WELCOME to Westminster Church Online!

We are glad that you are here this morning. We hope this time of worship nurtures
your faith enlivens your spirit and engages your mind as we celebrate God’s
love and healing for the world with the resurrection of Christ, our Risen Lord.

Before you begin, remember to download and print the 02.07.21 – Bulletin

Then grab your Bible, a cup of tea or coffee, and prepare your heart for worship.

If this is your first Sunday with us, welcome! We’re glad you choose to worship with us.
Please take a moment to fill out the online Friendship Form and let us know.

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READ THE SERMON

February 7, 2021 – 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Rev. Denise Clark-Jones

“AWED AND PERPLEXED”

In this season of Epiphany, our scripture readings have focused on God’s revelations to humanity. Yet, these revelations still leave us with unsolvable mysteries. We marvel at the created world — the vastness, the beauty, the majesty, and complexity – and are filled with wonder. God’s power and wisdom are gloriously beyond our comprehension. Yet, we also long for intimacy with God. We want to experience God’s presence in a way that is up-close and personal, to feel we are not just a being swimming upstream in the river of humanity. Even when we have felt God’s presence in the past, or looked back on an unanswered prayer and realized God had blessed us with a better answer than we had hoped, in the midst of crisis our memories can become too short to sustain hope. In our relationship with God, our star of wonder can become hidden in the dark night of perplexity and doubt.  

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Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that
abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

“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.”