GOVERNMENT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mobile, Alabama Sunday, August 23, 2020 | 9AM THE TWELFTH SUNDAY IN PENTECOST
GATHERING CHIMING OF THE HOUR PRELUDE
WESTMINSTER
Nimrod from Enigma Variations Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
WELCOME
REV. REBEKAH ABEL LAMAR
CALL TO WORSHIP How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! We are not all the same, but we are all made in God’s image. We are not all the same, but we are all sinners in need of forgiveness. We are not all the same, but we are all God’s beloved. Rejoicing in the gracious unity we know in Christ, let us worship God!
HYMN 81
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken AUSTRIAN HYMN
PRAYER OF CONFESSION unison God of mercy, we thank you that you are slow to anger and abounding in mercy and love. We confess that we hold grudges when you lead us to let them go. We admit that we hold more tightly to our resentments than to you. We cling to the pain of broken relationships rather than the love of our Creator. Heal us and forgive us, Lord. Mend our broken hearts and reassure us of your presence when we are hurting. 1