Westminster Presbyterian Church, Alexandria Va

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passages are Genesis 30:22-24 and 35:16-21, Jeremiah 31:15-17, and Matthew 2:16-18.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Genesis 29:15-30.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Matthew 16:13-20.

Rev. Olivia Patterson preaches on the Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time. The Scripture passages are Matthew 16:22-26 and Romans 12:14-17, 20-21.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Genesis 28: 10-22.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Genesis 25:19-23.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Genesis 24:15-21, 62-67.

Rev. Dr. Jacob Bolton preaches on the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Genesis 32:22-31.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Genesis 22:1-14.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Genesis 21:9-21.

Rev. Larry Hayward preaches on the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture lesson is Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7.

Rev. Olivia Patterson preaches on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Matthew 10:26-36.

Rev. Patrick Hunnicutt preaches on the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Philemon 1:1-10.

Rev. Dr. Jacob Bolton preaches on the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage is Matthew 13:54-55.

In June 2022, Westminster member Melynda Dovel Wilcox wrote a report on behalf of our Therefore Project, chronicling Westminster’s history relative to race, which has since been turned into this book. Dr. Cliff Johnson grew up in Columbus, Georgia, steeped in the racism of the Jim Crow era. But as a young pastor of a new Presbyterian church just outside the nation's capital, he felt called by his faith in the 1950s and 1960s to overcome the legacy of his upbringing. He embarked on a personal journey toward greater racial understanding, and through his deeply personal and honest sermons, invited his congregation to join him. One member of Cliff's congregation, Connie Ring, would play a key role in fighting back against Virginia's "Massive Resistance" to the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision declaring that separate was inherently unequal. Together, Cliff and Connie showed that it was not only possible for individuals to acknowledge and conquer their own prejudices, but also imperative for achievi

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture lesson is Genesis 11:27-32; 12:1-4.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Scripture passage was Genesis 1:26-31.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on Pentecost Sunday. The Scripture passages are Genesis 1:1-5 and John 20:19-23.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Seventh Sunday of Easter. The Scripture passage is Deuteronomy 26:4-11.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. The Scripture lesson is selections from Luke 24.