Called to Serve
NOVEMBER | 2018
300 GOVERNMENT STREET | MOBILE, ALABAMA 36602 | 251.432.1749 | GSPCMOBILE.ORG
Our 2019 Stewardship Campaign is designed to build upon the legacy of Government Street Presbyterian Church. The elders of GSPC constantly review our momentum and the resources necessary to keep us moving forward. We are counting on you to take us into the New Year and beyond, ever growing our generosity and stewardship and our God-given abilities to serve God and one another. Consider Stewardship similar to that of bridge building. A bridge is a structure that is built to span physical obstacles for the purpose of providing safe passage. Stewardship and the giving of one’s talents and monies is how we overcome obstacles that prevent us from gathering together as a church community and from doing God’s work in the world. Bridges are classified by how the four forces of tension, compression, bending, and shear are distributed throughout the structure. We, the church, are called to stand firm in our faith, no matter the forces that try to distract us from our mission. We’re called to serve, to build bridges from today’s church towards the future church: from suffering into joy from despair into gratitude from loneliness into fellowship from sickness into health from the present into the eternal There’s a great cost to the church universal if we do not proclaim God’s word and if we do not go out and serve. Please pledge generously for 2019 as a bridge builder to refresh those needing God’s care.
Rev. Paul Phillips Interim Pastor Elder Dru Oswalt Stewardship Chairperson
Sunday, November 4 Sanctuary Preparer: Usher Captain: Nursery: Wee Worship: Sunday Assistants:
Harriett Boster Ashford Kettler Nicole Riis Elizabeth Smith Lisa deShazo | Elizabeth Boone
Sunday, November 11 Sanctuary Preparer: Usher Captain: Nursery: Wee Worship: Sunday Assistants:
Dot White Ashford Kettler Bradley Headrick Ashley Trice Susan Holler | Jarrett Callaway
Sunday, November 18 Sanctuary Preparer: Usher Captain: Nursery: Wee Worship: Sunday Assistants:
Bligh Jones | Trisha Hawkins Ashford Kettler Kimberly Elliott Julie Otts Nicole Riis Margaret Vidmer Hutchison
Congratulations to our costume contest winners! Left to right: Robert Weaver held by Sacky Otts, Lucy Carden Markle, Lelia Otts and Carter Hale.
The Children and Cherub’s Choirs will sing in worship on Sunday, November 18.
Sunday, November 25 Sanctuary Preparer: Usher Captain: Nursery: Wee Worship: Sunday Assistants:
Harriett Boster Brent & Sally Ericson Sally Ericson Beth McKee Frank Trice | Sally Ericson
Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming Advent Workshops Fellowship Hall at 9:30 am on the following dates: Sunday, December 2nd
Sunday, December 9th Sunday, December 16th
Christian Education Committee Meeting Monday, November 26 | 5:30pm Starbucks at Government & Catherine Streets
Youth Sunday School | 9:30am on Sunday in the Ansley Moore Room, second floor. PYC Event following Worship | November 18th Details to Come!
The Circle of Joy will meet Monday, November 12, at Guesnard House. We begin at 6:15 with a social time followed by Bible study (God’s Promise: I Am with You). All women of the church are welcome to attend Urban Ministry Committee will meet Tuesday, November 13 at 5:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. The Circle of Hope will meet Thursday, November 15, at 10:00am in the Tent Room. The Session will meet Tuesday, November 20 at 5:30pm. No dinner will be served.
For details on all upcoming events, visit us online at GSPCMOBILE.ORG.
Sunday, December 9 LIMINAL (formerly Mithril) Performing in the Jackson Street foyer at 10:45am and immediately following worship.
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Called to Serve
300 Government Street Mobile, AL 36602
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Wednesdays at Noon December 5, 12, & 19
NOVEMBER 22 | 10AM Featuring the combined choirs of the downtown churches.
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