Sermons from 2022 (Page 5)

Sermons from 2022 (Page 5)

I Learn To Give

Westport Presbyterian Church 3rd Sunday of Lent March 20, 2022, 11:00 am  PRELUDE: The Spiritual Sailor (from The Sacred Harp): setting by James Boeringer CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader:       Jesus did not limit his ministry to the four walls of the church. People:      Jesus was out there fighting injustice and speaking truth to power every single day. Leader:      …

Givers and Takers

2nd Sunday of Lent Called by Jesus to—Love with abandon! Stand up for justice! Be healed ourselves! March 13 , 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Sonata  in F minor, L. 174–Domenico Scarlatti CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Pastor:      What brings you joy? People:     What slows you down? Pastor:      What gives you hope? People:     What makes you think? Pastor:      What invites you…

Our World Faces Great Temptations

First Sunday of Lent   March 6, 2022, 11:00 am   PRELUDE: It Is Well with My Soul—Phillip Bliss, arr. Rogers/Price CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Pastor:        I don’t know how our ancestors walked their troubles and trials down. People:       I don’t know how they stood their ground. Pastor:        I don’t know how they survived Wars, Slavery, Depression, Sorrow. People:…

Living Under This Tension

Westport Presbyterian Church Season of Epiphanies! Realizations! Serendipities! Surprise Appearances! Sudden Awakenings! February 27, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Sonata “Fred the Cat”: IV. Andante—Alan Hovhaness UNISON CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Earth, our home,  rising above its moon,delights and inspires everyone who sees it from space.Against intense cosmic black,the blue…

Fools for Christ!

Westport Presbyterian Church Appearances and Sudden Awakenings! February 20, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Standing In the Need of Prayer— arr. Robert Vandall CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS     Leader:       Jesus did not limit his ministry to the four walls of the church. People:      Jesus was out there fighting injustice and speaking truth to power every single day.…

The Sermon on the Mount Plain

Season of Epiphanies! Realizations! Serendipities! Surprise Appearances and Sudden Awakenings!    February 13, 2022, 11:00 am    PRELUDE: Adoration—Florence Price CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader:       You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able  to solve the…

Feeling Deeply Depressed? Go Deeper to Stay Buoyant!

Epiphany Season Celebration—Westport Presbyterian Church January 30, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Song Without Words in E-flat major, op. 30, no. 1-Felix Menselssohn CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader:          For stars guiding and doves descending! People:         For epiphanies glad surprising!…

An Epiphany Not Everyone Wants to Have !

Epiphany Season Celebration—Westport Presbyterian Church January 23, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Siyahamba/Thuma Mina (“Send Me, Jesus”)—arr. Mark Sedio CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Leader:        For stars guiding and doves descending! People:       For epiphanies glad surprising! Leader         For skies circling and streams singing! People:       For four leggeds talking…

Martin Luther King Celebration Service

Epiphany #2—Martin Luther King Celebration Service   January 16, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: There Is a Balm in Gilead—setting, Bradley Sowash CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Pastor:       A man went forth with gifts. People:     He was a prose poem. Pastor:       He was a tragic grace. People:     He was a warm music. Pastor:       He tried to heal the vivid volcanoes. People   …