Westminster's Blog

The African Mission Committee is most grateful to all who made donations by November 5, 2017 and to all others who have pledged support during the fall fundraising season. With your help, Westminster has exceeded its $10,000 fundraising goal for African Family Night. The more than $11,000 raised will support the Westminster projects in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Thank you!

For the first time an African Family Night program:

• featured speakers from Asia,

• collected donations for survivors of a disastrous mudslide in Sierra Leone (one of most deadly African mudslides in decades), and

• raised enough money to fund fully three of the 11 Hope Mission...

“Oh man….do I HAVE to go to school today?”

It is certainly not unusual to hear this sentiment.  Perhaps you have even expressed it yourself?  In the United States, it is certainly easy to take for granted our access to a public education, ensuring that we learn the basic foundational blocks needed to be an independent, contributing member of society.

How quickly we also forget, basic education is NOT a given in many places around the world, including Ghana.

Mission Trip to Ghana: July 25 - August 9, 2016

A seven-member team from Westminster Church in Albany, New York will travel to Ghana on July 25 - August 9 to join with Rev. Josh Heikkila, PCUSA Mission co-...