Poolesville Presbyterian Church

Times and Events	Children and Worship	Christian Education
9:15 am Sunday School (in Speer hall and the Manse during the school year) 9:15 am Adult Education (in the Sanctuary during the school year) 10:30 am Worship (in person in the Sanctuary) and also streaming via Facebook Live and on our website 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 as you enter 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 during the school year. In addition, we have weekly Christian Education classes for adults that are presented by our Pastor, Rev. Dr. David Williams (also during the school year).

Times and Events

Children and Worship

Christian Education

9:15 am Sunday School (in Speer hall and the Manse during the school year)
9:15 am Adult Education (in the Sanctuary during the school year)
10:30 am Worship (in person in the Sanctuary) and also streaming via Facebook Live and on our website
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 as you enter 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 during the school year. In addition, we have weekly Christian Education classes for adults that are presented by our Pastor, Rev. Dr. David Williams (also during the school year).

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. ☆ VBS (Vacation Bible School)

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
02.23.2025; Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

Call To Worship:
Leader: God calls us together to worship this morning. From our work and play within the world, God gathers us to give thanks for creation's goodness, for the strength to labor, for the wisdom to relax.
Response: From amidst our friends and family, God brings us here to
participate in a community of faith, Christ's people, a new family.
Leader: From everyday conversations, talks, and chatter, God invites
us to engage one another, to speak in truth from the depths of heart and mind, to pray freely.
Response: Let us heed God's call and rejoice in what God enables.
Leader: Let us worship God!

Hymn 450 Be Thou My Vision

Prayer of Confession (unison, from Howard Thurman)
I want to be more loving in my heart. It is often easy to have the idea in mind, the plan to be more loving. To see it with my mind and give assent to the thought of being loving--this is crystal clear. But I want to be more loving in my heart! I must feel like loving; I must ease the tension in my heart that ejects the sharp barb, the stinging word. I want to be more loving in my heart that, with unconscious awareness and deliberate intent, I shall be a kind, gracious human being. Thus those who walk the way with me may find it easier to love, to be gracious because of the Love of God which is increasingly expressed in my living. I want to be more loving in my heart. (silent prayer)

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 37:1-11, 39-40

Second: Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Hymn 729 Lord I Want to Be a Christian

Third: Luke 6:27-38

Sermon: To You Who Are Listening

Affirmation of Faith: (adapted from the Confession of 1967)
God's sovereign love is a mystery beyond the reach of the human mind.
Human thought ascribes to God superlatives of power, wisdom, and
goodness. But God reveals his love in Jesus Christ by showing power
in the form of a servant, wisdom in the folly of the cross, and
goodness in receiving our broken souls. The power of God's love in
Christ to transform the world discloses that the Redeemer is the Lord
and Creator who made all things to serve the purpose of his love.

Hymn 623 I've Got Peace Like a River

Charge and Benediction1

Worship Live