Sermons from 2025 (Page 2)
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…
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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 of Freedom
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST September 28, 2025 PRELUDE: Holy Spirit Ever Dwelling arr. Melissa Blanton CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Lamentations 1 and 3) One: In the midst of war and division, we wait for God. All: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end. One: In the midst of devastation and loss, we…
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…
The Spirit of Christ
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST September 14, 2025 PRELUDE: Beautiful Savior Thomas Keesecker CALL TO WORSHIP: (The Way It Is, by William Stafford) One: There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t…
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. …
On Careers and Callings
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST August 31, 2025 PRELUDE: Fantasia in D minor Telemann CALL TO WORSHIP: One:Gathered to worship God, All:we are all right where we belong. One:Called to this celebration of worship by God’s Spirit, All:we approach God with joy in our hearts. One:Nourished by the love of God – who lives in the richness we name…
I Was A Stranger
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF PENTECOST August 24, 2025 PRELUDE: A Poor Wayfaring Stranger Sara Glick CALL TO WORSHIP: One: The Lord God is our shepherd. All: We are the people of God’s pasture, The sheep of God’s hand. One: God will seek the…