All kinds of exciting things are happening at FaithWestwood! For a full calendar of upcoming events, visit faithwestwood.com/FWCalendar

• The Way - Lenten Worship Series - Ash Wednesday, Feb 18 - Easter , April 5
• Scrip Fundraiser - ongoing; in the foyer or online
• CMS The Zone Drive - now through March 1
• Project EB - now through March 22
• Leah's Birthday Challenge & The Furniture Project Bed Pillow Drive - now through Lent
• Blessing Bags for Unhoused Community Members - now while supplies last
• Confirmation Mission Project - Supplies for Norris Elementary - now through March 31
• MidWeek Meals - Wednesday evenings, 5:30 - 6:30 pm, fellowship hall
• Student Ministry MidWeek - Wednesday evenings, 6:30 - 7:45 pm, student ministry large group room
• FaithWorks Pantry Upcoming Dates - Saturday, February 28, 10 am - 12 pm // Wednesday, March 11, 1-3 pm (for seniors by appointment; for appointment, email info@faithwestwood.com for appointment) // Thursday, March 12, 5 - 7 pm // Saturday, March 28, 10 am - 12 pm
• Hope & Healing Staff Prayer - Tuesday, March 3
• United Women in Faith March Meeting - Wednesday, March 4, 9 am, fellowship hall
• Poptarts & Pajamas in Sunday School - Sunday, March 8, 9 & 10:45 am
• Mystery Dessert Theater - POSTPONED until Fall.
• FaithLink - Sunday, March 15, 12 pm, fellowship hall
• Confirmation Sunday - Sunday, March 22. Students present both services; confirmed in the faith at 10:45 worship
• Faith45 Ministry for 4th & 5th Graders - Wednesdays, March 25 & April 29, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Children's Ministry large group room
• Holy Week - Palm Sunday, March 29 - Easter Sunday, April 5. faithwestwood.com/Easter
• The Petes' Easter Egg Fill-Off & Lunch - Palm Sunday, March 29, 12 noon, fellowship hall
• **Save the Date** Vacation Bible School (VBS) at FaithWestwood, June 7 - 11

• Saturday, February 28 - 10 am - 12 pm
• Wednesday, March 11, (seniors by appointment) - 1 - 3pm (email info@faithwestwood.com for appointment
• Thursday, March 12 - 5 - 7 pm
• Saturday, March 28 - 10 am - 12 pm

For more information about FaithWorks Pantry, please visit faithwestwood.com/faithworks-pantry

FaithWorks Pantry is an equal-opportunity provider.

Non-discrimination Statement 

Serve at the Pantry: Pick your task & your days -- as many or as few as you'd like. Two opportunities each month. Sign up at tinyurl.com/FWPantry

FaithWorks Pantry Giving Focus for March:

• Hygiene Items (feminine hygiene products, shampoo, bar soap, deodorant, toothpaste).
• NEW: Canned mandarine oranges & peaches
• Monetary donations are always appreciated!

FaithWestwood's FaithWorks Pantry are proud partners of Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue, Omaha's only dedicated food rescue service. To learn more about Saving Grace, please visit savinggracefoodrescue.org.

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  FaithWorks Pantry april dates

  Upcoming FaithWorks Pantry dates in April are:

  Saturday, April 26, 10 am - 12 pm

  Thursday, May 8, 5 - 7 pm

  Saturday, May 24, 10 am - 12 pm

  
  

  **NEW - Seniors only, by appointment only**

  Once a month, on the Wednesday before the Thursday pantry date

  This Month: Wednesday, May 7, 1-3 pm

  Call Brenda Bowers at the church office at 402-895-3394 to schedule.

  
  

  For more information about FaithWorks Pantry, please visit faithwestwood.com/faithworks-pantry

  
  

  FaithWorks Pantry is an equal-opportunity provider.

