Sermons by Rev. Jared Witt
May Day, the Dignity of Labor, and Workers’ Rights
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EASTERTIDE OBSERVANCE OF MAY DAY – INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY April 26, 2026 PRELUDE: All Things Bright and Beautiful Rudy Davenport Today we welcome our friends and partners from the…
He Is Not Here
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE EASTER SUNDAY – CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION April 5, 2026 CHILDREN’S INTROIT: Easter Affirmation Harriet Willoughby CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Christ is risen! All: Alleluia! Christ is risen indeed! One: Rejoice and be glad: All: This is the day the Lord has made! One: Rejoice and be glad: All: God has turned our faces…
Healing as Belonging
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT March 22, 2026 PRELUDE: My Comfort by Day, My Song in the Night arr. G. Martin CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 130) One: Out of the depths we call to you, O Lord. All: Let your ears hear our supplication. One: We wait for you, O God. In your word is our hope. All: We wait for you, O Lord, for with you there is…
The Purpose of Prayer
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY February 8, 2026 PRELUDE: Wayfaring Stranger setting by David Gale CALL TO WORSHIP: Jennifer White, liturgist One: No matter how far from God we seem to be, All: We do not lose heart. One: No matter how many obstacles we face in life, All: We do not lose heart. One: No matter how hard it is to continually…
Always Traveling, Seldom Arriving
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY – CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION February 1, 2026 PRELUDE: He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought arr. L. Harmon CALL TO WORSHIP: (Sunday Poem, by Joanne Sunshower) One: I am moved grassy soil cools to prostrate myself as earthworm slowly moving full body and face as seed slowly sprouting resting on as blood…
Finding Delight When the World Is Ugly
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY January 25, 2026 PRELUDE: He Leadeth Me L. Harmon CALL TO WORSHIP: (Psalm 27:1) One: The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? All: The Lord is the stronghold of my life;…
Religion 2.0: Making the Shift to a New Kind of Faith
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SUNDAY January 18, 2026 CHORAL INTROIT: Give Me Jesus arr. Fleming CALL TO WORSHIP: One: God calls us here together —…
New Year’s Resolutions? Don’t Bother!
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE BAPTISM OF THE LORD SUNDAY January 11, 2026, 11am Video will stream LIVE on the church’s FB page on Sundays at 11am and the video will be cross-posted here afterward. PRELUDE: Air from Water Music Handel; arr. F. Ritter CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 148) Drew Irwin, liturgist One: The voice of the Lord is powerful and full of…
An Invitation to Joyful Simplicity
Westport Presbyterian Church 1835 – present Christmas Eve Candlelight Service December 24, 2025, 6PM at Westport Presbyterian WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE December 24, 2025 PRELUDE The White…
The Spirit, The Bond of Love
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST October 12, 2025 PRELUDE: All Creatures of Our God and King/This Is My Father’s World Arr. Gayle Tankersley CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 66) One: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth! All: We join with all creation, singing to the glory of God’s name.…