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 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 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 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. ☆ 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.

Bulletin Information

Poolesville Presbyterian Church

12.22.2024; Fourth Sunday of Advent

Lighting of the Fourth Advent Candle:

Leader: We light these candles as a sign of the coming light of Christ, a beacon on our journey, a guide through our lives. We remember on this day that the Prophet Isaiah wrote: “The Lord will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.”

Response: Let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Hymn 82 Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

Prayer of Confession:

Almighty God, Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, the message we get, over and over again from our world, is that it's all about us. Our society offers us the fulfillment of our every desire. It tells us we should get everything we want. It creates in us the expectation that our every hunger, desire, and passion should be fulfilled right now. And as we chase after those things, forever unsatisfied, forever hungry, we wander farther and farther from the Kingdom Jesus came into this world to proclaim. Remind us, Gracious One, that it is in you that we find ourselves. In Christ, please help us remember, AMEN.

Assurance of Pardon

Leader: Who is in a position to condemn?

All: Only Christ, who lived for us, died for us, and reigns

in power for us.

Leader: Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation altogether.

The past is finished and gone. Everything is fresh and

new. Friends, what is the good news of the Gospel?

Unison: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. AMEN.

Anthem Every Valley by Victor Johnson

Scripture Readings:

First: Psalm 80:1-7

Second: Luke 1:39-45

Hymn 97 Watchman, Tell Us of the Night

Third: Luke 1:46-55

Sermon: The Annual Checkup

Affirmation of Faith (Unison, from the Confession of 1967)

God’s sovereign love is a mystery beyond the reach of our minds. 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 the sinful. 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 purposes of his love.

Hymn 137 He Came Down

Charge and Benediction

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