Sermons on John (Page 4)
The Source of Power We Must Now Find
Order of Worship Service—July 5, 11am— Independence Day Sunday (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: Many and Great—LACQUIPARLE, traditional Dakota melody; set by Nicholas Palmer CALL TO RENEW THE SOUL OF THE PEOPLE SING: Deportee, by Woody…
Ascend!—to Transcend—Our Dead Ends!
Worship Service Order—May 24, 11am—Ascension Sunday and Memorial Day Sunday (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: Sing Praise to God (Bohemian Brethren’s kirchengesange, 1566) -Roger Hellwege CALL TO WORSHIP: Call to return to our souls HYMN: Glory…
THE WAY!— is the way I am taking
Order of Worship Service—May 17, 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: The Unclouded Day—Josiah Kelley Alwood, arr. Joel Raney WELCOMING and CALL TO WORSHIP HYMN: Glory to God#339 Lift Every Voice and Sing CONFESSION OF SIN –by Dr King …
Resurrection No. 2 – Livestream Service and Bulletin
Westport Presbyterian Church Livestream Order of Worship Service—Easter 2, April 19 Gathering Music at 11am: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (RESIGNATION), Southern Harmony; set by C.E. Walz —-(Our services currently stream through Facebook-LIVE. I hope to have the live video attached here…
Living Inside the Easter Story
Westport Presbyterian Church Livestream Order of Worship—Easter April 12, 11am WELCOMING STATEMENT OPENING HYMN: Glory to God Hymnal #243 Be Not Afraid (sing twice) PRELUDE: That Easter Day with Joy was Bright, by Rudy Davenport RESPONSIVE EASTER CALL TO WORSHIP: Pastor: Another Easter is here. Imagine – another Easter beginning now, within us! I will let faith…
On Sabotaging Fear
Message #4 During Covid-19 Pandemic: On Sabotaging Fear Psalm 121; Matthew 6:25-34; Mark 6:46-51; 1 John 4:18 In last Sunday’s message, I challenged you to engage yourself bravely and wisely in a struggle to save the world—including your world—from what the peerless Chronicles of Narnia author C. S. Lewis called “enemy occupied territory”— in our case—territory that…
Woman At the Well
John 4:5-42 (And link for Neil’s Offeratory solo) People everywhere today need to be filled. At the same time people everywhere need to be emptied. We live in an uncertain moment of paradox— In which we require a spiritual process of deep filling— And intentional emptying— In the same moment!—an inner movement in seeming opposite directions. The process of…
Transluce>Transform>Transcend!
Transluce>Transform>Transcend! John 3:1-17, Romans 2:2 (6 helium balloons—2 purple(Lent), 2 green(life), 2 white(hope), are floating above a nearby pedestal. They are secured by a weight) Although there are multiple threats to a renewal of hope in humanity’s fortunes today, I believe that millions of people around the earth are seeking renewal—and even spiritual…