club continues to grow and now has 35 children participating.  Sixteen members of our congregation have made the commitment to take part in 2012.  George Park has done a great job leading this ministry. 

The Christmas Child Shoe Box ministry collected approximately 125 boxes just from Westminster per Connie Dailey.  We will have updates later in the year on ministries such as Live After Five, Communiversity, and Card-Craft.

The Lord has blessed us and it is good we are able to give back to the community and spread his word.