Sermons from 2026
Fresh Mercies Every Day
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 24TH Sunday after Pentecost PLEDGE SUNDAY November 8, 2026 PRELUDE: Wachet Auf JS Bach CALL TO WORSHIP: Joanne Sunshower, liturgist One: People of God, listen: The Lord has done marvelous things. All: We will teach our children and grandchildren all that…
Loving Our Neighbors By Sharing Our Gifts
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE ALL SAINTS’ DAY – CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION November 1, 2026 Live Streaming at youtube.com/@westportpresbyterian CHORAL INTROIT: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place arr. DM Dicie tune: Brother James’ Air CALL TO WORSHIP: Riva…
Growing in Generosity
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 22nD Sunday after Pentecost / REFORMATION SUNDAY October 25, 2026 PRELUDE: Simple Gifts arr. P. Harris CALL TO WORSHIP: One: We gather for worship today carrying our normal worries: All: Did we get enough sleep? Do we have enough time? Will we run…
Money Matters: Thinking Big and Small
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 21ST Sunday after Pentecost October 18, 2026 PRELUDE: Faith of Our Fathers arr. L. Smith CALL TO WORSHIP: Diane Kennedy, liturgist One: God’s Spirit can’t be fixed or fastened down. Our God is love in motion, always breathing us into being, calling us to serve, sustaining us as we…
Money Can’t Buy You Love
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 20TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST October 11, 2026 CHORAL INTROIT: Rejoice in the Lord Always Reese & Zack Capps, instrumentalists CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 10) Bobbie Testa, liturgist One: Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, All: for God is good; God’s steadfast love endures forever. One: Who can utter the mighty…
God Provides
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY October 4, 2026, 11am PRELUDE: Let Us Break Bread Together R. Swift CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Luke 13:29) One: People will come from east and west, All: from north and south, One: and will eat in the kingdom of God. All: Thanks be to God for welcoming us to the table. OPENING HYMN: We Come as Guests…
Persuade Us To Rejoice
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 18TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST September 27, 2026 PRELUDE: Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart arr. L. Smith CALL TO WORSHIP: One: Why do you come to this place? All: We seek the path of light and life, the way of peacemaking and truth-telling. One: Do you come ready to pay attention to God’s lively Word, and to experience the risen Christ?…
Installation
A Service of Installation for the Rev. Dr. Jared Witt Heartland Presbytery | Westport Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, MO Sunday, September 20 4pm PRELUDE: The Church’s One Foundation arr. R.Hughes Renee Zimmerman, organ WELCOME Ann Ditty CALL TO WORSHIP: Karen Elmer One: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the…
On Mission Statements and Organizational “Whys”
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 17TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST September 20, 2026 PRELUDE: Festivity on HOLY MANNA arr. D. Wagner CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 105:1-6) One: O give thanks to the Lord! The Lord hears the cries of the people. All: Give thanks to the Lord. One: The works of…
(Still) Crossing the Sea: The Next Three Years at WPC
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE 16TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION September 13, 2026 PRELUDE: Hear My Prayer, O Lord (in style of JS Bach) arr. Bo Kim CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 103) One: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me.…