Concerns of the Church Welcome to GOVERNMENT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Visitors are invited to fill in the cards located in the pew racks. Please return this card 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 Elizabeth Roberts English in celebration of her birthday by her Irvine family: George, Sallye, Isabel, Richardson, Phineas and Sullivan.
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.
Worship Volunteers
Usher Captain: Brent Ericson Sunday Assistants: Lisa DeShazo | Preston Reeder Nursery: Lisa Goodloe Wee Worship: Ashley Trice Next Week’s Sunday Assistants: Ted Burke | Linda Dealy If you have an immediate prayer need, please contact our Prayer Chain coordinator Charlotte Crockett at 251.478.1003 / 251.591.7902
Calendar
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY FEBRUARY 24, 2019 | 11AM
Meals on Wheels | Monday—Friday 11AM GSPC is an equal opportunity provider. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 9:30a Sunday School (all ages) Children’s Choir Rehearsal 10:30a Choir Rehearsal 11:00a Worship Wee-worship 12:00p PYC Bowling & Lunch 5:30p CE Picnic & Parade TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 7:00a Bible Study home of Rudy Nordmann 7:45a Women’s Bible Study home of Ann Adams 10:00a Women’s Bible Study Frist Room
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 6:00p Men’s Bible Study | Library Handbell Rehearsal 7:00p Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal SUNDAY, MARCH 3 | Joe Cain Day 10:00a Worship MONDAY, MARCH 4 Church Office closes at Noon TUESDAY, MARCH 5 Church Office closed for Fat Tuesday (No Meals on Wheels)
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 March 3 Exodus 34:39-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9: 28-36 (37-43) 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
ASH WEDNESDAY | MARCH 6 | 12PM Communion and Imposition of Ashes
Director of Children’s Ministry shawn@gspcmobile.org
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 CHIMING OF THE HOUR | 11AM
CHILDREN’S SERMON
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
MUSICAL REFLECTION
THE LORD’S PRAYER UNISON
SECOND READING
PRAYER OF THE DAY SILENT God of abundant mercy, you alone can turn evil into good, sorrow into rejoicing, and death into everlasting life. Teach us your way of grace—to meet hatred with kindness, to answer curses with blessing, to love without holding back, to give without thought of return; all in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Mark 1:29-39
New Testament p. 33
The Word of the Lord.
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Thanks be to God. SERMON
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, The Healing Touch
Prelude in A minor
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
WELCOME
but deliver us from evil.
Thanksgiving
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
HYMN 240 ALLELUIA NO. 1
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
LITANY RESPONSIVE
THE PEACE MAY BE EXCHANGED WITH THOSE AROUND YOU.
To each is given a gift of the Spirit to be used for the common good. PRESENTATION OF OFFICERS
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for God. The Lord is our salvation and our refuge in times of trouble. Let us worship God.
Susan Miller, Clerk of Session
DEACON
ELDER
Sallye Irvine
Dan Dealy
Sue King
Haney Jones
George Oswalt
Caroline Newman
All Creatures of Our God and King vs. 1,2,4,6
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
THE APOSTLES’ CREED UNISON
TRADITIONAL
Holy God, you have given us land in which to grow and thrive, food for survival and pleasure, air and water, fire and cold. Make our thanksgiving bloom forth into the lives of others in the name of the one who gave everything for us. Amen.
Sending
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord;
CHARGE AND BLESSING
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
HYMN 366
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
DECLARATION OF PARDON
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
RESPONSE | HYMN 626 As the Deer
TRADITIONAL
Proclaiming the Word
the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
RESPONSE | HYMN 581
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Glory Be to the Father Genesis 45:3-11
Old Testament p. 40
GLORIA PATRI
HYFRYDOL
VOLUNTARY Allegro from Symphony in B-flat Major for Strings
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION.
OLD HUNDREDTH
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING UNISON
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS
WELCOME & CHARGE
Merciful God, we confess that we have not followed your ways or trusted your promises. We love only those who love us; we show kindness only to those who are kind to us; we give only when we expect to receive. Forgive us, Lord. Fill our hearts with your selfless love. Change our lives by your matchless grace. These things we pray through Christ our Savior. Amen.
Teach me to love—this is my plea, may all the Spirit’s graces shine through me; tear from my heart hate, foolish pride, teach me to live like Christ, the crucified. Help me to counteract, with wise restraint and tact, the thoughtless word or act, and when I hear dark rumors not pass them, on as truth or fact.
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.
CONGREGATIONAL QUESTIONS
PRAYER OF CONFESSION UNISON
John W. Peterson
RESPONSE | DOXOLOGY
Edward Ogburn
HYMN 15
The Sanctuary Choir
Teach me to love—this is my prayer, may the compassion of thy heart I share; ready a cup of water to give, may I unselfishly for others live. to cheerless lives and bleak, but kindness I would speak, the good of all I’d seek, and when I’m wronged by others, help me to smile and turn the cheek. So in my heart thy goodness prove, as thou hast loved, O Lord, teach me to love!
God works through each person in a unique way, but it is God’s purpose that is accomplished.
Commit your way to the Lord and trust in God’s actions.
FIRST READING
CHORAL ANTHEM Teach Me to Love
There are different ways of serving God, but it is the same Lord who is served.
Take delight in the Lord, who satisfies the desires of your heart.
The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
OFFERTORY
There are varieties of gifts, but it is the same Spirit who gives them.
THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSES ARE IN BOLD.
THE PEACE And also with you.
Sage Arnold, Liturgist
CALL TO WORSHIP
as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation,
Rev. Dr. Cary G. Speaker
Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks
VOLUNTARY
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
INDICATES AN INVITATION TO STAND AS YOU ARE ABLE. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR THE DURATION OF THE SERVICE.
Wm. Boyce (1711-1779)