Just started going here about 4-5 months ago. Was going to another church before for about 20…read moreyears. Sermons are great and the kids really enjoy it. It also helps that they have kids church and the adults go to their own service.

It is one of the best churches I have ever gone to I love them there.I've been going there five…read moreyears now and I love it

I went here for a few years for my church camp. Hello to all who went…read more This is why it gets 5 star: 2 of the 3 years I went-- I ended up in the ER at a nearby Jefferson City hospital. And both times I missed the talent show, which is great for me, as I have no talent. My 3rd year I refused to practice a talent because I thought it would be going to the ER right before the talent show. Well I didn't and I ended up in some half-ass skit. ER trip 1... my 1st church camp experience. Well, almost everyone in my cabin would make fun of this kid (excluding me) until he went crazy. His shield: a pillow. His weapon: a can of Off (bug repellent). Spraying anyone who would come close. Our cabin needed a hero, or a fool as it came to be. I'm that fool. I just walk up to him, nothing covering me and use every line from the movies I can think of when they are calming the jumper down: "You don't want to do this. Think of the children." I'm about four feet from him and then he turns the can on me and sprays when I'm mid-word, mouth wide open-- Off strait in. I shallow every drop of that crap. (Note to self: change that line later) They rush me up to the main building, sit me down, send someone to get their car and tell me to drink water. Water sucks, lemonade is better I think and down goes the lemonade. Not the best idea. End up spending a few hours at the ER. Mother called. missed talent show. ER trip 2.) Hot summer day, just finished a swim when Darren (one of my brothers) decides to impress himself and start the ole game of towel whip. I take a couple cheap shots until he starts to get more into it and I know my only way of survival is running. Fast and Hard. My little legs start up and I have to run past Darren who's now getting encouraged to hurt his little brother. I'm in full run now, a few feet past Darren when he whips my kneecap right as I put all my weight on it, causing me to go down it some weird way. The gravel we were on would prove to be not the best thing to fall very hard onto. My right hand hit 1st, taking up a lot of little rocks into it. My right knee bounced off a bigger gravel piece and slid across several pieces before my face hit. Bye bye glasses. Luckily the blood from my hand and knee softened the blow to the face, which still opened my face some. The big cut was my knee. It was a gash really. Blood couldn't stop running down my entire body. Bye bye brother. I ran to my cabin, only after a few girls saw me, freaked out and ran to the camp director, who easily followed the trail of blood to get to me. Once again, that dude was called to take me to the hospital. Once again, I missed out on the talent show. So that's my talent. Talent show coming up? Watch how I get out of it.

I ALSO ended up in the ER with a 2-inch cut on my left knee. Courtesy of wet flip flops and the…read morewhite stones they used on the trails. Slipped, went to my knee, stood up and wondered why all the other kids were screaming. Counselors told me not to look at my knee, which of course, I did and saw the squirting blood that caused the reaction from the other kids. They then fireman carried me with a towel wrapped around my knee to the car and off we went to the hospital. I ALSO missed the talent show as a result. I almost ended up being admitted while waiting for a doctor because I was practicing my wheelies in the wheelchair and went back too far. Luckily, Smitty (my counselor, he managed a band called the Red Rockers, I still have their Schizophrenic Circus cassette tape) caught the handle six inches from the floor. That saved me from a concussion, at least, if not additional stitches on the back of my head. Only went one summer, I think it was 1984 but unsure. May have been 1985. Think of Rickman every time I see my scar on my knee, that and the friends I would love to reconnect with!

This is my church! I love the church family as well as the focus on mission work, both local and…read moreinternational! Great traditional and non-traditional services too! Come check us out and visit us soon!

This is arguably the nicest church to the eye and soul in Osage County, a small populace southeast…read moreof Jefferson City. Originally built in 1848, this Gothic-Romanesque building was constructed using area limestone and cottonstone. The central belfry steeple was added in 1883. As the first church in the area in the town now dubbed "The Pearl of Osage County," the Westphalia parishioners decided to remodel and enlarge in 1905 after another Osage County church was built to be larger. The interior lends it to being one of the most popular spot for weddings. The stained glass windows depict iconic saints with their symbols in addition to several statues and murals. The smooth off-white stone floor leads the eye beyond the rows of wooden pews to the alter. The white alter, lectern, and tabernacle have plated, decorative carvings. During weekend services, the gospel is read from the raised lectern on the right side so that all may see the priest who brings the word of God. The area rallies behind this church as being the local epicenter for Catholicism, not just for the aesthetics, but also for the many saintly relics and Catholic school on-site which sends its students to service one to two times during the school week. Limited parking is available on premise. People use the adjacent elementary school, baseball field, streets, and high school (a few blocks away) to attend service on Saturday and Sunday nights. There is a wheelchair entrance and parking on the side of the church that faces Main Street. The church also was the headquarters for the Jesuit Central Missouri Mission from 1838-1883 and has been a parish since then. The National Register of Historic Places added this place in 1972. To learn more about this region, please use the following links. - http://www.whs65085.org/ (Westphalia Historical Society) - http://osagecounty.org/ (Historical Society) - http://osagecountygov.com/ (Linn, MO) - http://www.visitosagecounty.org/ (Agritourism)

This is a nice, flat building chruch. The people here were very open to a single mother with 7…read morekids. We would go here when we weren't in Eldon. The pastor was a very nice man, but I think the one I'm talking about died years ago.