You are invited to Holy Week @ FaithWestwood!

4814 Oaks Lane, Omaha, NE, 68137

Through this important journey from Palm Sunday through Easter, FaithWestwood offers many opportunities to participate in worship, service, and study.

Easter Sunday Worship - Sunday, April 5 at 9 & 10:45 am, in person & online

For a complete schedule of worship and events, visit faithwestwood.com/Easter

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 - February 18 - Easter Sunday, April 5
• Scrip Fundraiser - ongoing; in the foyer or online
• Never-ending Yarn Drive - ongoing
• 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
• Easter Mums - Sponsor a mum for Easter now through March 30
• 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
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• Blanketed with Prayer Blessing - Sunday, March 15 at 9 & 10:45 am
• FaithLink - POSTPONED to Sunday, April 19 at 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 at 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Children's Ministry large group room
• FaithWorks Pantry Upcoming Dates - Saturday, March 28 from 10 am - 12 pm; Wednesday, April 8 from 1 - 3 pm; Thursday, April 9 from 5 - 7 pm; Saturday, April 25 from 10 am - 12 pm.
• Solutions Group - Saturday, March 28, 10 am, fellowship hall
• Holy Week - Palm Sunday, March 29 - Easter Sunday, April 5. faithwestwood.com/Easter
• The Petes' Easter Egg Fill-Off & Lunch - Palm Sunday, March 29 at 12 noon, fellowship hall
• Maundy Thursday Soup & Salad Potluck & Worship - Thursday, April 2 at 5:30 pm, fellowship hall. Worship 7 pm, worship center.
• Easter Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt - Saturday, April 4 at 10 am, Oaks Park (across from FaithWestwood).
• Easter Sunday Worship - Sunday, April 5 at 9 & 10:45 am, in person & online faithwestwood.com/Easter
• **Save the Date** Vacation Bible School (VBS) at FaithWestwood, June 7 - 11

***Schedule Change*** The meeting of FaithLink that was originally scheduled for Sunday, March 15, has been postponed to Sunday, April 19, 12 pm, fellowship hall.

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

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.

• 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).
• Most Needed: 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

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

Next MidWeek Meals: Wednesday, March 18, 5:30 pm, fellowship hall

Menu: ramen lasagna

(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.

Project EB (Easter Basket) is back!

Pick up an empty Easter basket from the orange Family Ministry table in the foyer and bring it back filled with books, small toys, and other gifts.

(A suggested list is provided with each basket.)

Please return filled baskets to the foyer or the FW office by Sunday, March 22.

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

Sunday, March 22, 9 & 10:45

You are invited to celebrate Confirmation with our students! 

Confirmands will be the message at both the 9 & 10:45 am services as they answer questions from Pastor Cindi and Ms. Leah about their faith and their Confirmation experience. 

Then, they will be confirmed in the faith at the 10:45 am service.

Their personal Confirmation projects will be on display before and between services in the foyer. 

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. 

Next Meeting: Saturday, March 28 at 10 am, fellowship hall

Whether your loved one is at home or in a care facility, a Solutions Group helps participants deal with the challenges of being a family caregiver.

Discussion led by Nancy Flaherty, MS, CDP.
No charge. Drop-ins welcome.

Information: Contact Caring Ministries Director Vikki O’Hara
at 402-650-9489 or at vikki.ohara@faithwestwood.com 

Palm Sunday, March 29, 12 noon

fellowship hall

Come have lunch with The Petes and then see which Pete's team can fill the most plastic eggs with candy for our Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt in April!

FaithWestwood Family - The Petes Need Eggs & Candy!

Donate empty plastic eggs and bags of small candy at the ORANGE table in the foyer on Sunday or drop off at the FW office during the week.

Sponsor a Colorful Mum for Easter Worship!

Fill Easter worship with color, honor a loved one, and support FaithWorks Pantry!

FaithWestwood Family - 

For information and to sponsor a mum, visit the LAVENDER table in the foyer on Sunday or check your Monday FaithConnect email.

Deadline to include loved ones' names in the published list is March 30.

Thursday, April 2

Soup & Salad Potluck - 5:30 - 6:45 pm, fellowship hall

Worship - 7 pm, in person & online, worship center

You are invited to gather and worship with FaithWestwood on Maundy Thursday.

The word "Maundy" comes from the Latin mandatum, meaning "commandment." As part of Holy Week, Maundy Thursday is when Christians remember the night Jesus washed his disciples' feet and commanded them to love each other as he had loved them.

THE PETES INVITE YOU to FaithWestwood's Easter Eggstravaganza!

Saturday, April 4, 10 am, Oaks Park

(across from FaithWestwood, 4814 Oaks Lane, Omaha)

We'll have thousands of eggs, LOADS of candy, prizes, and yummy breakfast burritoes, too!

Bring your friends -- it's going to be an exciting morning, and we can't wait to meet you!

FaithWestwood Family - to volunteer at this event, sign up at the ORANGE table in the foyer on Sunday, or sign up here.

FaithWestwood's Blanketed with Prayer Ministry create thousands of prayer shawls, prayer blankets, baby afghans, hats, scarves, and other handcrafted items to distribute to the FaithWestwood family and throughout the entire community.

• For flyer with more information, click or tap here.

Blanketed with Prayer is for You to Share Too!

• Racks with white gift bags containing prayer shawls, prayer blankets, and baby afghans in are located in the foyer and inside the west entrance of FaithWestwood. Please take these items at any time to be gifted to friends, neighbors, and family members who are welcoming a new baby or are facing an illness, hospitalization, grief, or other challenge. It's free, and as the shelves empty, Blanketed with Prayer will refill them.

How Can I Help? The Never-Ending Yarn Drive

• Check your closets, ask a friend, keep an eye out at thrift stores and garage sales.
• Any color, any amount -- as long as it's yarn, it will be put to good use by Blanketed with Prayer. NEW is not necessary!
• Drop off scrap and leftover yarn any time of day in the labeled bin located inside the west entrance of FaithWestwood. 

Volunteer Information

For more information about Blanketed with Prayer and how you can participate in this ministry, contact Vikki O’Hara, Caring Ministries Director, at vikki.ohara@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 plastic eggs and candy for The Petes' Easter Egg Fill-Off and the Easter Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt!

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.

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.

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.

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!