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AUGUST 127-8:30PM, KING PARLOR

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WOMEN ENGAGED, the ministry to women at First Presbyterian Church, is excited to introduce our new Associate Pastor of Congregational Care, Becky Davis.

WE will host a welcome reception, a chance for you to get to meet Becky, on Tuesday evening, August 12, in the King Parlor, from 7-8:30pm.

Join us for light nibbles, refreshing beverages and an opportunity to get acquainted with our newest pastoral sta� member!

Jo� !

WELCOME!

NEXT STEPSLove the City Beautiful this Week. Did you know we serve breakfast to the homeless community of Orlando every Sunday morning? We average 150 people, offering a hot meal with coffee and a time of worship together each week, and there’s a spot for you to come and serve any Sunday. This is a great opportunity for families to learn about humble and respectful mission together. To join in, meet at 6:15am in Lee Fellowship Hall.

SAVE THE DATE

THIS WEEKThank you for your donations for Strike Hunger month in July. Together we collected more than 500 pounds of food for our friends at Conway Cares, who to give weekend food packages to hungry students in local elementary schools. Praise God for His generosity through this church family!

Thank you for coming to First Presbyterian Church of Orlando this morning! So glad you’re here. We worship together as a church family in four services on Sundays: Traditional worship in the Sanctuary at 8:30 and 11am, and Genesis worship in Lee Fellowship Hall at 9:45am and 11am. If you’d like to connect and learn more about this church, one of our leaders will be available at the front of the room after worship, or you can visit fpco.org/guest.

COMING UP

Labor Day Weekend, Sunday August 31: 9:45am Genesis & 11:00am Traditional Worship Only

Register now for the WOMEN ENGAGED Fall Bible study, Nehemiah: A Heart That Can Break, starting Sept. 15. Three different times available: Monday morning, Monday evening and Thursday morning. Childcare is available for the morning sessions at no additional cost. Registration is $30 and includes the study guide. Sign up by Sept. 8 at fpco.org/register or pick up a form in the lobby of the Edington Ministry Center. Contact Lori Needham at lneedham@fpco.org.

Our Good Samaritan Fund is supported through contributions from our members on Communion Sundays, given to help individuals and families in serious financial need. If you or others you know are struggling financially, please contact Linda McCallister at x1159 for assistance.

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WELCOME!August 3, 2014

GENEROSITYStewardship Report as of July 27, 2014

Tithes & Offerings This Week Fiscal YTD Budgeted $82,459 $357,169 Received $73,890 $420,616 Surplus/(Deficit) ($8,569) $63,447

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO

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

CONGREGATIONAL CAREAs a caring body of believers, please remember in your prayers those recently hospitalized or recuperating at home: Woody Blaker, Ron Haugh, and David Berkebile.

Our sympathy to Cherry and Paul Palma on the death of her mother, Ivy Nunes, July 17, 2014. Mrs. Nunes was the grandmother of Jason, Jeremy, Jonathan and Joshua Palma.

Our sympathy to Jane Meister on the death of her father, Eugene Meister, July 22, 2014.

To be added to our prayer list call the Pastoral Care office at 407.423.3441 x1455.

FAMILIES AT FIRST PRESFirst Pres has three rooms to help young families on Sunday mornings: one nursing room for mothers & infants, next to the Prayer Room, between the Sanctuary and Lee Fellowship Hall, and a second nursing room for mothers & infants, on the 1st floor of Clayton Life Center next to the elevators. In addition, we have a Family Room for infants, children and dads :-) , also on the first floor of Clayton Life Center.

All three rooms have a live television feed from the worship services.

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

To Hear God’s Word Prayer for Illumination Kent Sterchi *Scripture Reading Romans 3:19-24 Breaking News...And It Is Good News!

Communion Invitation to the Table Prayer of Consecration Word of Institution Serving of the Bread Serving of the Cup

Assisting in Genesis: Dr. David Swanson and Wilmer Brown.

NOTES

Jesus, sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood Ode to grace, how great a debtor, Daily I’m constrained to be Let Thy goodness like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above - Come Thou Fount

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

Many of us come to God in prayer and find it very easy to immediately begin with a list of things we want to have happen, or circumstances we want fixed. After all, our mind is occupied with the world in which we live. Yet, when I read the recorded prayers of people in the Scriptures, I find their prayers begin very differently. Their words begin with the greatness of God. With this in mind, the opening prayer of our worship services always begin with what we call an “Ascription of Praise,” in other words, we come together as a community of worshipers ascribing to God – His greatness. This prayer is very vertical in its orientation. Psalms 95-100 are good examples of such. Let the words of the Ascription this morning be words of worship from your own heart as together we ascribe glory to our great God and Savior. - Dr. Dan Sharp

(Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)

GATHERING

Prelude Three Songs without Words Felix Mendelssohn

Announcements

Organ Meditation Improvisation Josiah Armes

Call to Worship Stand Up and Bless the Lord arr. Dan Bird

*Processional Hymn of Praise Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Hymn No. 358

*Ascription of Praise

Organ Praise

*Passing of the Peace St. 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 peace we should earnestly desire God’s peace upon each person we greet.

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

Call to Prayer As the Deer Martin Nystrom

Pastoral Prayer

Affirmation of Faith Westminster Confession Justification

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings *Doxology Duke Street *Prayer of Commitment

Anthem of Trust Before the Throne of God Above Bancroft & Cook Summer Choir

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PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

To Hear God’s Word Prayer for Illumination Kent Sterchi *Scripture Reading Romans 3:19-24 Pew Bible p. 797 Breaking News...And It Is Good News!

Communion by Intinction Invitation to the Table Prayer of Consecration Word of Institution Serving of the Bread Serving of the Cup

RESPONSE

*Hymn of Testimony I Will Sing of My Redeemer Hymn No. 356

*Invitation and Charge

*Benediction

*Choral Response Dresden Amen Hymn No. 743

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

Postlude Praeludium in E minor Nicolaus Bruhns

* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship: Rev. Becky Davis, Dr. Dan Sharp and organist Josiah Armes.

ABOUT COMMUNIONToday we celebrate the sacrament of Communion, also known as the Lord’s 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 this celebration. We believe by the power of the Holy Spirit, that the bread and the cup become for us the living presence of the broken body and shed blood of Jesus. We do not believe it becomes actual flesh and blood, but the spiritually living presence of God through the Holy Spirit.

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

Suggestions for Celebrating Communion. Before serving the bread and wine (non-alcoholic grape juice), the pastor will lead the congregation in a time of prayer. During this time, confess your sins to God; ways you have violated His commandments; areas of your life where you are not living by faith; things you do in 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 laid upon Him and paid for with His body. Rejoice that you do not suffer God’s judgment because Christ suffered this judgment on your behalf.

While the cup is being served, let it wash away your guilt, much the way we are washed spiritually by the blood of the Lamb (Jesus). One day, you will feast with God and all that your heart desires will be fully satisfied. Take this time to confess specific things that capture your heart more than God (approval of others, success, your family, etc.). Rest in His presence.

WELCOME!

AUGUST 127-8:30PM, KING PARLOR

Becky Dav�Becky Dav��l��s

WOMEN ENGAGED, the ministry to women at First Presbyterian Church, is excited to introduce our new Associate Pastor of Congregational Care, Becky Davis.

WE will host a welcome reception, a chance for you to get to meet Becky, on Tuesday evening, August 12, in the King Parlor, from 7-8:30pm.

Join us for light nibbles, refreshing beverages and an opportunity to get acquainted with our newest pastoral sta� member!

Jo� !