history & Community
Serving on the West side of Indianapolis for over 60 years, Westview is a diverse congregation where all are welcome to worship, learn, fellowship with others, and be involved in mission.
Congregants come from various backgrounds, cultures, and religious traditions, including those with no previous connection to Christianity.
As a fellowship group, we are connected with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), which means we allow individual thought and ideas. No creedal statements or tests of faith are required for membership. We believe in God and claim Jesus Christ as our Guide and Lord.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN WORSHIP
We have a friendly style of worship that includes prayers, music, scripture reading, reflection, sharing opportunities for fellowship and service, and sharing the Lord’s Supper. LARGE PRINT BULLETINS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
IS THERE A DRESS CODE?
Our dress code is summed up as "Be Yourself." Some people choose to dress up, while others dress casually. Wear whatever makes you comfortable.
WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR MY CHILDREN?
We encourage children to be a part of the worshipping community. In addition to a “Children's Moment” (aka “children's sermon”) during the service, we encourage children to actively participate in the worship service as they are comfortable. Children may serve as acolytes (lighting candles), junior deacons (assisting in passing the offering plates and communion trays), and junior worship leaders (reading scripture and prayers). We also provide coloring and activity pages for younger children. Many of our members welcome the opportunity to serve as “adopted” aunts, uncles, or grandparents to sit with your family and help keep your children quietly entertained so you can nurture your own spiritual health. (COMING SOON! We are in the process of creating a Prayground for our worship space. This will be a space designed for children to worship God through art and play while in the same worship space as their family.)
Our Open and Affirming Mission
Believing in the love of God, as exemplified by the life of Jesus the Christ, Westview Christian Church, as part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), openly welcomes everyone and excludes no one, just as Christ welcomes all who seek His loving, saving grace. We openly invite persons of all ages, races, genders, nationalities and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations or identities, physical and/or mental abilities, and all who have experienced a feeling of being separated in a previous spiritual home. We are a safe, ADA, nurturing community of believers, who learn, worship, and partake of Holy Communion together, while discovering our God given gifts and showing God’s compassionate love through generous outreach to the neediest of God’s children. We confess that we are not perfect, but trust in the enduring mercy, grace and love of God’s forgiveness and the compassion of Westview’s caring community.
Silver chalice MINISTRY
Silver Chalice Ministry is a program dedicated to support and celebrate older adults (65+). We lift up the wisdom, gifts, and needs of aging members through intentional programming and care.
