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
03.23.2025; Third Sunday in Lent

Call To Worship: (responsive, adapted from the Book of Common Worship)
Leader: Grant unto us, O God, the fullness of your promises.
Response: Where we have been weak, grant us your strength.
Leader: Where we have been confused, grant us your guidance.
Response: Where we have been distraught, grant us your comfort.
Leader: Where we have been dead, grant us your life.
Unison: Apart from you, O Lord, we are nothing, in and with you we can do all things.
Leader: Let us worship God!

Hymn 65 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

Prayer of Confession (unison)
Gracious God, Loving God, we have so many opportunities to learn and grow. In every success, we can discover something new. In every failure, we find what not to do next time around. But if we understand success wrongly, we wander astray. If we refuse to accept where we have erred, we only drift more deeply into error. Help us to have the wisdom to know the good, and not to be imprisoned by our mistakes. In Christ we ask this, 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.

Anthem There’s a wideness in God’s Mercy by Brenda Portman

Scripture Readings:

First: Psalm 63:1-8

Second: Isaiah 55:1-9

Hymn 438 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me

Third: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon: Those Who Don't Know History

Profession of Faith: The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Hymn 418 Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling

Charge and Benediction1

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