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.