  Non-discrimination Statement 

  
  

  Would you like to serve at FaithWorks Pantry?
  Help in the Pantry: Pick your task & your days -- as many or as few as you'd like. Two opportunities each month.
  Sign up at tinyurl.com/FWPantry

  
  

  FaithWestwood's FaithWorks Pantry are proud partners of Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue, Omaha's only dedicated food rescue service. To learn more about Saving Grace, please visit savinggracefoodrescue.org.e, please visit

• savinggracefoodrescue.org.

FaithWestwood is helping our neighbors at Central Middle School restock The Zone, their in-school shop.

At The Zone, students can find clothing and personal items they might need, free of charge.

Now through Sunday, March 1, we are collecting new, unwrapped items from this list.

To help, please bring donations to the BLUE table in the foyer on Sundays or drop them off at the office during the week.

Each week, the staff members at FaithWestwood pray over your requests for prayer.

But on the first week of each month, they highlight this prayer time with the name Hope & Healing.

To Submit a Prayer Request

To submit a prayer request for the Hope & Healing Staff Prayer on March 3:

• Email your prayer request to prayers@faithwestwood.com, OR
• Text or call Caring Ministries Director Vikki O'Hara at 402-650-9489

Be sure to include your name in text or voicemail messages. Also indicate whether you would like your prayer held in confidence with the staff and prayer team and not shared with the congregation.

Prayer requests for this special prayer must be received by

Monday, March 2, 12 noon.

Wednesday, March 4, 9 am, fellowship hall

Join FaithWestwood's United Women in Faith for their March meeting. Enjoy a light breakfast, fellowship with the UWF, and a presentation from Nebraska Diaper Bank.

MidWeek Meals is a weekly opportunity for everyone to gather together for a meal and fellowship time!

Next MidWeek Meals: Wednesday, March 4, 5:30 pm, fellowship hall

Menu: chicken rice bake

(Menu subject to change without notice.)

Suggested donation of $3 for each meal.

Multi-meal punch cards are also available for personal use or donation.

For punch card questions: Email Pastor Cindi Stewart at cindi.stewart@faithwestwood.com.

For all other MidWeek Meal questions: Email Next Gen & Family Engagement Director Leah Dinoso at leah.dinoso@faithwestwood.com.

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  Midweek meals Wednesday Evenings

  MidWeek Meals is a weekly opportunity for everyone to gather together for a meal and fellowship time!

  
  

  Scheduling Note: NO MidWeek Meals, Ash Wednesday, February 18

  Come to the Pancake Party! 5:30 - 6:45 pm, Micah Center gym, first floor

  
  

  Next MidWeek Meals: Wednesday, February 25, 5:30 pm, fellowship hall

  Menu: sloppy joes

  (Menu subject to change without notice.)

  
  

  Suggested donation of $3 for each meal.

  Multi-meal punch cards are also available for personal use or donation.

  
  

  For punch card questions: Email Pastor Cindi Stewart at cindi.stewart@faithwestwood.com.

  For all other MidWeek Meal questions: Email Next Gen & Family Engagement Director Leah Dinoso at leah.dinoso@faithwestwood.com.ily Engagement Director Leah Dinoso at

• leah.dinoso@faithwestwood.com.

Traditionally, during Lent, Christians are encouraged to give up something as they prepare their hearts for Easter.

The 4% in 40 Days Challenge invites our church community to add something to their Lenten spiritual journey instead.

The Challenge

For those in our church family who filled out a 2026 FaithCommitment, you are invited to donate an amount equal to 4% of your FaithCommitment as part of your spiritual journey during Lent. Funds collected for the 4% challenge will support our Family Ministry and the four major outreach events we host each year - the Easter Eggstravaganza, Vacation Bible School, Trunk or Treat, and the Live Nativity.

To Participate

• Visit faithwestwood.com/about-us/give for more information.

Check out the updated GROW Catalog for 2026 to see descriptions and contacts for of all the different ministries, missions, and groups going on at FaithWestood. Watch for the latest update coming soon!

Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 8

Kids - Don't worry about that lost hour of sleep! Come to church in your PJs and have a tasty breakfast in Sunday School. 

Are you new to FaithWestwood? Then FaithLink is for YOU!

FaithLink is a lunchtime "pizza with the pastor" opportunity to learn more about this church, meet others, and if you want to, take the next steps to becoming a member/partner at FaithWestwood.

For information, contact Reverend Cindi Stewart at cindi.stewart@faithwestwood.com or call 402-895-3394

This year's Confirmation Class Mission Project is to Supply the School - Norris Elementary with facial tissue and school supplies for the rest of the year!

Now through March 31, stop by the tree display in the foyer and pick up a tag with suggested donations.

Information: Email Pastor Cindi at cindi.stewart@faithwestwood.com or Next Gen & Family Engagement Director Leah Dinoso at leah.dinoso@faithwestwood.com

And SAVE THE DATE!

Confirmation Sunday is Sunday, March 22. 

Students will be present at both the 9 & 10:45 am services and will be confirmed in the faith at the 10:45 am service.

Now through Lent! 

Ms. Leah's Annual Birthday Challenge and the Missions Committee are teaming up to collect NEW bed pillows for FaithWestwood's mission partners at The Furniture Project Omaha!

These pillows will be included with each bed that The Furniture Project delivers to individuals and families in need throughout our community.

To help, bring NEW bed pillows to the foyer on Sundays or the FW office during the week.

Information: Contact Next Gen & Family Engagement Director Leah Dinoso at leah.dinoso@faithwestwood.com.

We're sharing the many great reasons to purchase Scrip for your everyday and special shopping needs (and help FaithWestwood at the same time!)

UPDATE

Purchase Scrip cards to use when you buy pillows for Ms. Leah's Birthday Challenge!

Purchase Scrip cards to many of your favorite shopping locations at the green table in the foyer (between services on Sundays) or at raiseright.com, 

Other Ideas for SCRIP:

Wedding presents and other gifts, budget planning, vacation planning & travel, big purchases (appliances, etc) & MORE!

What is Scrip?

• Scrip is an on-going fundraiser for FaithWestwood. 
• Church family purchase Scrip cards from their favorite merchants for everyday purchases and gift-giving needs. 
• FaithWestwood earns a portion of each sale -- depending on the merchant, up to 20%! 
• Then, you use the entire value of the cards for your everyday shopping and gift-giving needs. 
• Choices include your favorite spots for general merchandise, pharmacy, gas, restaurants, coffee, home improvement, and more! 

How Do We Purchase Scrip? In-person & Online!

• Purchase physical cards between worship services on Sunday morning, at the GREEN table in the foyer. 
• Or, purchase digital cards at raiseright.com and/or download the RaiseRight app to your mobile phone from the app store.
• To get the unique enrollment code for FaithWestwood, check out your Monday FaithConnect email, Pastor Cindi's Thursday email, or email Brenda Bowers at brenda.bowers@faithwestwood.com

For questions or assistance with the app: Visit the GREEN table between services on Sunday mornings, or email Brenda at brenda.bowers@faithwestwood.com.

Introducing a new ministry of FaithWestwood

Fidget Blanket Ministry

A fidget blanket is a small lap blanket created for individuals living with dementia, memory loss, ADHD, or developmental disabilities. Each blanket includes a variety of safe textures and simple activities to provide comfort, engagement, and calming sensory stimulation.

These blankets will be donated to Mosaic, and Solutions Group members from FaithWestwood and the Omaha area.

Be a Part of This Ministry

If you are interested in creating with this ministry, please email Caring Ministries Director Vikki O'Hara at vikki.ohara@faithwestwood.com

During our 2025 Outside the Walls service event last September, one of our teams put together Blessing Bags to share with unhoused members of our community. 

During Lent, you are invited to pick up a Blessing Bag (or two) to keep in your vehicle until an opportunity arises to share one. The bags are located in the foyer - while supplies last.