Sermons from 2026 (Page 2)
Healing as Belonging
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT March 22, 2026 PRELUDE: My Comfort by Day, My Song in the Night arr. G. Martin CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 130) One: Out of the depths we call to you, O Lord. All: Let your ears hear our supplication. One: We wait for you, O God. In your word is our hope. All: We wait for you, O Lord, for with you there is…
Light For Dark Times
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT March 15, 2026 CHORAL INTROIT: Brother Jame’s Air arr. R. Price CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 146) One: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! All: I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing…
Releasing Our Anger
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT March 8, 2026 PRELUDE: Prelude on St. Columba (The King of Love My Shepherd Is) CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 95) One: O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! All: Let us come into God’s presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to God with songs…
Reflections on Birth and Change
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT – CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION March 1, 2026 PRELUDE: Christe, Du Lamm Gottes; 21 Orgelbuchlein Bach CALL TO WORSHIP: (For A New Beginning, by John O’Donohue) One: In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until…
The Lenten Path
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT February 22, 2026 PRELUDE: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need arr. A. David CALL TO WORSHIP: (from Psalm 32) One: The steadfast love of God surrounds us always — even in the wilderness! All: Thanks be to God! One: The steadfast…
Radiant Silence
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY / BLACK HISTORY MONTH February 15, 2026 PRELUDE: Sun of My Soul arr. AP Iderstind CALL TO WORSHIP: (from the poem I, Too by Langston Hughes) One: I, too, sing America. All: I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. One:…
The Purpose of Prayer
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY February 8, 2026 PRELUDE: Wayfaring Stranger setting by David Gale CALL TO WORSHIP: Jennifer White, liturgist One: No matter how far from God we seem to be, All: We do not lose heart. One: No matter how many obstacles we face in life, All: We do not lose heart. One: No matter how hard it is to continually…
Always Traveling, Seldom Arriving
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY – CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION February 1, 2026 PRELUDE: He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought arr. L. Harmon CALL TO WORSHIP: (Sunday Poem, by Joanne Sunshower) One: I am moved grassy soil cools to prostrate myself as earthworm slowly moving full body and face as seed slowly sprouting resting on as blood…
Finding Delight When the World Is Ugly
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY January 25, 2026 PRELUDE: He Leadeth Me L. Harmon CALL TO WORSHIP: (Psalm 27:1) One: The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? All: The Lord is the stronghold of my life;…
Religion 2.0: Making the Shift to a New Kind of Faith
WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEASON OF EPIPHANY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SUNDAY January 18, 2026 CHORAL INTROIT: Give Me Jesus arr. Fleming CALL TO WORSHIP: One: God calls us here together —…