Worship Services

The Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet preaching a sermon at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church

Most services of worship at BMPC include the preaching of a sermon, usually by one of the pastors of the church. A sermon is not a moral or spiritual essay, nor is it precisely the opinion of the preacher. Rather, it is the preacher’s attempt, guided by grace and the Holy Spirit, to lift up a passage of Scripture, and illuminate it with meaning, giving it the power to shape our own faith journey and call us into deeper discipleship.

The best way to hear a sermon is to join us for worship!

Sunday, August 13, 2023

The Rev. Rachel Pedersen

Sink or Swim

BrynMawrPres · Sunday,August 13, 2023 Sermon Sink Or Swim By The Rev. Rachel Pedersen

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Hymn: Lord, When I Came Into This Life
Text: Fred Kaan, 1976. Music: American folk melody; harm. Charles H. Webb, 1988. Text: ©1979 The Hymn Society (admin. Hope Publishing Company). Music Harm: ©1989 The United Methodist Publishing House (admin. The Copyright Company). All rights reserved.

Response: Glory to God
Text: Trad. liturgical text. Music: Jacques Berthier, 1979. Music: ©1979, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Hymn: Christ Beside Me
Text: James Quinn, SJ, 1969. Music: Gaelic melody; arr. Dale Grotenhuis, 1985. Music Arr: ©1987 Faith Alive Christian Resources. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Offertory Anthem: Come to Me, Oh My Love
Text and Music: Allan Robert Petker, 1988. Text and Music: ©1988 Hinshaw Music, Inc. (a div. of Fred Bock Publishing Group). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Hymn: Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore
Text: Cesáreo Gabaráin, 1979; English trans. Gertrude Suppe, George Lockwood, and Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon, 1988, alt. Music: Cesáreo Gabaráin, 1979; harm. Skinner Chávez-Melo, 1987. Text: English Trans., and Music: ©1979, 1987, 1989, Cesáreo Gabaráin (Published by OCP). Music Harm: ©1987 OCP. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Postlude: Praise His Greatness
Music: Michael W. Smith, 1982; arr. Mark Hayes, 1988. Music: ©1982 Meadowgreen Music Co. Music Arr: ©1988 Meadowgreen Music Co. Music: ©1988 GlorySound (a div. of Shawnee Press, Inc; Admin. by Tree Pub. Co., Nashville, TN). All rights reserved.

Sunday, August 6, 2023

The Rev. Rebecca Kirkpatrick

Wrestling with God

BrynMawrPres · Sunday,August 6, 2023 Sermon Wrestling With God By The Rev. Rebecca Kirkpatrick

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Prelude: Meditation
Music: Ken Yukl (b. 1943). Music: ©2010 Zorro Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

Response: Glory to God
Text: Trad. liturgical text. Music: Jacques Berthier, 1979. Music: ©1979, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Hymn: God Is Calling Through the Whisper
Text: Mary Louise Bringle, 2003. Music: Polish carol; harm. Wilbur Lee, 1958. Text: ©2006 GIA Publications, Inc. Music Harm: ©1958 Broadman Press (admin. Music Services). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Offertory Anthem: Life Has Many Rhythms
Text: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000). Music: Jody W. Lindh, 1979. Text: Used by permission of Oxford University Press. Music: ©1979 Augsburg Publishing House (a div. of Augsburg Fortress Publishers). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Doxology: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Text: Brian Wren, 1989. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623; harm. Hal H. Hopson, 1998. Text: ©1989 Hope Publishing Company. Music Harm: ©1998 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Sunday, July 30, 2023

The Rev. Dr. Franklyn Pottorff

Double or Nothing

BrynMawrPres · Sunday, July 30, 2023 Sermon Double Or Nothing By The Rev. Dr. Franklyn C. Pottorff

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Prelude: “Spirit of God”
Music: arr. Lani Smith, 2006. Music: ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Company (a div. of The Lorenz Corporation). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Prelude: “Holy, Holy, Holy”
Music: arr. Lani Smith, 2006. Music: ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Company (a div. of The Lorenz Corporation). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Hymn: All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly
Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1990. Music: William Moore’s Columbian Harmony, 1825. Text: ©1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Offertory Anthem: Credo
Text: Mark 9:24 and an inscription found in a cellar in France during the Holocaust. Music: Jane M. Marshall, 1974. Text & Music: ©1974 Sacred Music Press (a div. of The Lorenz Corporation, admin. by Music Services). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.