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Stories from Westminster, Joe and Robbin Miskell
We were married in the Catholic Church in Va. Beach. When we moved to Lynchburg after our wedding, we joined St. Thomas More in...

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Oct 4, 20241 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Julie Conner
I grew up going to church each Sunday in a Presbyterian church in West Virginia. My grandmother played the organ, and all of my family...

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Sep 12, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Judy and Ed Glover
The definition of generosity is the spirit and action of freely and frequently giving to others.

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Aug 22, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Sara Jordan
I grew up in Fishersville on a dairy farm. I attended St. James Lutheran where many of my mother’s family are members. Calvin and I moved...

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Jul 28, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Ed Crawford
COMING HOME I, like most everyone of my generation whose youth was in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s (baby boomers), grew up in a family where going...

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Jul 3, 20243 min read
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Stories from Westminster, River Cranford
I am extremely grateful for Westminster’s presence in my life over the past nine years. This community has allowed me to make lasting...

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Jun 20, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Terry Crow
If someone I didn’t know asked me to explain what generosity meant and whether or not I thought myself to be a generous person, I would...

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Mar 27, 20243 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Patricia Tuttle
Both Austin and I grew up in Allentown, PA. When David was one year old, we transferred to Rhode Island, then Richmond, VA and back To...

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Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Kathy Baker
Sustaining a Ministry of Excellence I have been going to a Presbyterian Church all my life. I attended Westminster for 10 years before...

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Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Neil Sagebiel
Maintaining Our Sacred Places I grew up in southern Indiana. I wasn’t just a church kid; I was a preacher’s kid, or a PK as people used...

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Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Lindsey Coyner
Ensuring Exceptional Music My story begins in the Spring of 1982. I was baptized on these red steps by Dr. Bland Dudley. I can still...

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Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Stories from Westminster, April Cranford
In the summer of 2011, I first served with Westminster Presbyterian Church in the beautiful hills of West Virginia through Summerlee...

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Aug 2, 20232 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Sally Sagebiel
When Neil and I relocated to Waynesboro almost five years ago, we began looking for a faith community. Since we met at a presbyterian...

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Jul 24, 20232 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Sue Krzastek
We began attending Westminster in 1997, searching specifically for a positive environment with an active youth program for our boys. We...

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Jul 12, 20232 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Cathy Waldorf
I grew up at Second Presbyterian Church in upstate New York, where my mom and dad taught Sunday School and dad was a Deacon. My older...

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Jul 4, 20232 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Rebecca Rider
Growing up in an evangelical church, money was talked about a lot. From my spot on the scratchy, padded pew, doodling rabbits on the back...

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Jun 28, 20232 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Jonathon Steck
Church of Choice If churches are like family, then Westminster started as my birth family. My grandparents, Jack and Toni Zimmer were...

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Jun 20, 20232 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Iris Birckner
I love Westminster because it feels like family. The sacred place is familiar, and the faithful people are caring and loving. I have...

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Jun 14, 20232 min read
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Stories from Westminster, Shirley Martin
A Perfect Home We retired in 2021 and moved to Waynesboro to be near our grandchildren. Having been raised in church and having served...

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Jun 13, 20232 min read
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