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Westminster-St. Paul’s welcomes you to worship, Sunday mornings at 10.30am.

As a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Westminster-St. Paul’s (WSP) is a church in the Reformed Tradition, which seeks to nurture people toward the development of a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ.

The minister, the Rev. Karla Wübbenhorst, is the one regularly involved in the preaching and sacramental ministry at Westminster-St. Paul’s.
Worship includes songs of praise, in styles both ancient and modern, and a focusing on needs in our community and in the wider world, which
needs are taken into the prayers of the People and into the Church’s programs of outreach.

The church is currently in the season of Lent, a 40-day period before Easter, set apart to remember Christ’s temptation in the wilderness and to deepen our own spiritual awareness, as we journey toward the cross and the resurrection.  The preaching since Advent has been exploring the gospel of Matthew, with a series on the sermon on the mount.  Our Lenten series continues with a look at the parables of Jesus from Matthew’s gospel.  (Check out the updates to the sermon archive).

During Lent the church is running a course in Christian Basics with a view to preparing new people for reception into membership at Easter.  (Click here for more information).  We are also looking forward to the Israeli night on April 1 when, after a three course Middle Eastern dinner, Rev. Karla will share a slide presentation of her recent visit to the Holy Land (Click here to see the poster). 

We hope to be purchasing a permanent sign for our church lawn this year, and ticket sales, at $15 for the Israeli night will be in support of this venture (advance ticket sales only – call the church).  Information will also be available at the Israeli night about an upcoming congregational pilgrimage to the Holy Land.  Planned for February 2012, this will be an exciting part of our congregational calendar for the year ahead. 

We are also happy to announce that our 2003 build (which we are still calling “the new addition”) is now completely paid off. 

We will be celebrating our debt-freedom at our anniversary service, this May 1^st.  The Guelph Male Choir will add their rich voices to our worship on that special Sunday. 

Apart from the above mentioned special programs and events, regular midweek programs at the church include the Toddler, Baby and Me group which meets from 9 till 11 Mondays and Thursdays in the church basement, Toddler, Baby and Me is open to parents and their pre-schoolers from our neighbourhood as well as the children of the congregation. Look for the Searching Questions bible study to recommence early in September.  This is a new group at Westminster-St. Paul’s, meeting alternate Tuesdays at 1pm, to which participants are invited to bring their questions.  Discussions so far have been lively and challenging.

The “Searching Questions” study group meets on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays of the month at 1pm (complementing our regular men’s and women’s bible studies which meet at 7.30am (men’s) and 9am (women’s) on the 2^nd and 4^th Wednesdays (men’s) and Thursdays (women’s) of the month).  The Searching Questions group has explored a wide range of topics from predestination to suicide to miracle healing, to whether we should laugh in church (Some of its studies are available online – click here).  The well-established Special Days ministry, which features a dinner and a devotional time, mostly aimed at seniors in our neighbourhood, takes place on the third Wednesday of the month (12 noon).  Many community groups including Brownies, Al-Anon, AA, TOPS, and the Guelph Male Choir make use of our facility on a nightly basis.

If you are in Guelph we warmly invite you to worship with us at Westminster-St. Paul’s. You will find rich, Christ-centered worship, and a friendly congregation, ready to chat with you at our after-worship coffee hour or monthly sandwich luncheon. Needs of the elderly, among others, are met by our fully accessible building and by the hearing assist system in the sanctuary. There is also ample parking in our paved lot, adjacent to the building.  A children’s programme and nursery are provided each week for your young ones.  We are a Christian community desiring to be a beautiful thing for God and a meaningful presence to those who live in our neighbourhood. Come, let us meet you!"

The Music 

Once a month, usually the second Sunday, the congregation gathers at about 10:15 am to sing hymns during the time prior to worship. 

The choir consists of some 12 voices.  Singers are welcome in every section.  Choir practice is on Thursdays at 7 pm in the sanctuary.