Sunday Bulletin | October 18, 2020

GOVERNMENT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mobile, Alabama Sunday, October 18, 2020 | 10AM THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN PENTECOST

Wherever

you

GATHERING

are

worshiping today, we pray that the Holy Spirit will

PRELUDE (9:45)

ANN ADAMS, PIANIST

speak to you through the CHIMING OF THE HOUR scripture, prayers, music, and sermon. We are called

WELCOME

WESTMINSTER

REV. REBEKAH ABEL LAMAR

to worship by the promises CALL TO WORSHIP of God in whom we place Let us prepare our hearts for worship. our faith and trust.

Scripture

and

Hymn

settings can be found on pages 4-9 of the bulletin.

We invite you to reflect on the hymn texts as they are

Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; Let us worship God!

sung, and the Scriptures as HYMN 12 they are read. opening PRAYER OF CONFESSION unison line of this hymn was Hymn

12—The

inspired by the three divine attributes

listed

in

I

Timothy 1:17 (King James Version), and it continues by considering how God’s life exceeds our own finite existence. The text is well set to a Welsh melody shaped by many three-note units.

CARTER HALE, III

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

ST. DENIO

SAM LAMAR

Holy and Merciful God, in your presence we confess our failure to be what you created us to be.

You alone know how often we have sinned.

In wandering from your ways, in wasting your gifts, in forgetting your love.

By your loving mercy, help us to live in your light and abide in your ways, For the sake of Jesus Christ our savior. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON 1

RESPONSE | HYMN 581

Glory Be to the Father GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

PROCLAIMING THE WORD PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

MICKIE LORGE

FIRST READING

Exodus 33:12-23

CHILDREN’S SERMON

Bible Presentation (pg. 4)

SECOND READING SERMON

Matthew 22:15-22

“Amazed”

REV. REBEKAH ABEL LAMAR

THANKSGIVING HYMN 647 AFFIRMATION OF FAITH unison Hymn

647—Drawing on

language

from

II

Corinthians 6:10 and 12:10 as well as Psalm 126:3, this short and repetitive song can be easily memorized.

The

simple

makes

it

vocabulary suitable

multigenerational

for use,

reminding all ages how gratitude goodness perspective.

for changes

God’s our

Give Thanks EMERSON HALE

I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; 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.

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.

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OFFERTORY

REV. REBEKAH ABEL LAMAR

DOXOLOGY | HYMN 607

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow OLD HUNDREDTH

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below.

Praise God above ye Heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen!

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION & THANKSGIVING THE LORD’S PRAYER unison

Hymn 724 - Written to highlight made

the

by

promises

the

author’s

daughter and two sons at their confirmation, this text

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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

Amen.

equally well recalls the promises

of

SENDING

discipleship

made in Baptism and in the HYMN 724 Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant. The tune was written for a text now unused.

BENEDICTION POSTLUDE

O Jesus, I Have Promised

ANGEL’S STORY

REV. REBEKAH ABEL LAMAR ANN ADAMS

Please remain seated at the postlude. An usher will come by to dismiss your pew.

GSPC Chorale Sami Anselmo 3

Becca Lorge

Vivienne McKee

Ava Stinson

W.C. Heisterhagen

James Lamar

Henri Schoenvogel

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Exodus 33:12-23

will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will

12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, you have

cover you with my hand until I have passed

said to me, ‘Bring up this people’; but you

by; 23 then I will take away my hand, and

have not let me know whom you will send

you shall see my back; but my face shall not

with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by

be seen.”

name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now if I have found favor in your

sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight.

Consider too that this nation is your people.” 14 He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 And he said to him, “If your presence will not go, do not carry us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth.”

17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very

thing that you have asked; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Show me your glory, I pray.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord’; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and

will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.” 21 And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; 22 and while my glory passes by I 5

Matthew 22:15-22 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. 16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference

to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20 Then he said to them, “Whose head is this, and whose title?” 21 They answered, “The emperor’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22 When they

heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

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CopyrightŠ Certificate Hymn settings, scripture, and other materials used by permission.

Government Street Presbyterian Church CCLI# 11115660 Valid thru 10/31/2020 10

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The Sanctuary Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of Alice, Joe, and Richard Mighell, by their family.

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