We are a

covenant
community,

making disciples
who

light the world.

WELCOME!
Thank you for coming to First Presbyterian Church of
Orlando this morning! So glad youre 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 youd like to connect and learn more about this church,
visit our Legacy Room adjacent to the Sanctuary, and sign in
at fpco.org/guest.

NEXT STEPS
Make the commitment to this church familys future! If
you missed ARISE Sunday last week, you can still turn your
completed ARISE AND BUILD Commitment Card in during
the offering this morning. Everyone in our church family is
encouraged to participate as we pay down debt and create
new ministry in the center of the City Beautiful. If you need
a card this morning, please see one of our ushers (in the
blue nametags).

THIS WEEK
Our Good Samaritan Fund
is supported through
contributions from our
members on Communion
Sundays, given to help
individuals and families
in serious financial need.
We understand how hard
it can be to ask for help,
and keep a high standard
of confidentiality. If you
or others you know are
struggling financially, please
contact Linda McCallister at
x1159 for assistance.

Buy your tickets this

morning for our Christmas
production, The Missing
Gift. There will be two
showtimes: December 14 at
4pm & 7pm. Choose your
seats for the production
this morning when you get
your tickets in the Edington
Ministry Center Lobby, or
online at
fpco.org/themissinggift.
Adults are $10, Seniors $8
and kids 12 and under are
$6.

NEXT WEEK
Our Parenting Q&A: Culture, Faith & Your Kids will be at
11am next Sunday morning. Join Childrens Ministry Director
Sarah Savage for coffee and discuss some of your toughest
parenting 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 in
the Rotunda Room on the 2nd floor of Clayton Lfie Center.
Bring your questions!

SAVE THE DATE

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

November 9, 2014

ABOUT COMMUNION
Today we celebrate the sacrament of Communion, also known
as 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 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 Gods 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.

GENEROSITY
Stewardship Report as of November 2, 2014

Tithes & Offerings

Budgeted
Received
Surplus/(Deficit)

This Week
$102,498
$131,539
$29,041

Fiscal YTD
$1,734,325
$1,788,553
$54,228

Give easily and securely online from your smartphone at

fpco.org/mobile.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO

address
phone
online

106 East Church St., Orlando Florida 32801

407.423.3441
fpco.org /firstpresorlando /fpcorlando

GENESIS WORSHIP

Welcome Video
Introduce New Members (11:00)

To Hear Gods Word

Prayer for Illumination
Dr. David Swanson
*Scripture Reading
Nehemiah 13:1-9, 30-31
Faithful to the Task

Communion
Invitation to the Table
Prayer of Consecration
Word of Institution
Serving of the Bread
Serving of the Cup
Assisting in Worship: Rev. Becky Davis and Wil Brown.

STUDY QUESTIONS
1. What are the primary things that tempt you away
from God and towards the world?
2. What are the benefits of obedience - why bother?

CONGREGATIONAL CARE
As a caring body of believers, please remember in your
prayers those recently hospitalized or recuperating at
home: Woody Blaker and Elvira Deak.
Our sympathy to Robert Wolgemuth on the death of his
wife, Bobbie Wolgemuth, October 28.
Michelle Haugh on the death of her husband, Ron Haugh,
October 29. Mr. Haugh was the father of Chris and Courtney
Haugh.
Elvira Deak on 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.

TRADITIONAL WORSHIP

Another Sunday, another day of worship. Some of us have

come in what might be described as an established
worship mindset. By that we mean we are here today out
of habit; its what we do each Sunday. Perhaps some of
us have come out of obligationwe have a sense of we
ought to do this. Others may have come out of ritualit
is what religious people do. But there is another mindset
that might be described as intentional. These people
have come with the mindset that there is something
to accomplish in worship. God has invited us into His
presence. He desires to speak with us about His interest
in our lives. There is a clear expectation of Gods presence
and of encountering Him this morning. We look forward
to offering our praise to Him. The good news is that, for
whatever reason, we are all here. The Lord is among us and
we have opportunity to commune with Him in worship and
in the celebration of the sacrament of the Lords Supper.
May the Holy Spirit speak with freedom to each one of us
this morning.
- Dr. Dan Sharp

(Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)

GATHERING
Prelude

Three Meditations for Organ

Nol Goemanne

Welcome Video
Improvisation

Organ Meditation

*Call to Worship

Josiah Armes

Alleluia, Sing to the Father

*Processional Hymn of Praise

Daniel Sharp

To God Be the Glory

Hymn No. 66

*Ascription of Praise Congregation and Rev. Gabe Swing

Organ Praise
Pastoral Report

*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 Gods peace upon each person we
greet.

Introduce New Members (11:00)

Call to Prayer

Be Merciful, O Lord
Patricia Craig

Confessional Prayer
Congregation
Lord God, we confess before You that we are so
prone to sin and so little inclined to obedience. Were
attached to pleasures of the senses; to gratification of
our many appetites; so eager to get and so reluctant to
give; so full of good intentions and so poor at fulfilling
them; so eager to share our opinion and so unwilling
to listen to the opinion of others.
Lord, in Your mercy forgive us and bring wholeness to
our wayward souls.
Pastoral Prayer

THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings
Duke Street
*Doxology

*Prayer of Commitment

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

Anthem of Trust

Find Us Faithful
Jon Mohr
The Chancel Choir

PROCLAMATION OF GODS WORD

To Hear Gods Word

Prayer for Illumination

Dr. David Swanson
*Scripture Reading
Nehemiah 13:1-9, 30-31

Pew Bible p. 352-353

Faithful to the Task

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

RESPONSE
*Hymn of Trust

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Hymn No. 72

Invitation and Charge

*Benediction
Choral Response

Postlude

Chancel Amen
Daniel Sharp

To God Be the Glory

arr. John Innes
* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship: Dr. Case Thorp, Dr. Daniel Sharp, and

organist Josiah Armes.
Visual Arts: The flowers on the communion table are given
to the glory of God in memory of Davis Lawrence McLean by
his parents, Larry and Jane McLean, and sisters, Katherine
and Elizabeth.
Special Guest: Joining us this morning leading worship is
the Reverend Gabe Swing. Gabe and his family currently
serve as Evangelical Presbyterian Church missionaries doing
youth work with the Caribbean Youth Network on Long
Island, The Bahamas. He will soon move to Marsh Harbor,
Abaco, The Bahamas to be pastor of The Kirk of the Pines
Mission Church, an emerging congregation in which FPCO
has financially invested to support the formation of an EPC
Bahamian Presbytery. To learn more of his work, visit www.
swingmission.com.