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Westover United Methodist Church
300 Powell Drive     Raleigh, North Carolina 27606-1317 USA
office (919) 851-4431
fax (919) 851-4433
 
westover300@bellsouth.net
 

Westover Staff
Rev. Johnnie Wright, Pastor

Robert Daniels, Director of Music Ministries, Organist
Becky Rogers, Secretary

Robert Simmons, Custodian

8:45 Contemporary Worship
11:00 Worship Service
9:45 Sunday Schools

Westover UMC

Community Invitations Winter 2009

Homecoming 2009
Rev. Jack Hunter


Nov 15, 11am combined worship services
Praise Team, 11am Singers, Youth Praise Team, PUSH Band

Covered Dish Meal follows

Revival
Rev. Linda Harris

Nov 16, 17 Monday and Tuesday 7pm
Guest Singers Henry Morgan and Al McConnell

 

International Each Saturday - Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
Each Sunday Montanard Worship Service 2pm
Zach Tree Singers
October

3.   Saturday Russian School 8:30am, Chess Tournament 11:00am-7:00pm           
*4.  World Communion Sunday (special offering)
         
      Holy Communion
           
      Cropwalk 2pm  
    
      Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
 
5.   UMW General Meeting 12:30pm – Wesley room (Sisters in Service hostess)
 
8.   Zach Tree 7pm – Wesley room
 
9.   Friday Night Pizza & Movie 6pm – Wesley room

10.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm   
      UMYF 5pm – Wesley room
11.  Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
13.  Sisters in Service 6pm – Builders room
14.  Silver Threads 12noon – Wesley room
16-25.  North Carolina State Fair
17.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
18.  Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
20.  Evangelism Committee Meeting 9:30am
       UMW Circles meet – Hope 9:30am – Builders room;         
        Irene Hamilton 9:45am - Wesley room; Susanna Wesley 12:00 noon
24.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
25.  Laity Sunday
       Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
31.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
       UMW Soup & Sandwich Kitchen 9:00am – Fellowship Hall

November

1.  Daylight Saving Time ends           
      All Saints Day
         
      Holy Communion
          
      Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
         
      All Saints Day Candlelight Service
             
2.    UMW Executive Board 1pm – Wesley room
             
4-7.  Fellowship Hall reserved for set up of Crafts and Bake Sale
             
7.    UMW Crafts & Bake Sale Fellowship Hall

       Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm              
8.   Veteran’s Day Observance

       Council On Ministries Planning Session for 2010 – 12:15pm Wesley room       (lunch for attendees and their family members – everyone shares in the cost)               Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
10.  Sisters in Service 6pm – Builders room
11.  Worship Committee Meeting 9:30am
       Silver Threads 12noon – Wesley room
12.  Zach Tree 7pm – Wesley room
13-15.  UMYF Pilgrimage
13.  Friday Night Pizza & Movie 6pm – Wesley room
14.  UMM Elect Officers for 2010 8:30am – Wesley room          
       Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm

15.  HOMECOMING 11am Rev. Jack Hunter           
       Sunday School 9:45am, Worship Service 11am
         
       Covered Dish Meal following Service
          
       Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
16-17. REVIVAL 7pm Rev. Linda Harris

17.  Evangelism Committee Meeting 9:30am
       UMW Circles meet – Hope 9:30am – Builders room;         
       Irene Hamilton 9:45am - Wesley room; Susanna Wesley 12:00 noon
           
21.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
           
22.  Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
         
       Finance Committee Meeting 2:30pm – Wesley room
           
       Community Thanksgiving Service
           
26.  Thanksgiving Day
           
28.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
          
       UMW Soup & Sandwich Kitchen 9:00am – Fellowship Hall
           
29.  First Sunday of Advent
           
      *   United Methodist Student Day (special offering)
                  
       Fifth Sunday Breakfast Wesley Class hosts – Wesley room
                          Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary             
       Hanging of the Greens & Children’s Program 5pm – reception afterwards

December

5.   Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm             
6.   Holy Communion          
         Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary             
7.   UMW Christmas Dinner 6pm (room reserved 2-10pm) – Wesley room             
8.   Sisters in Service 6pm – Builders room             
9.   Worship Committee Meeting 9:30am

      Silver Threads 12noon – Wesley room           
10.  Zach Tree Christmas Party 6:30pm – Wesley room
           
11.  Friday Night Pizza & Movie 6pm – Wesley room
           
12.  UMM Appreciation Breakfast & Installation of Officers for 2010 8:30am
              Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
       UMYF 5pm – Wesley room
13.  Christmas Cantata during 11am Service  
      Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary

      Caroling to Shut-ins 5pm (meet 4:45pm)
15.  Evangelism Committee Meeting 9:30am
       UMW Circles meet – Hope 9:30am – Builders room;           
       Irene Hamilton 9:45am - Wesley room; Susanna Wesley 12:00 noon

19.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
20.  Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
24.  Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5pm (Thursday)
25.  Christmas Day
26.  Saturday Russian School 8:30am-3:30pm
       UMW Soup & Sandwich Kitchen 9:00am – Fellowship Hall
27.  Montagnard worship service 2-4pm – Sanctuary
31.  Watch Night – New Year’s Eve (Thursday)

WEEKLY SCHEDULE       
Sundays

Sunday School classes for children, youth and adults, 9:45 am
Praise Team Practice 8:15am
Worship, Contemporary Service, 8:45 am- Fellowship Hall
Worship, Children's Church, Nursery, 11:00 am
Montanard Worship Service 2:00-4:00

Mondays  
Mon-Fri Church Office Hours, 9am-1pm
Tuesdays

Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, 7-8:30pm

Wednesdays Chancel Choir Practice, 5:30pm
Devotional/Prayer Gatherings, 7pm
Saturdays Russian School 8:30am
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For additional activites click on Special Events



  Stop Hunger Now
Stop Hunger Now

Our Vision:
To end hunger in our lifetime.

