Sprouts Mural Making Night

5 p.m., Friday, January 9

Help create our very own children’s mural on large canvases to hang in the Sanctuary

Play games, eat dinner and end with a devotional Bible Story and song

Open to children grades K-5

Click here to register (and send the link to friends to register, too)

Click here for the Sprouts spring schedule

Sprouts Pizza Volunteers

Second Friday of the Month, beginning Friday, January 9

Offer dinner for the Sprouts by providing four large plain cheese pizzas

Have them delivered/drop them off in the WPC kitchen around 4:45 p.m.

Click here for details and to register

Phil La Borie Art Show Opening

4 p.m., Saturday, January 10

Plan to attend the official opening of Phil’s one-man art show, “The Land of the Giants,” at Swarthmore Borough Hall (121 Park Avenue)

Light refreshments will be served

Sponsored by Swarthmore Friends of the Arts

Continues through Friday, January 30

Baptism of the Lord

10 a.m., Sunday, January 11

Pastor Taylor Preaching

Scripture: Joshua 3:7-8, 11-17; Matthew 3:13-17

Breakfast Club

10 a.m., Sunday, January 11

Breakfast, games, discussion and fellowship

Open to grades 6-12

Meet in the Youth Room

Bellapalooza

3 p.m., Sunday, January 11

Ring in the New Year with bell choirs from local churches, including WPC and Swarthmore Presbyterian, and The Baldwin School. The groups will perform a mix of sacred and secular music, including some holiday favorites!

Suggested donation – $15

Benefitting Keep Music Alive, a non-profit that helps promote access to music education in Delaware County

Prime Time

noon, Tuesday, January 13

Listen to and sing along with the Legends Band (with our own Bud Fury on banjo and Diane Gerlach and Earl Varney on trombone)

The 20+ piece ensemble performs traditional Big Band to contemporary favorites

noon – lunch; 12:30 p.m. – program

W.O.W. (Women of Wallingford)

7 p.m., Sunday, January 14

Join for refreshments and a lesson led by Chris

WPC Day of Service

10 a.m.-noon, Monday, January 19

An inter-generational opportunity to benefit others
Package personal hygiene products for the Delco Domestic Abuse Project and Bridge Houses through CityTeam, weekend snacks for after-school club children at Chester Eastside and thank you cards/snacks for the Nether Providence Police Department/Garden City Fire Company

Youth Group Day of Service After Party

10 a.m.- 1 p.m., Monday, January 19

Volunteer for the WPC Day of Service, then stay after for a pizza party

Contact Pastor Taylor to register

Click here for the Youth Group spring schedule

Cakes of Soap

Beginning Sunday, January 4

Donate full-size cakes of soap for the WPC Day of Service

Place in bin outside the church office 

Continues through Sunday, January 18

Least Coin (Loose Change)

Look for the water jug in the Narthex (before church) and Fellowship Hall (during coffee hour) to deposit your “least coins” (loose change)

Continues through Sunday, January 18

BookLook

7:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 21

“In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution.” (Amazon)

Contact Walt to order – the cost is approximately $9.50

Doug Preaching

10 a.m., Sunday, January 25

Part of “The Pulpit Belongs to us All: Views from the Pews”

Annual Meeting

10 a.m., Sunday, January 25

Receive reports, review financial and benevolence statements, receive the 2026 budget and elect members of the Nominating Committee

Held at the close of worship

Movie Night “At the River”

6 p.m., Wednesday, January 28

Watch and discuss “At the River: Struggle and Grace in the Segregated South,” a film chronicling the actions of several Presbyterian ministers in the South who spoke out during the Civil Rights Era and the consequences of those actions

Pizza – 6 p.m.; movie – 6:15 p.m. 

Souper Bowl of Caring

10 a.m., Sunday, February 8

Bring a few cans of soup for the Red Wagon, then settle in for the game

Kids Café

11 a.m., Sunday, February 1

Kids – meet Pastor Taylor in the choir room for songs, games and refreshments

Open to children age four and older

Chapel Choir

9 a.m., Sunday February 8

Kids – meet in the choir room to practice “Shine Jesus Shine,” then sing it during the 10 a.m. service

Open to children age four and older

Breakfast Club

10 a.m., Sunday February 8

Breakfast, games and a devotional

Open to grades 6-12

Meet in the Youth Room

Sunday School Offering

Fish banks will be in each Sunday School room for children to bring an offering

For the spring, the money will be used to support summer campers at Chester Eastside

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle

Have some extra new/gently used kid’s toys and trinkets? Place them in (or take them from) the red baskets in the Narthex and hallway. The list includes:

Fidget toys, keychains, novelty pencils/erasers, crayons, squishies, birthday party bag trinkets, small notebooks, stickers, slap bracelets 

Office and Staff Hours

Main Office 

9 a.m.-3 p.m., Mon. – Fri. 

Pastor Taylor and staff – please email to contact

Fill the Red Wagon

WPC supports Chester Eastside, LifeWerks and Media Food Bank