11.9.14 Bulletin | First Presbyterian Church of Orlando

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WELCOME!

NEXT STEPSMake the commitment to this church familys future! If

you missed ARISE Sunday last week, you can still turn yourcompleted ARISE AND BUILD Commitment Card in duringthe offering this morning. Everyone in our church family isencouraged to participate as we pay down debt and createnew ministry in the center of the City Beautiful. If you needa card this morning, please see one of our ushers (in theblue nametags).

SAVE THE DATE

Our Good Samaritan Fundis supported throughcontributions from our

members on CommunionSundays, given to helpindividuals and familiesin serious financial need.We understand how hardit can be to ask for help,and keep a high standard

of confidentiality. If youor others you know arestruggling financially, pleasecontact Linda McCallister atx1159 for assistance.

THIS WEEKBuy your tickets thismorning for our Christmasproduction, The Missing

Gift. There will be twoshowtimes: December 14 at4pm & 7pm. Choose yourseats for the productionthis morning when you getyour tickets in the EdingtonMinistry Center Lobby, or

online atfpco.org/themissinggift.Adults are $10, Seniors $8and kids 12 and under are$6.

Thank you for coming to First Presbyterian Church ofOrlando this morning! So glad youre here. We worshiptogether as a church family in four services on Sundays:Traditional worship in the Sanctuary at 8:30 and 11am, andGenesis worship in Lee Fellowship Hall at 9:45am and 11am.

If youd like to connect and learn more about this church,visit our Legacy Room adjacent to the Sanctuary, and sign inat fpco.org/guest.

November 19: Evening Prayer, 6pm in Lee Fellowship Hall

Our Parenting Q&A: Culture, Faith & Your Kids will be at11am next Sunday morning. Join Childrens Ministry DirectorSarah Savage for coffee and discuss some of your toughestparenting questions: how do you discipline your toddler?How do you talk about God with different age groups?What is worth fighting over? Be part of the conversation inthe Rotunda Room on the 2nd floor of Clayton Lfie Center.Bring your questions!

NEXT WEEK


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November 9, 2014

GENEROSITYStewardship Report as of November 2, 2014

Tithes & Offerings This Week Fiscal YTDBudgeted $102,498 $1,734,325Received $131,539 $1,788,553Surplus/(Deficit) $29,041 $54,228

Give easily and securely online from your smartphone at

fpco.org/mobile.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO

address 106 East Church St., Orlando Florida 32801phone 407.423.3441online fpco.org /firstpresorlando /fpcorlando

ABOUT COMMUNIONToday we celebrate the sacrament of Communion, also knownas the Lords supper, the story of which is found in Luke 22:7-19.

We believe in an open table.We invite every believer

who has publicly professed faith in Jesus to join us in thiscelebration. We believe by the power of the Holy Spirit, thatthe bread and the cup become for us the living presence ofthe broken body and shed blood of Jesus. We do not believeit becomes actual flesh and blood, but the spiritually livingpresence of God through the Holy Spirit.

Presbyterian churches do not have altars like otherchurches may. We have a table, symbolic of the Great Feastof Thanksgiving we will one day enjoy with Jesus and theheavenly host, as illustrated in Matthew 26:29 & Luke 22:16-18.We view the cross of Christ as the final and sufficient altar, onwhich the ultimate sacrifice was made.

Suggestions for Celebrating Communion.Before serving the

bread and wine (non-alcoholic grape juice), the pastor will leadthe congregation in a time of prayer. During this time, confessyour sins to God; ways you have violated His commandments;areas of your life where you are not living by faith; things you doin an attempt to earn His favor.

While the bread is being served, meditate on what the death

of Jesus means for you; how the sins you confessed were laidupon Him and paid for with His body. Rejoice that you do notsuffer Gods judgment because Christ suffered this judgment onyour behalf.

While the cup is being served, let it wash away your guilt, muchthe way we are washed spiritually by the blood of the Lamb

(Jesus). One day, you will feast with God and all that your heartdesires will be fully satisfied. Take this time to confess specificthings that capture your heart more than God (approval ofothers, success, your family, etc.). Rest in His presence.


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G E N E S I S W O R S H I P

Welcome Video

Introduce New Members (11:00)

To Hear Gods WordPrayer for Illumination Dr. David Swanson*Scripture Reading Nehemiah 13:1-9, 30-31

Faithful to the Task

CommunionInvitation to the Table

Prayer of ConsecrationWord of InstitutionServing of the BreadServing of the Cup

Assisting in Worship: Rev. Becky Davis and Wil Brown.

