Each year West Raleigh Presbyterian Church elects one class of elders who serve in a three-year rotation on the Session. The Session, along with the Board of Deacons, form the governing bodies of the church. The Session meets monthly and each meeting begins with a devotion led by one of the elders. Most years, the opening devotion has a theme, guiding question or prompt. This last year, the elders took turns sharing a book that has been formative to their life of faith. The l

At the January Session meeting, a step was taken to save lives in our community. The Session agreed to provide space on WRPC property, just below our Memorial Garden, for a “News of Hope” Naloxone Box, a refurbished newspaper box stocked with free boxes of Narcan and resource guides. Illuminate NC, a non-profit, believes recovery begins with connection. They provide life saving tools for harm reduction in Wake County, one of which is Narcan access. Narcan has been proven effe

Words from Emily Grant, curator of the Stand Together list serv Each month the Dismantling Racism Task Force sends Stand Together, a curated list of local events, books, podcasts & movies to help us learn, grow and celebrate the beautiful and complicated diversity of this community! In honor of Black History Month, we are sharing the February edition of Stand Together . If you would like to receive this monthly (sometimes more) email office@wrpc.org It's Been a Month... Be

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Below is a letter from the farmers and organizers of the Farm to Church CSA that WRPC has participated in for several years. I hope that...

As some of you might recall, back in February 2022, the Dismantling Racism Task Force (DRTF) released a series of blog postings entitled...

December 21 is winter solstice: the day with the fewest hours of sunlight – the night with the most hours of darkness. It is tempting to...