Happy Monday Westminster! Only 19 more days until we get to celebrate the birthday of our sweet Savior! The Advent music shared last Tuesday set the tone for my advent season. I appreciate our choir members who give of their time and talent so freely! I had the joy of sitting behind Julia yesterday at worship. What a gift she gave me when she heard the congregation sing the refrain of Angels We Have Heard on High. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we would respond to God’s calling with her kind of response??? Amazing stuff could be done! She was smiling from ear to ear and enjoying singing. The love that she gives us so freely is a lesson to be learned.
Speaking of wonderful music – the Children’s Christmas Service will be held on Sunday afternoon, December 12, at 5:00, followed by the Youth Christmas Drama “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” Participating in the service will be the Boys’, Chancel, and Girls’ Choirs and the Westminster Choristers singing traditional carols arranged by David Willcocks and Peter Van Eenam as well as music by Guillaume Costeley and Eric Whitacre. I hope you are making plans to attend both programs.
Other items of interest:
- Foyer groups shuffle in January. What an awesome thing Sue Murrian started here years ago! They are a great way to make new friends or renew old friendships at WPC. Please call Sue (524-5638) or email her (suebobintn@aol.com) to join a group, drop out for a while, or with questions.
- Bell Ringers are needed for our Salvation Army station: the shifts that still need to be filled are: Friday (10) from 10 to noon, and 2 to 4 and then on Monday (13th) noon to 2 and 2 to 4. Please email me back if you can take a shift(s) and I’ll sign you up.
- FISH deliveries are this Thursday: I can’t even begin to tell you how many phone calls we get daily here for food and utility payments. FISH is a great ministry here in Knoxville. To volunteer to make deliveries – call Barbara Wilkinson (300-8845). She will pair you up with someone to deliver some bags of groceries.
If there are any of you who have some extra time on your hands this coming Friday – I will most likely need some extra hands to prepare the bulletin, the program for the Children’s Christmas Service, as well as the Christmas drama program. I will know better as to what time that volunteers are needed as I get closer to Friday.
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.