Lao Assistance Center Receives Support from Westminster Presbyterian Church

A big thanks to the Westminster Presbyterian Church who has agreed to sponsor the Lao Assistance Center for volunteer training in community advocacy for $1,000!

For nearly 150 years, Westminster Presbyterian Church has worked to fulfill its mission of serving as “a telling presence in the city.” At its founding in 1857, the congregation was a small gathering of eight people of Scotch, Irish and Welsh heritage. After raising $2,000, they built a church on Fourth Street in Minneapolis. The Westminster congregation grew rapidly, prompting the construction of a new, larger church on Seventh Street and Nicollet Avenue (now Nicollet Mall), which opened its doors in March 1883. Some twelve years later the building was heavily damaged by fire, forcing the congregation to move. Ground was broken in 1896 on the new site at the corner of Twelfth Street and Nicollet Avenue – Westminster’s current site – and the congregation began meeting for services at the present church in 1897.

We look forward to serving our communities and thank the Westminster Presbyterian Church for their support.