Sermons from 2024 (Page 4)
Out of the Shadows, Into the Light
WESTPORT RISING WORSHIP SERVICE Ascension of the Lord Sunday & Mother’s Day May 12, 2024 PRELUDE: Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glorious Mark Hayes WORDS OF WELCOME OPENING SCRIPTURE (Ascension): Luke 24: 44-52 Drew Irwin, Liturgist OPENING HYMN: You, Lord, Are Both…
Reconciliation is Possible
See our facebook page for our live, online service: www.facebook.com/westportpresbyterian/live WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION May 5, 2024 WORDS OF WELCOME Pastor Susan Wesley Hartley PRELUDE: Ballo del…
Bettie Taylor’s Memorial
A Celebration of the Life and Spirit of Bettie Taylor June 29, 1930 – January 6, 2024 PRELUDE Emily Davidson, organist CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 103 A Responsive Reading Leader: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! People: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his…
A Prayer for the Ages
WESTPORT RISING WORSHIP SERVICE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER April 28, 2024 WORDS OF WELCOME PRELUDE: Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service Setting by Benjamin M. Culli OPENING SCRIPTURE: John 15: 1-8 Bob Russell, Liturgist OPENING HYMN: Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song GTG#285 RESPONSIVE CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 118: 19-24 Leader: Open to…
Created to Embody Love
WESTPORT RISING WORSHIP SERVICE EARTH DAY/GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY April 21, 2024 WORDS OF WELCOME PRELUDE: Nuvole Bianche (White Clouds); Ludovico Einaudi RESPONSIVE SCRIPTURE READING: The Message Genesis 1: 1-25 The Story of Creation Leader: First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of…
Doubts and Mistakes Do Not Disqualify Us from Christ’s Love
WESTPORT RISING WORSHIP SERVICE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER April 14, 2024 WORDS OF WELCOME PRELUDE: First Gymnopedie; Erik Satie OPENING SCRIPTURE: John 20: 19-31 OPENING HYMN: O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing #255GTG RESPONSIVE CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 40: 1-3 Leader: I waited…
Astonishing Beginnings
Westport Presbyterian Church 1835 – present Second Sunday of Easter April 7, 2024 WORDS OF WELCOME Pastor Susan Wesley Hartley PRELUDE: O Filii et Filiae (O Sons and Daughters) Jean-François Dandrieu CALL TO…
Easter Celebration Service: Christ has Risen for Us All
Westport Presbyterian Church 1835 – present Easter Celebration Service March 31, 2024 Chapel Window—Westport Presbyterian Church CHORAL PRELUDE: Ubi Caritas (Glory to God #205) Choir (Sings Twice) OPENING SCRIPTURE: John 20: 1-18 …
Keeping Vigil with Jesus as the Balance Shifts
(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) Westport Presbyterian Church 1835 – present…
Within our darkest night, you kindle a fire that never dies away
WESTPORT RISING WORSHIP SERVICE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT March 17, 2024 PRELUDE: Dance setting: DEIRDRE Thomas Keesecker WORDS OF WELCOME Pastor Susan…