Sermons from 2025
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…
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT December 21, 2025 PRELUDE: Let All Mortal Flesh Jeep Silent arr. J. Carter LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE: Reader: “In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth…
LESSONS AND CAROLS
Westport Presbyterian Church 1835 – present Third Sunday of Advent December 14, 2025 Nativity Illustration by Zack Capps WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT A SERVICE OF LESSONS AND CAROLS December 14, 2025 PRELUDE: What Child Is This? Paul, William & Gregory White LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLES: Reader: “And Mary said, ‘My…
The Art of Subtraction: Simplifying During a Busy Season
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT November 30, 2025 PRELUDE: Two Noels from Burgundy arr. Olive Russell LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE: …
Faithful Flexibility
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION November 2, 2025 PRELUDE: I Will Arise and Go to Jesus arr. Parker/Shaw CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Sing to the Lord a new song! All: Rejoice and give thanks. One: For the Lord takes pleasure…
A Spirituality of Open-Heartedness
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST October 26, 2025 PRELUDE: Prelude from Sonata 3 in A Major Felix Mendelssohn CALL TO WORSHIP: (from “Allow,” by poet Danna Faulds) One: There is no controlling life. All: Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado. Dam a stream…
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.…
Rescue Me!
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY October 5, 2025 PRELUDE: O Word of God Incarnate Mendelssohn, arr. Melissa Blanton CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 24 & 116) One: The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, All: the world and those who live in it. One: What shall we return…
The Spirit, the Giver of Life
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST September 21, 2025 PRELUDE: Two Dances (St. Patrick and Dierdre) Thomas Keesecker CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 91) One: When they call to me, I will answer them, says the Lord. All: I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and…
Life Under the Influence of Spirit
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION September 7, 2025 PRELUDE: God of the Sparrow Sally Drennan Mossing CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Like clay on a wheel All: God’s Spirit forms us: shaping us, molding us, creating us. …