Some FAQs

Objective: A church-wide worship, spiritual growth, and fellowship opportunity to encourage us to return and re-engage to be renewed and restored. Worship, testimonies, teaching and fellowship will serve as the means of this time of Refreshing. 

Premise: The ancient Israelites lived with sacred rhythms of days, weeks, months and years. These spiritual disciplines served as a reminder to constantly return to the Lord in worship and prayer, thanksgiving and petition. In the same way, we seek to observe weekly, monthly, and
yearly celebrations that serve to remind us to return and be restored by the Lord.

We will have family dinners on Friday and Saturday evenings with worship led by our praise team and Jim Branch sharing with us from God’s Word. Jim will also lead an exercise in the practice of silence, solitude, and Scripture on Saturday morning. Volunteers are needed for set-up and clean-up as well. Please contact the church office if you are interested in helping. Please register at our website so we can plan adequately.

Everyone will be invited to dinner!  Our main sessions will have everyone together in the sanctuary and then we will dismiss K-5th grades to a special children's program.   Of course, all ages are welcome in the sanctuary as we worship God and are challenged to grow together. 

Even though registration is closed, please contact the church office if you're interested in dinner.  But there's no registration needed to attend the program in the sanctuary.   

Jesus invites each of us into a different kind of life - one where we live in step with the Spirit and bring his light into every shadow and dark corner.  In this life, we rejoice and live in true freedom from sin and its effects on our world.  Please pray for this invitation to be heard and received.  

Pray that many will hear the invitation and say "yes" to Jesus and join him in his unique way of life.  And that here - at Westminster - we will be a "home" for healing and an "outpost" for spiritual supplies as we are daily sent into our community. 

Pray that our church experiences renewal and that each member of our community connects deeply with Jesus, his message, and his special community at Westminster. 

Pray that small groups form and begin growing together.  

Pray for families and marriages and God's work to bring unity, peace, and purpose in them.  

John and Laura have been serving in Christian ministry for more than 30 years and have a lifetime of wisdom and giftedness to bring to Westminster.   

Though he retired from full-time ministry in 2019, John continues to bring his pastoral leadership to leaders and church communities around the country.  He served as senior pastor in Edina, Minnesota, and more recently served as a transition partner for Menlo Park Church.  We are also grateful that John joined with several others to help form ECO, our denomination home that began in 2012.  

Laura Crosby's passion is inspiring joyful, creative connection to Jesus and others. She counts it pure joy to have spent years speaking at events of all kinds, leading groups - from large scale retreats to cozy dinners around her
dining room table, and creating sacred spaces for others to meet and engage with Jesus.

We've invited the Crosbys to be with us for REFRESH knowing that they will be helpful guides in our pursuit to "choose replenishing rhythms in a draining world."