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Living Enthusiastically
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST July 13, 2025 PRELUDE: My Kind of Joy—based on Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” C. Ricker CALL TO WORSHIP: (Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, by Maya Angelou) One: Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn’t frighten me at all All: Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud Life doesn’t frighten me at…
Becoming Beautiful Icons
Liturgy for 7.6.25 (Experimental Eastern Orthodoxy + Communion) Cover image: Andrei Rublev’s Trinity Icon (early 15th century) The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom* (See note) Prelude, Procession of Holy Scripture, Lighting of Candles Mystic Flute— Alan Hovhaness One: Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and…
What Are Bodies For?
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST June 29, 2025 PRELUDE: Simple Gifts Shaker tune, arr. Robert Vandall CALL TO WORSHIP: (Adapted from A Liturgy For All Bodies) One: We who have gathered today, We are a multitude. All: Here in our joy and our pain, Here in sorrow and gratitude. One: Though we share a hope for the world, We are not the same.…
(En)gendering gladness
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST June 22, 2025 PRELUDE: Shall We Gather At The River arr. Mayo CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Friends, we gather today to affirm our baptisms. Through baptism we recognize and claim one another as kin in the family of Christ. We are…
On Fathers and Families
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE TRINITY SUNDAY & FATHER’S DAY June 15, 2025 PRELUDE: Faith Of Our Fathers by Keveren CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Listen! Listen for the voice of God, naming us all: Holy. Beloved. Cherished. Valued. All: We believe you delight in us! One: Make us people who recognize and proclaim your beauty and goodness in unexpected places.…
Faith as a Spirituality of Wholeness
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE PENTECOST SUNDAY June 8, 2025 PRELUDE: The Holy Ghost Jigs Thomas Keesecker (Lambillote/Veni Creator Spiritus/Trad. Irish) CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Friends, God’s Spirit gusts and circles, whips here and there at will, arrives and departs without asking. This is Mothering Spirit, who gives us birth. All: But we’ve already been…
Welcome To Your Weird, Wonderful Body
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE ASCENSION SUNDAY CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION June 1, 2025 PRELUDE: Embryons Desséchés: 2. D’edriophthalma Erik Satie CALL TO WORSHIP: One: How precious, how fragile, how short is life! Our lives are but a breath. All: The Divine brings us into being, weaves our lives together, and ushers us into eternal rest. One: Blessed are…
Joy That’s Deep and Wide
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EASTERTIDE May 25, 2025 PRELUDE: Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee John Purifoy CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 67) One: May God be gracious to us; May God bless us. All: We gather in worship, knowing God is here. One: May God’s face shine upon us. All: May God call us into the joyful work of creating peace. One: Let us…
Finding Hope In The Days of Climate Change
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EASTERTIDE May 18, 2025 (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am and then cross-posted here afterwards. If the video doesn’t load properly here, you should be able to click on the Watch on Facebook link and watch as a guest, even if you don’t have Facebook) PRELUDE: For the Fruits of All Creation …
Deep Rivers of Joy
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EASTERTIDE MOTHER’S DAY SUNDAY May 11, 2025 PRELUDE: For the Beauty of the Earth Mark Hayes CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Friends of Jesus, by his death we are forgiven and set free. All: Alleluia! One: By his rising we are filled with courage. All: Alleluia! One: By his love we find ourselves rejoicing. All: Alleluia! Thanks…