Tag: west central

So after much discussion and planning, the ministry has been re-branded as The West Central Abbey.

The third annual West Central Festival of the Arts, Oct. 3-5, will feature more than 15 neighborhood artists featuring paintings, music, sculptures and other projects.

On a personal level, my small church is struggling to work more lean and still go about the ministry we wish to do in light of declining funds. The neighborhood around us is both booming and hurting.

The sight of broccoli brought a look of joy to Naomi Sulpizio’s face. At her lunch table, the 3-year-old dunked the florets in ranch sauce and left smears of white on her cheek as she gobbled each piece.

A few Fridays ago, at 4:30 in the afternoon, about 10 of us — board members and volunteers — gathered at West Central Episcopal Mission to perform a cleansing and blessing of our several properties, buildings and land that had been home to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church for over 100 years. It was not a good day to be late.

About a dozen artists are showing paintings, quilts and sculptures as part of the West Central Festival of the Arts at Salem Lutheran Church, at 1428 W. Broadway Ave.