Our Mission: 
To provide food and life-saving aid to the world's most destitute and hungry in the most efficient, effective and sustainable manner.

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Westover UMC is in our second year of participating in the packaging of meals for Stop Hunger Now. Last year's event brought nearly 80 participants in packaging for this wonderful world-wide mission. January surpassed last year's goal.

Click HERE for more information on STOP HUNGER NOW


Westover's Global Ministry
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Our Sister Church in Brazil
For many years we have supported our missionaries to Brazil, George and June Megill, and continue to support and keep in contact with our sister church Engineiro Pedreira. This photo is of some of the church members, George Megill (in the suit) with his arm around Pastor Osmani, and wife June Megill in the center back. Our missionaries are now retired and we are very happy to have them living in Raleigh, North Carolina.

FEEDING THE HUNGRY

Westover is providing sandwiches and soup to the homeless in Moore Square, downtown Raleigh each month.
The United Methodist Women are organizing this mission, open to all helpers to prepare and distribute to shut-in
members and downtown homeless.


Zack Tree Ministry
(Group Homes)
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Westover's ministry to the mentally challenged and their families is the only one of its kind in the city of Raleigh. There is a worship service each month. We will soon be adding photos of the worship service, and news articles of this ministry. Please bookmark this page. For more information, please call (919) 851-4431 9:00am-12:00 EST.



 

Friday Night Pizza and Movie

For a fun diversion and great fellowship, we gather monthly to eat and to watch a good movie.

Children's Fellowship UMCF
Are you between 3 years old and 5th grade? If you are, we would LOVE to have you join UMCF. (United Methodist Children's Fellowship)

When do we meet? We meet once a quarter. Watch your newsletter for times/events. 

What do we do? We have lots of fun while learning of God's love for us!!! We have the Back-to-School Bash, pizza & movie night, play games, do crafts, take field trips (we have been to museums, bowling, putt-putt, a farm, etc.) and go Christmas caroling. We have dinner and lots of great fellowship together at our meetings. We have also done some service projects, like collecting toys & making goody bags for children at the hospital, baking cookies for Kairos Ministry, and collecting pet food for the SPCA.

How can you join in on the fun?- Just come to our meetings! We would love to have you!!! If you have any questions, please contact Theresa Weybrew or Fran McDonald.


Scouting Program

    Westover has active Brownie and Girls Scout programs, and Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs, with frequent weekend camping trips and other various outings.
    For more information on Cub Scouts, 851-4431
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Silver Threads

Westover hosts the monthly community luncheon and program for senior citizens.


United Methodist Men

The United Methodist Men of Westover UMC provide a dedicated ministry for building men spiritually and involving men in the total ministry of Westover. Membership is open to any man who desires to participate in the ministry of the church. There is a breakfast meeting and program on the second Saturday of each month at 8:30 am.

Two fund raisers each year (Fish Fry in May and September) make it possible for the men to support a variety of mission projects, such as the Raleigh Rescue Mission, Methodist Children's Home, Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network, Hospice, as well as projects within the church. For more information, please call the church office 919-851-4431.


United Methodist Women

The United Methodist Women of Westover UMC have a monthly general meeting on the first Monday night of each month at 7:00 pm. There are 3 Circle groups: 2-daytime and 1-night time that meet on the third Tuesday nights.

For more information call the church office 919-851-4431 or Jean Massengill, president,

Silver Threads

     The Silver Threads is the Community Senior Citizen group of the Westover community. The time of meetings are the second Wednesdays of each month at 12:00 noon in the Wesley Classroom.
     Each participant is to bring a sandwich to the meetings. Desserts and beverages are furnished.
     This group is a social one and invitations are extended to speakers to come to the meetings. Trips are also planned in subsequent months.

     If you are over 50+ of age, please join us. The Silver Threads will welcome you.


NC State Fairgrounds Food Booth

Many years now, Westover has operated a food booth at the annual NC State Fair, proceeds going to missions and church ministry. This is operated for ten consecutive days in October, and is located directly in front of the north entrance of Dorton Arena.

 

 

Montagnard Worship Services

The Degar (referred to by French colonists as Montagnard) are the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The term Montagnard means "mountain people" in French and is a carryover from the French colonial period in Vietnam. In Vietnamese, they are known by the term thượng (highlanders) - this term can also be applied to other minority ethnic groups in Vietnam). Thượng is the Vietnamese adaptation of the Chinese "Shang" (上). Montagnard was the term, typically shortened to "Yard", used by U.S. military personnel in the Central Highlands during the Vietnam War.

Outside of Vietnam, Greensboro, NC is the largest population og the Degar.

Westover hosts weekly Sunday afternoon worship services, and has supported three families to bring their family members to the U.S. and locate housing, schooling, and jobs.

RUSSIAN SCHOOL

Westover hosts Saturday schools for Russians, recently moved to Raleigh. The teachers instruct in English.

J.T. Locke Mentoring Program (City of Raleigh)

During the summer months, Westover is hosting the J.T. Locke Mentoring Program, sponsored by the City of Raleigh, for at-risk children and youth. The goal is to provide a daily structured, safe environment and supply breakfast and lunches.


How to Find Us
300 Powell Drive, Raleigh
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Westover United Methodist Church is located on 300 Powell Drive in West Raleigh,
outside the Beltline, near State Fairgrounds. Powell drive connects Hillsborough St.
and Western Boulevard. From Hillsborough St., turn at Burke Brothers Hardware;
from Western Blvd., turn at Holland Rent-All.

 

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