UPCOMING EVENTS
Hospitality Training Luncheon
If you volunteer with Hospitality at Westwood Church, we want to invite you
to attend a special Luncheon on April 28th following the morning service.
This will be a time to pray over this ministry that is growing in importance.
It will also be an opportunity to discuss next steps on how to become even more excellent at welcoming people to our church.
*** If you are on this team,
please mark your calendars and plan to be there.
It will be an important time together. ***
Membership Class
Are you a member at Westwood yet? Join us! Come to our next membership class to learn what it means and why it's important.
Men's Breakfast
We are continuing our discussion on Biblical Manhood. This is an awesome opportunity to get connected with a great group of guys and the food is not bad either. Like always, Breakfast is free, but we encourage a cash donation to cover our cost.
Ladies Retreat
A perfect time to RELAX, CONNECT, and WORSHIP! We have rented an enormous home in Kissimmee that sleeps 20 and has a pool. So bring your swimsuit ! The cost of this event is $135. This covers meals and lodging. Space is limited, so register early! A $50 deposit is required.
Prayer Night
Each month at Westwood, we set aside the third Thursday night of the month for a time of community prayer. We do this because we want prayer to be a priority in our congregation, because Jesus as our example was a man of prayer, and because we believe our power to go forth in the authority of Christ is linked directly to prayer.
1 John 5:14–15 (ESV)
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
We hope you will make plans to join us. It is our firm confidence, you will find this to be a time of refreshing and connection with others.
Baptism Service - Easter Sunday
This year, we will be celebrating Resurrection Sunday in a special way!
We will be having a baptism service on Easter Morning!
If you or a loved one would like to be baptized, please contact Jodi Puleikis at jpuleikis@westwoodchurch.com
Easter egg hunt
Bring your family, your friends, and you neighbors for this Easter Event!
Palm Sunday Seder
Westwood has a special opportunity to participate in a Seder experience led by Chosen People Ministries. We are so excited about this unique and memorable Palm Sunday! Come and join us!
Let's Paint
Following the Men’s Breakfast, we are painting the youth hallway. Bring your paint gear. Get a fantastic breakfast and then use that energy to get out hall painted!
Men's Breakfast
Join us as we continue to explore Biblical Manhood. If you are looking for an easy way to connect with other men at Westwood, this is it. Bring you're son’s, bring a friend. Friends don’t let friends miss Westwood men’s breakfast!
There is no cost for the breakfast, but you will be able to make a donation to offset the cost.
Register today so we know how many are coming!
Valentines Date Night
Let’s face it… Valentines day is hard.
Standing in the card isle for an eternity trying to find the perfect card. Are the grocery store flowers a bad move? How will you ever get dinner reservations? Don’t let the pressure get to you fellas! Take her to the Westwood Valentine’s Date Night and you will come off like a Romance Super Star!
If you went to this event last year, you already know how fun it was! If you missed it… well, don’t make that mistake again!
Here is how it works: We are encouraging men to make (or procure) your wive’s favorite dish. This is a potluck meal so bring some to share. The Church is providing drinks, and Olive Garden salad and bread sticks.
Register today to reserve your spot!
Coffee & Conversations
Women of Westwood, don't miss this chance to connect with other ladies in our community. Come to the next Coffee and Conversations at Auxm Coffee in Winter Garden.
Men's Breakfast
Join us for a morning of Breakfast, Brotherhood and encouragement! If you are looking for an easy way to connect with other men at Westwood, this is it. Bring you're son’s, bring a friend. Friends don’t let friends miss Westwood men’s breakfast!
Christmas by the Fire
Mark your calendars! It’s time for our annual Christmas get together around the fire pit. Come enjoy and outdoor move, Christmas Carols and Fellowship. Remember to bring your own lawn chair.
Christmas Decorating Workday
Consider giving some time to help Westwood get ready for the Christmas Season! We will be decking out the halls between 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Wednesday November 29th.
Come and give us a hand for as much time as you have to give.
Big Give Sunday
This is a wonderful opportunity to bless families from the Bridges program.
Come ready to serve as we celebrate the season of giving!
More details coming soon!
Everyday Evangelism is Back!
These sessions will equip and empower you to share the gospel easily and effectively in everyday contexts and conversations. If you are interested in participating, please stay after service on November 12th to learn more.
Special Event with John Cutts
Westwood will be hosting a special event for our fall Missions Emphasis.
John Cutts will be here November 4th at 6PM to share what it’s like to:
Grow up in “Moni Land”
Fly into unreachable jungle villages
Hike 3 days to tell lost tribes about Jesus
Evade rebel fighters
Start his organization, Village Heartbeat, with a million dollar donation from a gold & copper mining company.
