Food Drive

Due to the coronavirus epidemic the St. Louis Adventist Community Service Center is very low on food to give its clients. The food chain has been disrupted with both grocery stores and the St. Louis Food Bank unable to provide enough food to meet the increased demand. 

A Food Drive was organized where volunteers from our Church accepted donations on Friday, April 24 from 4 to 6 pm in the parking lot.  It was a “no Contact” event.  Donors just drove up, popped their trunk and the volunteers collected the donations.

Thank you for the nice response of nonperishable food, cleaning supplies, toilet paper, baby diapers, and any other personal hygiene items. 

West County Church Adopts a Highway

West County Church members Brad Cruse, Yun Hee Cruse, Paul Moore and Brian Clark clean the one-mile stretch of highway in Chesterfield, Missouri. (Photo: Mary Schwantes)

A one-mile stretch of Wildhorse Creek Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, is clean and beautiful thanks to the dedicated efforts of local church member Jason Matthews and a team of volunteers.

Jason appealed to the Department of Transportation for the St. Louis Metropolitan area two years ago and got permission for the West County Church to keep the area clean.

Through sleet and snow, heat and humidity you will find church members volunteering their Sunday mornings, getting their exercise in by cleaning up trash along the highway. Interesting items have been discovered such as a debit card (the owner was contacted and grateful for it being returned), coins, a socket wrench and an old rusty file cabinet with a family of opossum living in it (mother opossum wasn’t too happy to meet the crew—the filing cabinet was left in place for now).

This is a wonderful way to serve a community and share witness. Residents often thank the volunteers as they pass by.

West County Church Celebrates New Member

The West County Church's pastor and elders lay hands on Maya as a prayer of dedication is offered. (Photo submitted by Mary Schwantes)

On June 23 the West County Church in Chesterfield, Missouri celebrated the baptism of Maya Achieng.

Maya, who graduated from 8th grade at Hillcrest SDA school in May, is originally from Kenya. She came to Missouri with her parents, Irene and Kennedy.

Following the baptism, church elders laid hands on Maya as a prayer of dedication was offered.