Poolesville Presbyterian Church

Times and Events	Children and Worship	Christian Education
9:15 am Sunday School (in the Manse during the school year) 9:15 am Adult Education (in the Sanctuary during the school year) 10:30 am Worship (in the Sanctuary) and also Virtual streaming service on our website or via Facebook Live 11:30 am Fellowship (in the Fellowship Hall)	Childcare is available during worship service for children ages 1 month to 2 years. Children 2nd grade and under typically leave the worship service following Time With Children (adult supervision provided). Children 3rd grade and older are encouraged to remain in the Sanctuary for the entire worship service. Books, coloring and activity books, and "worship buddy animals" are available in the front of the sanctuary for kids third grade and over.	PPC members are creative, purposeful people who care a lot about Christian Education. We provide Sunday School for children of all ages. In addition, we have weekly Christian Education classes for adults that are presented by our Pastor, Rev. Dr. David Williams.

Times and Events

Children and Worship

Christian Education

9:15 am Sunday School (in the Manse during the school year)
9:15 am Adult Education (in the Sanctuary during the school year)
10:30 am Worship (in the Sanctuary) and also Virtual streaming service on our website or via Facebook Live
11:30 am Fellowship (in the Fellowship Hall)

Childcare is available during worship service for children ages 1 month to 2 years.

Children 2nd grade and under typically leave the worship service following Time With Children (adult supervision provided).

Children 3rd grade and older are encouraged to remain in the Sanctuary for the entire worship service. Books, coloring and activity books, and "worship buddy animals" are available in the front of the sanctuary for kids third grade and over.

PPC members are creative, purposeful people who care a lot about Christian Education. We provide Sunday School for children of all ages. In addition, we have weekly Christian Education classes for adults that are presented by our Pastor, Rev. Dr. David Williams.

I'm New

Who We Are	What We Believe	Contacting Us
PPC seeks to be a warm and welcoming community that invites you to "come just as you are" to learn what it means to follow Jesus with your life. ☆ Meet our Pastor ☆ Our Session ☆ More About Us ☆ History of PPC	What does it mean to be Presbyterian? ☆ Our beliefs	Would you like to get in touch with us? ☆ Contact us

Adult and Family

We are a Safe Church	Child and Youth Ministries
PPC is committed to creating a safe and caring church environment for children and youth. Please check out our Child Protection Policy to learn more. ☆ Child Protection Policy	Children and youth are important part of PPC. ☆ Summer Family Gatherings

Get Involved

Music Ministries	Missions
Worship is vital to the life and work of God's people. At PPC, music and worship play an integral role in helping our church accomplish its mission. ☆ Adult Choir	The PPC community supports a variety of local and national missions. ☆ Little Free Pantry ☆ Backpack Bites ☆ Poolesville Community Garden Info ☆ Friendly Thrift Shop ☆ WUMCO-Help ☆ Rebuilding Together

Care and Prayer

Major Life Events	Prayers
We would love to support you in the major life events for you or your loved ones. ☆ Baptism ☆ Marriage ☆ Death and Funeral	PPC welcomes your requests for prayer for yourself or for those in need within your circle of family, friends, and acquaintances ☆ Prayer Requests

Multimedia

Worship and Music	Sermon Podcasts (July 12, 2020 and prior)	How About Some Pictures
Our Sunday Worship services are streamed live: ☆ Listen to our worship service on our website ☆ Listen via our Facebook page Music: ☆ Hear our Choir singing in recent worship services.	We recorded our pastor's sermons prior to July 20, 2020 so you can listen to them. ☆ Listen to Podcasts	View a picture gallery of PPC. ☆ Picture gallery

Use Our Facilities

Overview	Requesting Use
We let our members and other non-profit organizations use our facilities. You can get more information as well as learn about our policies and rules for use. ☆ General Information ☆ Policy and Rules	You can request use of our facilities online or via email. ☆ Online Request (recommended) ☆ Email Request

If you are having issues click here to go to an alternative format of live streaming. It will not have the bulletin.

Poolesville Presbyterian Church
04.21.2024; Fourth Sunday in Easter

Call To Worship: (responsive, adapted from a prayer by Soren Kierkegaard)
Leader: You, my Lord Jesus Christ, You came into the world in order
to save those who were lost.
Response: You left the ninety-nine sheep in order to look for the lost one.
Leader: Look for us in the path of our errors.
Response: It is there where we hide ourselves from You and from each other.
Leader: You are the good shepherd.
Response: Let us hear your voice.
Leader: Let us know your voice.
Response: Let us follow it.
Leader: Let us worship God!

Hymn 801 The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want

Prayer of Confession (unison)
Gracious One, talk is easy and cheap. We fill the air with it,
humming with the vibrations of our voices. We talk of justice. We
talk of goodness. We talk of mercy. But if we do not live in it, and it does not live in us, it means nothing. When we speak of love, but act in hate, our words are
empty. When we talk about forgiveness, but harbor resentment, our
words are empty. Forgive us when we lose ourselves in word-spun
dreams of what might be, but do not work to make your love our home. In Christ,
please forgive us, AMEN.

Assurance of Pardon
The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. I declare to you, in the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. May the God of all mercy, who forgives us all our sins, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. AMEN

Scripture Readings:

First: Psalm 23

Second: John 10:11-18

Hymn 836 Abide With Me

Third: 1 John 3:16-24

Sermon: A Humble Abode

Affirmation of Faith: (adapted from the Confession of 1967, 9.07)
In Jesus Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself. Jesus Christ is God with us. He is the eternal Son of the Father, who became human and lived among us to fulfill the work of reconciliation. He is present in the church by the power of the Holy Spirit to continue and complete his mission. The work of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is the foundation of all confessional statements about God, human beings, and the world. Therefore, we are called to be reconciled to God and to one another.

Hymn 418 Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling

Charge and Benediction1

Worship Live