Shared Ministry at Westwood
Westwood is deeply committed to 'Shared Ministry' - where the work of the congregation is
balanced between members, friends, staff and professional leadership.
Ministry at Westwood is more verb than noun - with the emphasis on how we live out
our beliefs and commitments.
Shared ministry is NOT just how we conduct Sunday morning services. Ministry means service, and we serve each other in many ways
at Westwood.
Learning from the insights, skills and gifts of all who participate,
we aim to honour diverse perspectives and strengthen our understanding of a meaning-filled life.
Read the Covenant of Right Relations for Westwood.
Minister
The Reverend Anne Barker is Westwood's minister.
Lay Chaplains
Westwood's lay chaplains serve the Edmonton community by performing
weddings, memorial
services and other ceremonies. Currently, our lay chaplain
is Colette Orieux.
Westwood is looking for a second lay chaplain -
more info.
Campus minister
The University of Alberta Chaplains Association has a Unitarian campus minister.
Members & Friends
What does it mean to be a member or friend of Westwood? Read more.
Board
Our board of trustees works together with the minister to provide direction and stewardship.
Volunteers and Committees
Westwood is only possible through the help of many volunteers and the work of several committees.
Administration
Looking for the office administrator or the webmaster? Need an email alias? Right here!
A Poem about Shared Ministry
Ministry is all that we do - together
by Gordon McKeeman
Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity -
beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant,
reverent relationships, and carries forward our heritage of hope and liberation.
Ministry is what we do together as we celebrate
triumphs of our human spirit
Miracles of birth and life
Wonders of devotion and sacrifice.
Ministry is what we do together - with one another -
in terror and torment - in grief, in misery and pain,
enabling us in the presence of death to say yes to life.
We who minister speak and live the best we know
with full knowledge
that it is never quite enough
And yet are reassured
by lostness found
fragments reunited, wounds healed
and joy shared.
Ministry is what we all do - together.