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
01.19.2025; Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Call To Worship (adapted from Prayers for Daily Use by Samuel Miller) :
Leader: Center us down, O God, until in our deepest soul we kneel.
Response: Deliver us from the world for these brief moments, so that
we may meet you undistracted, and confirm the bond that binds us to
you.
Leader: In your presence, help us to reorder our minds and hearts,
bringing before you, one by one, all the pieces of ourselves.
Response: We bring our loved ones, our hopes and fears, our great
joys and our ill-admitted sins.
Leader: Help us to see all with your eyes, your love, and your grace.
Let us worship God!

Hymn 12 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Prayer of Confession: Gracious and Almighty God, we know we're called to act and live in ways that are deeper in grace. A sense of connection and purpose is so important to that, yet we struggle to recognize where being with others might grow our souls. Forgive us when we're too fearful to take that step towards deeper life with you. Forgive us when we let ourselves be guided by our resentments or our biases and not the deep love you have for all of us. Help us with this, Lord, because we're not sure how to find it in ourselves. In Christ, please forgive us our weakness, AMEN.

Assurance of Pardon
Hear the good news! The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save us. He himself bore our
sins in his body on the cross, that we might be dead to sin, and alive
to what is good. I declare to you, in the name of Jesus Christ, we
are forgiven. AMEN.

Scripture Readings:

First: Psalm 36:5-10

Second: Isaiah 62:1-5

Hymn 32 I Sing the Mighty Power of God

Third: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon: Feats of Strength

Affirmation of Faith (adapted from the Confession of 1967, BOC 9.54-55
We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God's image, male and female, of every race and people, to live as one community. But we rebel against God; we hide from our Creator. Ignoring God's commandments, we violate the image of God in others and ourselves, accept lies as truth, exploit neighbor and nature, and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care. We deserve God's condemnation. Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation. In everlasting love, the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people to bless all families of the earth. Hearing their cry, God delivered the children of Israel from the house of bondage. Loving us still, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant. Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child, like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home, God is faithful still.

Hymn 300 We Are One in the Spirit (verses 1-2, 4)

Charge and Benediction1

Worship Live