OK Westminster – I have TONS of information to share with you. All of it is important so I hope you can take a few minutes to read it all…
- Buran and I received emails from an agency called the Ugandan Orphans – Childcare Worldwide program. The children arrived in the United States in July and are touring the Eastern US over the next several months. They would love to perform their choir concert to our congregation. The concert will be held on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. just before Ministry Team night. A love offering will be collected to help support their traveling expenses. If you want to know more about the agency, go to their website. www.childcareworldwide.org/choir.
- Tubing in Townsend: Come One – Come All! We will meet at Westminster at 9 a.m. this Saturday morning to travel to Townsend. The cost is estimated at $9 each. Please let Tim Crais or Leslie Rotella know if you would like to join them. Sounds like a lot of fun!
- Habitat Project: This Saturday we are looking for 10 volunteers to help with the ongoing Habitat for Humanity build at 1103 England Drive in South Knoxville (Vestal area). Together with Central Baptist Bearden, we will be placing vinyl siding. Work will begin at 7:30 AM and hopefully we complete in the early afternoon or sooner. The roof is on and the interior walls are up, so progress is being made. Please consider adding some of your time and talents to this outreach to the community. For more information or to sign up send email to wpc.habitat@gmail.com
- Nurturing: I just received a phone call from Carlene Robinson. Her brother, Ronald West, passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday. She asks for prayers. She is making funeral arrangements to be held near his home in Roane County.
Hugs,
Renee Wiesehuegel
I love teaching 3rd and 4th grade Sunday school. I find it is an age where children are beginning to have the ability to discuss topics and form their own opinions. I love watching children discover what the world looks like through their eyes.
Hello, my name is Debbie Babelay. This year I have the wonderful opportunity of teaching the 2-3 year olds in our Sunday School program. They are all precious to me. We have fun learning about God’s love and how each of us is a special child of God. I look forward to their smiling faces each Sunday morning. This is my 3rd year teaching in the Sunday School program. I have also worked with vacation bible school.
I have known Westminster my entire life! I grew up in the church since birth. My faith is rooted in so many wonderful experiences at Westminster such as going on trips with Choristers, Montreat, and a Mission experience to Mexico. I went to college in Alabama at Birmingham-Southern. After college, I lived in Birmingham where I worked in sales. I met and married my husband Wiley there. Jim Carter (former Westminster minister) married us at Independent Presbyterian in Birmingham. Wiley’s career has taken us to New Mexico and Arkansas, and now back to Knoxville. We have been here since 2011. We have 3 children, Ella (11), Grant (7), and Walker (5). I work as the Assistant Director of the preschool at Central Baptist which allows me to have a similar schedule to my children. My favorite job is being their Mom!
Bio: Junior at the University of Tennessee 
I am a senior at UTK majoring in Global Studies with a focus in Economics. I am currently in the process of apply to graduate school for CSP. I love to be outdoors and travel. I also work as an Resident Assistant at Volunteer Hall on campus and enjoy babysitting and baking.
My name is Malena D’Alessandro and I’m a junior studying marketing at the University of Tennessee. I’m originally from south east Michigan where I attended high school at Oxford High School. I am currently part of Spring Sports Ambassadors, Volunteer Team and Best Buddies at UT.