Tonight, Collegium Ladyes present Now We Are Free at WPC at 7pm! All are invited to this free performance of choral music by Zimmer, Purcell, Gjeilo, Quartel, Paulus, and more, with centering themes of nature, peace, dance, and freedom. A freewill offering will be accepted. Can't make the concert in person? It's being live streamed via our YouTube channel! Click below to watch.

Wauwatosa Presbyterian is blessed with facilities that continue to be a blessing to me, to our family of faith, and our community. Saints who have given generously and reliably over the years have provided us a firm foundation capable of supporting a bright future, perhaps our brightest yet. We seek to illuminate the places of this world needing the Light as evidenced both by our mission and by our plans for an updated sanctuary lighting system. We seek to expand our commitment of welcome and love by fostering a place where any and all of God's Children could call home. Currently we cannot claim as much. Yet the foundations given to us by previous generosity and generations have fostered a dream whereby a renovated Fellowship Hall stage becomes an accessible classroom and an updated storage space. While it is true that we cannot claim a place for all of God's children today, with your generosity and with the foundations provided for us, that claim will be no more in just a matter of tomorrows.

- Rev. Brett Swanson

The Building & Grounds Committee believes we can save energy and improve appearances (and our ability to control the lighting) by installing LED lights. An additional benefit is that the longer life of LED lights will reduce the number of times we need to rent a lift to replace bulbs. This would also be an opportunity to rationalize some of the older electrical fixtures in the Sanctuary and, possibly, to reconfigure the audio-visual system.

We are pushing forward with our COVID-delayed plans to create an accessible Fellowship Hall stage area and improve the efficiency and utility of sanctuary electrical, lighting, and sound systems. We will need volunteers willing to contribute brains and brawn to the Fellowship Hall and sanctuary projects – everything from design to demolition to decoration. Expect to hear more at the congregational meeting, not just about the funding part of this, but also about hands-on opportunities.

We are grateful our new HVAC has been installed - providing us, those who use our buildings and future generations with a comfortable place to worship and serve God. Other efforts, such as lighting in the Sanctuary and the renovation of the stage, will all be possible with the Capital Appeal. We have been blessed by those who came before us - laying the firm foundation for all of us. As we have always done at WPC, we are investing in and value not only our current church family, but those generations to come.

The forms below are needed to communicate with the church office about event needs and expense reimbursement. 

TODAY'S OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE IS CANCELED

Due to a strong chance of inclement weather during the service, we are canceling the MAY 23rd service.
We look forward to gathering in person on MAY 30th. 

Each school year, WPC has two scholarships that are available for members pursuing post-secondary education. The deadline for receipt of 2021-2022 applications is June 1, 2021. Applications are available online and in the church office. For further information, call the church office or contact Kathryn Wagner at klw13@albion.edu.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION >

WPC is teaming up with Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful (KGMB) to pick up trash in our communities. KGMB's service area is the Milwaukee River basin or all of southeast Wisconsin. The Mission Committee will be the coordinator working with KGMP for the 2021 Spring Blitz, thus giving our members a great deal of flexibility.  To participate:

1. Organize yourself into a safe small group; perhaps you will do your pick-up individually or as a family unit or among a "COVID safe" group. You may also want to reach out to your non-Presbyterian friends to help in this effort. Trash is non-denominational.
2. Sign up via email or phone with the church office (tosapres@tosapres.com or 414-774-5005) to have supplies ready when you drive up. Even if you do not require supplies, please notify the office to give us some idea of the number of participants.
3. Get your cleanup supplies on Saturday, April 24, at WPC from 9 am to noon. KGMB offers green buckets, trash bags, gloves, and a long-handled trash piker. The green bucket helps hold your trash, eliminating fighting with a plastic bag in the wind. When the bucket's full, transfer the contents to the plastic bag.
4. Since KGMB wants to document your success, please take a photo of your group with the bags you collected and email it to tosapres@tosapres.com. You might also share your success on social media.
   
5. You will have the entire week to do your trash pickup with the wrap-up on the following Saturday, May 1, from 9 am to Noon at WPC. You can deliver the trash bags to the church for disposal or dispose of them on your own. The Mission Committee will recognize the top trash collection group. How many bags will it take to come in first?

Please pick up trash wherever you find it across SE Wisconsin. One does not need to look very far to find many opportunities for trash pick up; parks, rivers, schools, neighborhoods, playground, etc. We all drive by places that have an annoying amount of trash. Now is our opportunity to make a difference.

During the summer, we offer a week of Vacation Bible School that is truly a labor of love for our church. We welcome children from three years old (diaper-free!) through those who just completed the 5th grade. Older kids and adults are encouraged to volunteer. Parents, grandparents, college kids home on break – everyone helps out to bring a week of fun, play, music and learning about Jesus to children of our church and the surrounding community. VBS is great fun no matter what your age! 

As is our tradition, we are celebrating this Christmas Eve with two services:
A Family Pageant and a Service of Lessons and Carols, which were pre-recorded and are available for you to incorporate into you celebrations at your convenience.  The videos for each are

Please join in singing the hymns!  Text for both services are provided here:

Hymns for Family Pageant

Hymns for Traditional Service

In addition, we are offering two LIVE events on the Zoom platform.  To join, go to zoom.us and enter the meeting information below.

4pm - Family Pageant Watch Party

Meeting ID: 831 9141 0034

Passcode: PAGEANT

8pm - Silent Night by Candlelight

Meeting ID: 867 4404 8895

Passcode: CANDLE