Sunday Bulletin | February 17, 2019

Concerns of the Church Welcome to GOVERNMENT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Visitor and Member cards are located in the pew racks and may be completed during the Ritual of Friendship and returned with the offering.

Childcare is available for infants to three years old in the nursery.

New Members are welcomed by profession of faith, reaffirmation of faith, or transfer of membership.

We invite you to speak with our minister for further information.

THE SANCTUARY FLOWERS are given to the glory of God in memory of Gloria Crichton McGehee, by Ceil and Tommy McGehee.

Worship Volunteers

Usher Captain: Sunday Assistants: Nursery: Wee Worship: Sanctuary Preparer: Prayer Chain Contact: Next Week’s Sunday Assistants:

Ashford Kettler Abbie and Ed Bowron Sally Ericson Corinne Lorge Dot White Charlotte Crockett 478.1003 / 591.7902 Lisa DeShazo | Preston Reeder

Calendar

SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY FEBRUARY 17, 2019 | 11AM

Meals on Wheels | Monday—Friday 11AM GSPC is an equal opportunity provider.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 9:30a Sunday School (all ages) Children’s Choir Rehearsal 10:30a Choir Rehearsal 11:00a Worship Wee-worship

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 6:00p Men’s Bible Study | Library Handbell Rehearsal 7:00p Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 5:30p Worship Committee

PICNIC & PARADE Sunday, February 24 5:30pm - Dinner and Crafts 6:30pm - Neptune’s Daughters Parade ALL ARE INVITED! $5 per person/$15 per family Please RSVP to the church office.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 9:30a Sunday School (all ages) CE Meeting Children’s Choir Starbucks, Gov’t. & Catherine 10:30a Sanctuary Choir 11:00a Worship TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Wee-worship 5:30p Session Meeting | Library 12:00p PYC Bowling & Lunch 5:30p CE Picnic & Parade Library

Travel passes for Joe Cain Day are available in this bulletin and from the church office. You will need this pass if you plan to attend the 10AM worship service on Sunday, March 3.

Lectionary Readings for February 24 Genesis 45:3-11 Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 I Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38 Known as the mother of Presbyterianism in southern Alabama, GSPC was founded in 1831. Worship has continued on this site since 1836 when the sanctuary, a National Historic Landmark, was completed. Member PC (USA).

Office Hours

Cary G. Speaker, D. Min

Lois McNorton

Monday—Thursday 8AM-2PM

Interim Pastor

cary@gspcmobile.org

Office & Property Manager lois@gspcmobile.org

Friday 8AM-12PM

Tommy Watts

Dawn Hearn

Director of Music & Organist

tommy@gspcmobile.org

Bookkeeper bookkeeper@gspcmobile.org

Shawn Walker Director of Children’s Ministry shawn@gspcmobile.org

Visit our website at gspcmobile.org for detailed announcements and calendar.

300 GOVERNMENT STREET | MOBILE, ALABAMA 36602 251.432.1749 | gspcmobile.org

Called to SERVE WE ARE CALLED BY THE SPIRIT TO GLORIFY GOD, SO THAT ALL MAY BECOME JOYFUL DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST.

Gathering

 THE PEACE

THE LORD’S PRAYER UNISON

The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

CHIMING OF THE HOUR | 11AM

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,

And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY SILENT

thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

THE PEACE MAY BE EXCHANGED WITH THOSE AROUND YOU.

God of life, in Christ you resurrect all things. Raise us from death to life, that our transformation may bear witness to the power of your grace in our lives through Jesus Christ, the firstborn from the dead. Amen.

VOLUNTARY

 RESPONSE | HYMN 626

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ann Adams, Liturgist

INTROIT

CHERUBS’ & CHILDREN’S CHOIR Come, Let Us Sing

as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation,

As the Deer

Sacred Tones Handbell Choir

Prelude in G major

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts,

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Proclaiming the Word

OFFERTORY

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION FIRST READING

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Old Testament p. 676

CHILDREN’S SERMON MUSICAL REFLECTION

Sally Pearsall, Alto

The Beatitudes

 CALL TO WORSHIP THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSES ARE IN BOLD.

SECOND READING

When we turn our hearts away from God and toward ourselves, putting trust in our own strength,

A.H. Malotte

Luke 6:17-26

New Testament p. 60

The Word of the Lord.

SERMON

When we trust in God, when our trust is God, we are like a tree planted by water.

 HYMN 839

Rev. Dr. Cary G. Speaker

Thanksgiving ASSURANCE

 THE APOSTLES’ CREED UNISON

LOBE DEN HERREN

PRAYER OF CONFESSION UNISON

TRADITIONAL

Holy One, bless and multiply these gifts we give as tokens of our trust in you. Use them to bless the poor, feed the hungry, and comfort those who weep; in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Sending

who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,

 CHARGE AND BLESSING

born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,

 HYMN 463

was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell;

Merciful God, your call to discipleship is demanding.

You call us to reorder our lives by the kingdom you are bringing in Jesus Christ.

Yet we still pass by the ones you especially notice: people who are poor and hungry; people who weep.

We have not stood with those who are hated, bullied, and excluded.

Comfortable with the way things are, we are too complacent, even complicit with injustice and prejudice.

Forgive us, O God, and turn us back to your gospel.

We pray this now, for our sake, and for the sake of your world; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

OLD HUNDREDTH

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord;

Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty

Mary McDonald

And can it be that I should gain, an interest in the Savior’s blood?

Died he for me; who caused His pain? For me, who him to death pursued?

Amazing love! How can it be that thou, my God, should die for me?

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;

 HYMN 32

The Sanctuary Choir

 PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING UNISON

Blessed Assurance

Our roots go deep, we are ever-green; even in a drought we are not anxious, but bear fruit, full and beautiful, gifts of the God who made us.

CHORAL ANTHEM Amazing Love, How Can It Be!

 RESPONSE | DOXOLOGY

Thanks be to God.

we become like a shrub in the desert, living in a parched, salty place.

but deliver us from evil.

TRADITIONAL

the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

How Firm a Foundation

FOUNDATION

VOLUNTARY Fanfare

Nicolas Jacque Lemmens (1823-1881)

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

RESPONSE | HYMN 581 Glory Be to the Father

GLORIA PATRI

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION.

DECLARATION OF PARDON

 INDICATES AN INVITATION TO STAND AS YOU ARE ABLE. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR THE DURATION OF THE SERVICE.