Never mind. I figured it out.

Here is what caused the problem: a child page under any page causes the Related Pages widget to appear. Are you using any child pages as drop down menu items?

Thanks for the help with this. It removed the 2 posts and replaced them with my test page.

However, I now have something I don't want:
On the right sidebar, on the Home page only, I now have an extra widget, "Related Pages", with the page "Missions" (my test page)under it.
Do you have an idea of how to get rid of the unwanted widget? Am curious why it does that on the home page only.
Thank you.

Got it. Here's the answer for anyone looking to achieve text on the welcome page:

To remove the blog posts under the feature slider:
Open up "index.php" and remove the entire "homeBlog" and "homeNews" div.

To add content from a page in its place, add this code:

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("page_id=29"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Make sure you update with the correct "page_id"

Thank you Molitor! It really is a lovely theme!

--Donna

Anything is possible ;-)

I recommend doing a search in the WordPress forums for details: http://wordpress.org/support/

Hi, I just purchased your theme from ThemeForest and LOVE IT!

I was able to delete the two posts under the featured slider but what I would like there instead is content from a page. Is this possible to do?

Thanks!