On July 16, 2016, The Presbyterian Mission Agency featured Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles and Pastor Carlton Rhoden's views on embracing the community. "Los Angeles Pastor Explores Value of Community Connections Carlton Rhoden has challenging responsibilities as pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. Longtime residents of the inner city have witnessed an [...]
On June 21st, Pastor Rhoden, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, spoke at the General Assembly Compassion, Peace, and Justice dinner event. During this 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Pastor Rhoden called for support of the Urban Ministry. In an article by Bob Sloan on the pcusa.org site, Pastor Rhoden is [...]
On June 21, 2016, the PHEWA (Presbyterian Health Education and Welfare Association) Awards will take place at the General Assembly Compassion, Peace and Justice Dinner in Portland. At this prestigious affair, Rev. Carlton Rhoden, our very own Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, will be an honored speaker at the event. Presbyterian News [...]
Westminster’s Sound Technician, Joshua John Thigpen, recently moved to Ota, Japan, 50 miles north of Tokyo, to realize his dream of teaching English to elementary school children. The only child of Elder Pamela Thigpen, Joshua was born in 1986, was baptized and grew up at Westminster, having gone to Sunday school, vacation bible school and [...]
Who makes things anymore? How many craft people do you know? How many metal workers or tailors? We have truly become a consumer society. I lament the fact that people don’t make things anymore. The same can be said of our churches. We struggle in making disciples and making leaders. I feel that the church [...]
Are you ready to fly? I’m not sure if you ever look out of the windows of an airplane when you’re about to take off. I always find myself checking outside to get a glimpse of what is going on. I always wondered and recently learned what all those numbers and letters mean that sit [...]
It’s Official - The Grand Opening Commenced The beautiful newly renovated Leslie N. Shaw Park is officially opened and waiting to welcome the community. The grand opening was held on a beautiful sunny Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10:45 AM. To start the celebration, Mr. Douchette, from the neighborhood, led his New Orleans group with [...]
On Friday evening, December 19th, the Nu-Building Blocks day-care center had their annual Christmas program. This year the children sang and recited poetry to their family and friends. Santa can in on a hover board instead of a sleigh. The children received a special treat by getting gifts of colorful bicycles. There was much celebration [...]
On Saturday December 20th the 3rd Annual UNNC sponsored "A Kids Holiday" event, was a great success. Thank you to all who gave of their time. Thank you to all who gave toys. Thank you to all who made a monetary donation. We came together and made the UNNC sponsored 3rd Annual Kids Holiday event [...]
Christmas Songs at Westminster Presbyterian On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 6pm, three outstanding churches of the NBPC-SC ( National Black Presbyterian Caucus - Southern California) celebrated Christmas by singing Christmas songs and more. Churches in the program included Westminster Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, Community United Presbyterian Church, and First Presbyterian Church of Inglewood. [...]
