Sermons from 2022 (Page 3)
Free Enough to Want a New Life
Westport Presbyterian In Person & Livestream Service July 31, 2021, 11:00 am (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am and then crossposted here) PRELUDE: Rejoice, the Lord Is King! (DARWALL’S 148th) — setting by Dan Forrest CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader: God is over all things, People: Under all things, Leader: Outside all things, People:…
Let’s Look Through the God Window!
In Person and Livestream Worship Services, July 24, 2022 (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am and then crossposted here) PRELUDE: Toccata on “Hyfrydol”—Joel Raney RESPONSIVE CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader: In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, People: Courage to…
A Turn in Another Direction!
In Person and Livestream Worship Services, July 17, 2022 (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am and then crossposted here) PRELUDE: Spirit—Manly RESPONSIVE CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader; We all live in the same house, People: We all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. Leader: When you see something that is…
Go Beyond the Mind You Now Have!
In Person and Livestream Worship Services, July 10, 2022 (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am and then crossposted here) PRELUDE: Come, Holy Ghost, with God the Son; Plainsong melody CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Pastor: It is through weakness and vulnerability that we learn empathy and compassion People: And discover our souls.…
React or Reflect
Order of Worship Service—July 3, 2022 11:00 am Independence Day Sunday (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. The video isn’t crossposting here properly, but just click on the “watch on facebook” option where the video should be and it will let you watch it without needing a facebook account) PRELUDE: Lift Every Voice and…
Get Out!— Before You Are Burned Out!
4th Sunday of Pentecost—Season of Holy Spirit Power June 26, 2022 11am PRELUDE: Voluntary for Flutes— John Stanley CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader: From Moses to Jesus, those who spoke truth to power, People: Those who refused to accept that injustice and inequality had to exist Leader: And that there was no better way People: Always found…
You Have to Have an Attitude to Live the Beatitudes
3rd Sunday of Pentecost—Father’s Day-Juneteenth Sunday June 19, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Summer Journey— Thomas Ediger, arr. for solo piano by Emily Davidson* *This was originally a duet. CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader: Jesus did not limit his ministry to the four walls of the church.…
Thin Places
2nd Sunday of Pentecost June 12, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (WESTMINSTER ABBEY), setting by Stan Pethel CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader: We cannot love God unless we love each other, People: And to love we must know each other. Leader: We know God in the breaking of bread People: And we know each other in the breaking of bread,…
A #Pentecost #HolySpiritDay Meditation
Pentecost Sunday—Celebration of Holy Communion June 5, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: In Christ Alone: Townend/Getty, arr. Lloyd Larson CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Pastor: All beings are words of God, God’s music, God’s art. People: Sacred books we are, For the infinite camps in our souls. Pastor: Every act reveals God and expands God’s being. I know that…
An Ascension Sunday Message
Memorial Day Sunday—Ascension Sunday—May 29, 2022 PRELUDE: Candles Burn in the Quiet Night—James Michael Stevens CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Memorial Day honoring of our beloved dead—school children, racist hate crime victims, veterans, war casualties, non-combatants the innocent of all nations, people who have given their lives in movements for equality, freedom and…