Meals for Central Iowa Shelter & Services

• Central Iowa Shelter & Services offers housing, meals, and services to those impacted by homelessness.

• Prepare and serve meals to feed approximately 250 people, including deserts made by a group of generous bakers at Westminster.

• Serving the Shelter Meals involves many groups at Westminster

Provide food for local elementary schools

• Local elementary schools provide breakfast and lunches that sometimes are the best source of nutrition for students. To help address hunger when not in school, the Buddies program provides food for the mid-school year holiday breaks.

  • Students are given bags of food items to provide a source of nourishment until the next week begins again.

  • In 2019 we were able to provide nearly 8500 bags to students at Edmunds, Morris, and Holy Family

  • Given COVID and school changes, we are currently providing food for Holy Family

Family Promise, helps homeless families achieve stable housing and income through compassionate care, hospitality and professional support.

• Provide in-kind donations of Day Care space, allowing for clients of Family Promise, families with children who are transitioning out of homelessness to have a safe space and coaching assistance in getting back on their feet

• Hosting overnight guests for a week twice a year, involving volunteers providing evening meals and overnight hosts

• Provide space for two additional host weeks for Holy Trinity Church

• Participate in the Family Promise Comfort Food Cook-Off Fundraiser in November

Cross Outreach

• Host Trivia Night and Silent Auction which raises funds to prevent homelessness and provide food and other basic survival needs to people in crisis

Adopt-A-Family

• provided gifts to five families identified from Family Promise and Monroe Elementary School

• 134 gifts were donated and delivered to the families

• Volunteers helped our Congregation make this year bright for these families

God’s Garden

• provides garden plots for 21 new American families

• Community gardening helps support refugee assimilation.

• Host a Harvest Dinner where dishes are prepared and shared

Monroe Elementary School

• WPC partners with our neighborhood elementary school providing support for their food pantry. 

• In the past prior to COVID, we have volunteered at their monthly Family Nights.

Westminster Summit Interns

• a scholarship program for students who provide community service and support in the summer.

The Gay-Lesbian-Straight Affirmation Group

• advocates for the inclusion and rights of those in the LGBTQ community.

• Participate in the Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth

• Represent Westminster at the Capital City Pride festival in June. Parade