Sermons on Ephesians
God is Working God’s Purpose Out
Westport Presbyterian Church 1835 – present First Sunday of Christmas December 31, 2023 PRELUDE: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming; arr. Sowash OPENING HYMN: Mary and Joseph Came to the Temple GTG#148 ADVENT SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 2:21-40 LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH: Charles Gay & Jim Turner Leader: Today…
Jesus Christ entrusts his Love and Justice to Us to Carry On
Westport Presbyterian Church 1835 – present WESTPORT RISING WORSHIP SERVICE THANKSGIVING SUNDAY & BAPTISM RENEWAL SERVICE November 26, 2023 PRELUDE: Now Thank We All Our God (NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT) Larry Shackley CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS (from Psalm 95): Pastor: O Come, let us sing to the…
Juneteenth Is About Freedom from Slavery and It’s Legacies
Juneteenth Sunday and Father’s Day Sunday Westport Presbyterian Church June 18, 2023, 11:00 am (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am and then cross-posted here. If the video doesn’t load properly here, you should be able to click on the Watch on Facebook link and watch as a…
A New Word With an Timeless Truth!
Season of Pentecost! Season of Promise, Struggleand Growing Compassion! October 17, 2021 In Person and Online Services PRELUDE: For Me to Live Is Jesus— Johann Pachelbel UNISON CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS This is what compassion does: It challenges our assumptions! Our sense of self limitation! Our sense of being at the center of everything! Our lack of empathy for the…
Valuing Motherhood Post Pandemic
6th Sunday of Easter, Mother’s Day May 9, 2021, 11:00 am (Printable PDF) Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts. PRELUDE: Rêverie—Claude Debussy CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS (for some people, Mother’s Day is a hard day. If it’s that way for you, feel free to substitute Dad,…
Turning Trouble Into Power
Order of Worship Service, July 12, 11 am (printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Sonata in D major for two pianos, 4 hands, K. 448: Allegro con Spirito—W. A. Mozart; Neal Long and Emily Davidson, pianists CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS: “We begin with the…
A Mother’s Day
Order of Worship Service—Mother’s Day Sunday, May 10, 11am (printable PDF link) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Andante Cantabile in B Major Felix Mendelssohn WELCOMING and CALL TO WORSHIP HYMN: Hymn for Mothers Day – MELITA TIME OF SILENCE: for COVID-19 dead…