Sowing Seeds of Hope for a Better World

ALTERNATIVE GIFTS

Purchase Alternative Gifts year-round... for every special occasion when you might need a gift! Alternative gifts are life-giving gifts for perople in need around the world, given in honor of friends and family. We have catalogs and greeting cards available, and we can assist you in placing your order.  For more information, contact Lynda.

WORLD OF HOPE FAIR-TRADE GIFT SHOP

The World of Hope Fair-Trade Gift Shop, located in the Westminster Library, offers beautiful handcrafts from around the world.  Shoppers enjoy a delightful array of gift items, jewelry, textiles, books, toys, coffees, teas, food items, chocolate, and more, with new items arriving regularly.  Proceeds from the shop directly support the artisans and producers in developing nations around the world.  The Gift Shop is open on the second and fourth Sunday mornings of each month, and by appointment.  For more information, call 274-1534 or e-mail Lynda.

SISTER  COMMUNITIES – San  Francisco, El Salvador, and Szeged, Hungary

Westminster has formed partnerships with sister communities in El Salvador and Hungary.  These relationships provide the opportunity for life-changing annual mission trips to both countries, as well as long-term mission projects focusing on sustainable development, such as providing solar power, potable water, education, and building renovations. In the sumer of 2009, Westminster constructed a new church building in San Francisco, El Salvador.  Click here for more information.

KIDS AGAINST HUNGER PROGRAM

Westminster Church serves as a satellite location for “Kids Against Hunger,” a program that packages nutritionally balanced dried meals for the world’s hungry.  Throughout the year, Westminster groups – families, individuals, and all of our youth groups from our preschoolers to senior highs – participate in packaging events.  The dry ingredients are carefully measured, weighed, sealed and boxed for shipment to starving people around the world.

JAVA JIVE FAIR-TRADE COFFEE BAR

Visit our Java Jive Coffee Bar and enjoy a cup of delicious, freshly brewed Fair-Trade coffee, knowing that coffee-growers will benefit from your indulgence!  The Java Jive Coffee Bar, located in the Library, offers a variety of rich, tempting flavors of coffee (and tea), for only 60 cents per cup.  The coffee bar is open any time the building is open.

AND MORE...

Our outreach to the world also includes peacemaking efforts, disaster relief and assistance, global awareness, and more.

"We must not, in trying to think

about how we can make a difference,

ignore the small daily differences we can make,

which, over time, add up to big differences we cannot foresee."

Marian Wright Edelman