GOVERNMENT STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mobile, Alabama Sunday, September 27, 2020 | 10AM THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN PENTECOST
Wherever
you
GATHERING
are
worshiping today, we pray that the Holy Spirit will
CHIMING OF THE HOUR
WESTMINSTER
speak to you through the PRELUDE
Shall We Gather at the River arr. Richard Elliott
scripture, prayers, music, and sermon. We are called WELCOME to worship by the promises of God in whom we place 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 sung, and the Scriptures as they are read. Hymn
375—A
REV. REBEKAH ABEL LAMAR
CALL TO WORSHIP The Lord is our hope. Our trust is in God. God brought the slaves to freedom and sent food from heaven. God protected the people in the wilderness and led them to the Promised Land. God gave the law to guide the people and sent prophets to speak justice. God sent Jesus to offer grace and the Holy Spirit to direct our paths. The Lord is our hope. Our trust is in God.
Baptist
pastor wrote this hymn HYMN 375 while seated at his parlor
organ.
Created
as
Shall We Gather at the River HANSON PLACE
an PRAYER OF CONFESSION unison
alternative to gloomy “river of death” hymns, it is a celebration of the “pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out
Holy God, we have been wandering in the wilderness of sin. We have complained in the face of your mercy. We have been selfish in the face of your sacrifice. We have not done your will as you taught us. Forgive us for our failings, O God.
of the throne of God and of the Lamb” (Revelation 22:1 KJV).
(Time of silence for individual prayers.)
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