CONGREGATIONAL CAREAs a caring body of believers, please remember in yourprayers those recently hospitalized or recuperating at

home: Woody Blaker andElvira Deak.Our sympathy to Robert Wolgemuthon the death of hiswife, Bobbie Wolgemuth, October 28.

Michelle Haughon the death of her husband, Ron Haugh,October 29. Mr. Haugh was the father of Chris and CourtneyHaugh.

Elvira Deakon the death of her mother, Elizabeth Deak,October 29.

To be added to our prayer list call the Pastoral Care office

at 407.423.3441 x1455, or submit an online prayer request

at fpco.org/prayerrequest.

STUDY QUESTIONS

1. What are the primary things that tempt you awayfrom God and towards the world?

2. What are the benefits of obedience - why bother?


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T R A D I T I O N A L W O R S H I P

Another Sunday, another day of worship. Some of us havecome in what might be described as an establishedworship mindset. By that we mean we are here today outof habit; its what we do each Sunday. Perhaps some ofus have come out of obligationwe have a sense of weought to do this. Others may have come out of ritualitis what religious people do. But there is another mindsetthat might be described as intentional. These peoplehave come with the mindset that there is somethingto accomplish in worship. God has invited us into Hispresence. He desires to speak with us about His interest

in our lives. There is a clear expectation of Gods presenceand of encountering Him this morning. We look forwardto offering our praise to Him. The good news is that, forwhatever reason, we are all here. The Lord is among us andwe have opportunity to commune with Him in worship andin the celebration of the sacrament of the Lords Supper.

May the Holy Spirit speak with freedom to each one of usthis morning. - Dr. Dan Sharp

(Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)

GATHERING

Prelude Three Meditations for OrganN G

Welcome Video

Organ Meditation ImprovisationJ A

*Call to Worship Alleluia, Sing to the FatherD S

*Processional Hymn of PraiseTo God Be the Glory

H N. 66

*Ascription of Praise Congregation and Rev. Gabe Swing

Organ Praise

Pastoral Report


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*Passing of the PeaceSt. Paul always greeted with the words, The peace of God be

with you. This is an appropriate way to greet fellow brothers

and sisters in Christ, and so we say, The peace of the Lord be

with you and respond, And also with you. We then pass this

greeting of peace to one another. At the passing of the peacewe should earnestly desire Gods peace upon each person we

greet.

Introduce New Members (11:00)

Call to Prayer Be Merciful, O Lord

Patricia Craig

Confessional Prayer CongregationLord God, we confess before You that we are soprone to sin and so little inclined to obedience. Wereattached to pleasures of the senses; to gratification of

our many appetites; so eager to get and so reluctant togive; so full of good intentions and so poor at fulfillingthem; so eager to share our opinion and so unwillingto listen to the opinion of others.

Lord, in Your mercy forgive us and bring wholeness toour wayward souls.

Pastoral Prayer

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings

*Doxology D S*Prayer of Commitment

(Give securely on your smartphone at fpco.org/mobile)

Anthem of Trust Find Us FaithfulJ M

The Chancel Choir

PROCLAMATION OF GODS WORD

To Hear Gods WordPrayer for Illumination Dr. David Swanson*Scripture Reading Nehemiah 13:1-9, 30-31

P B . 352-353Faithful to the Task


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CommunionInvitation to the TablePrayer of ConsecrationWord of Institution

Serving of the BreadServing of the Cup

RESPONSE

*Hymn of Trust Great Is Thy FaithfulnessH N. 72

Invitation and Charge

*Benediction

Choral Response Chancel AmenD S

Postlude To God Be the Glory

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* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship:Dr. Case Thorp, Dr. Daniel Sharp, andorganist Josiah Armes.

Visual Arts:The flowers on the communion table are givento the glory of God in memory of Davis Lawrence McLean byhis parents, Larry and Jane McLean, and sisters, Katherineand Elizabeth.

Special Guest: Joining us this morning leading worship is

the Reverend Gabe Swing. Gabe and his family currentlyserve as Evangelical Presbyterian Church missionaries doingyouth work with the Caribbean Youth Network on LongIsland, The Bahamas. He will soon move to Marsh Harbor,Abaco, The Bahamas to be pastor of The Kirk of the PinesMission Church, an emerging congregation in which FPCOhas financially invested to support the formation of an EPC

Bahamian Presbytery. To learn more of his work, visit www.swingmission.com.


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