Sermons from 2023 (Page 4)
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…
PRIDE is stronger than Extremism!
Open and Affirming Sunday—Celebrating LGBTQ people during PRIDE Month—Westport Presbyterian Church June 11, 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 because Facebook decides to object to the hymns again, you should be able to click on the Watch on Facebook link and watch…
Take Me to the Water
Trinity Sunday Celebration of Holy Communion & Holy Community Westport Presbyterian Church—June 4, 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 guest, even if you don’t have Facebook) PRELUDE:…
The Holy Spirit is a Supernatural Superstar Who Lost Her Shoes!
Pentecost Sunday& Memorial Day Sunday— Celebrating the Movement and Power of the Holy Spirit! May 28, 2023, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Siyahamba—Zulu melody, arr. Marianne Kim RESPONSIVE CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Pastor: Wind who makes all winds that blow, Quartet: Gusts that bend the saplings low,…
Ascend! Transcend! Becoming a Soul God Sends!
Ascension of the Lord Sunday May 21, 2023, 11:00 am (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am, but D’s on vacation this weekend so I’m not sure if it’ll get cross-posted here as church starts) Te Deum Laudamus (“We praise you, God”) – Ben Shahn, great social realist artist, 1898-1969, born in Russia PRELUDE: Voluntary —John Stanley…
Mothering We All Desperately Need
4th Sunday of Easter, Mother’s Day May 14, 2023, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Sonata in E major, K. 380—Domenico Scarlatti RESPONSIVE CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS: (Pastor: regular font—People: bold font—we will go slowly so roses can be placed in vases to honor mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, mothering women, the Mothering God) Mom, Mommy, Mama, Mother, Mami, Mum, Madre, Maman,…
Illuminated Insights: The Lord’s Prayer
5th Sunday of Easter—Celebration of Holy Communion! Westport Presbyterian Church—May 7, 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 guest, even if you don’t have Facebook) PRELUDE: Coro—from Water…
Choir Sunday: A Message Via Readings & Congregational Singing
4TH Sunday of Easter –Westport Presbyterian Church April 30, 2023, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Praeludium and Allegro—Fritz Kreisler, Luke Gilmore, violin UNISON CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS IN WORSHIP We all live in the same house, We all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see…
The Healing of Earth and Sky
Earth Day Sunday—3rd Sunday of Easter April 23, 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 guest, even if you don’t have Facebook) PRELUDE: Imagine—words and music by John Lennon, arr. Glenda Austin…
Resurrection#2
Second Sunday of Easter—The Resurrection#2! April 16, 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 guest, even if you don’t have Facebook) PRELUDE: Six Ecossaises (1-3)—Beethoven CALL TO RETURN TO OUR…