The Westminster Benevolence Fund supports local benevolence causes, supplements general missions, and provides for special needs.

One Great Hour of Sharing (received on Easter Sunday) supports the Presbyterian Hunger Program, the Presbyterian Committee on Self-Development of People (an international ministry on behalf of the oppressed and disadvantaged), and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. For more information on how the money is used, see http://specialofferings.pcusa.org/oghs.

The Pentecost Offering supports programs for children at risk, youth, and young adults. The church keeps 40 percent of the offering to support its own programs for the young; the PCUSA uses its 60 percent to support national programs. For more information about how the offering is used, see www.pcusa.org/pentecost.

The Peacemaking Offering (received on World Communion Sunday, the first Sunday in October) supports peacemaking efforts. The congregation keeps 25 percent of the offering to use for local projects. For more on how the PCUSA uses its portion, see www.pcusa.org/peacemaking.

The Christmas Joy Offering (received the Sunday before Christmas) goes partly to the Board of Pensions, supporting its work on behalf of retired and active church workers. The other half supports education for students in minority groups.For more information please visit http://www.pensions.org/Available Resources/FeaturedArticles/Pages/Christmas-Joy-Offering-Continue-the-Tradition.aspx.

“As a newcomer to Westminster,  I’ve found it to be a most welcoming fellowship.  I look forward to going to services and events and find the warmth of the congregation to be most helpful to a newcomer to the entire area.  I find sermons challenging … music beautiful and well prepared … and a dignity in the worship that is all too lacking in most Protestant congregations.  Mix this with an open atmosphere where it is OK to question and still be seen as a good Christian, and I know I’ve found one important ‘home’ in Central Illinois.”