Join us for a bonfire, authentically brewed Papua coffee, international foods, and a short film out on the church lawn about "Moving Mountains".
Don't miss it!
Westwood Missions Emphasis 2023
We will hear from Chialin Yu on Sunday, October 29th.
The following weekend, we will have having an evening event with John Cutts on November 4th starting at 6pm. John will preach on Sunday November 5th.
Prayer Night
We will be holding our monthly Prayer Night
on October 19th, 7pm, at Westwood Church.
Please come join us as we seek the Lord together.
Tailgate Cookout
Westwood will be hosting a Tailgate Party complete with good food,
streaming of a football game on a big screen TV,
some friendly competition, and
a chance to be a winner in the Westwood games!
Events begin at 4PM. Come and join the fun!
Youth Group Is Back!
If you are in 6th-12th grade, join us from 7-8:30 PM on Wednesday nights starting on August 16th! Can't wait to see you there!
Tom Flanders at Westwood
Westwood is proud to welcome Tom & Chris Flanders who will be sharing in our Sunday service on August 13th.
Tom & Chris have served in pastoral and district ministry for nearly thirty years, all with the Christian & Missionary Alliance. They began with Alliance Southeast in 2021. They are graduates of Nyack College. Tom completed his seminary education with Columbia International University & Chris completed her graduate degree at Binghamton University. They have been married for thirty-five years and are parents to three children. They are passionate about multiplying the local church and developing existing and emerging generations of leaders.
Bridges Back Pack Drive
Westwood has the privilege of serving families from Bridges by providing at least 30 backpacks this fall for children returning to school.
The church has committed to providing the backpacks.
Now, we need your help to FILL these backpacks with school supplies!
If you would like to partner with Westwood in this project, please use the supply list to contribute whatever you can.
Please bring all supplies to the church during business hours Tuesday- Friday, or bring them to church on Sunday August 6th.
***We will be collecting supplies until August 10th.***
Items Needed: #2 Pencils, Pencil Sharpener, Glue Sticks, Index Cards, Ruler, Tissues, Hand Sanitizer, Large Pink Eraser, Blunt tipped scissors, washable markers and / or crayons, pencil case, plastic pocket folders, wide-ruled spiral bound notebooks, blue pens , loose leaf wide ruled paper
Baptisms
We will have the opportunity for individuals to be baptized during our Sunday morning service on July 16th. Are you interested in being baptized? Baptism declares that you are a follower of Jesus Christ. It is a public confession of your faith in, and commitment to Jesus.
If you would like to sign up, or if you have questions about being baptized, click the link below.
Stellar Kids Camp
Do you have kids? Grandkids? Do you have friends who have kids or grandkids? Let them all know about Kids Church Camp at Westwood!
"Stellar" is going to be out of this world!
Pass on the QR code for registration information.
Go ahead and register today by clicking the Registration button today!
Church Work Day
On Saturday July 8th we will be having a church workday. Our primary goal is two fold. First we want to get everything set up for our Stellar Kid’s Camp. Seconds we have some yard work that will need to be done.
Are you able to come an lend us a hand? Register for this even and let us know you are coming.
Church Membership Classes
Westwood Church will be conducting New Members Class on July 2 and July 9 and receiving new members in our service on July 16th. Following Jesus is so much more than believing. It’s also about belonging.
Ephesians 2:19
19 That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building.
If you are interested in becoming a member at Westwood, let us know by registering today.
Night of Prayer
It is so important for us to be a praying church!
We love to seek the Lord together!
Join us for another night at the church on June 15th at 7PM
Coffee and Conversations
***Women of Westwood***
Coffee and Conversations will be meeting again on June 12th - 6:30pm
at Axum Coffee in Winter Garden. Come enjoy time together!
Connect Lunch
This event is for anyone interested in learning more about Westwood. We will be answering your questions, and discussing what it means to become an official member.
Whether membership is something you've been considering for a long time, or something you've never even thought about, we want to help clarify what it all means! Please consider attending this gathering on
April 16th following the morning service.
Men's Breakfast
Join us for a morning of Breakfast, Brotherhood and encouragement! If you are looking for an easy way to connect with other men at Westwood, this is it. Bring you're son’s, bring a friend. Friends don’t let friends miss Westwood men’s breakfast!
Prayer Meeting
In Matthew 18":19-20 Jesus gives an amazing promise. He says, “… if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” So Jesus says that believers who agree will have what they ask for when it is in accordance with the will of God and that He will be present with us when we pray together.
Please consider joining us on the third Thursday of each month at our Westwood prayer meeting. We start at 7:00 and look forward to seeing you there.