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WELCOME
Thank you for being here on this beautiful
Easter morning! We are excited to be with
our city celebrating Gods love, hope & life.
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS on Easter morning is creations chance to
correct whats wrong with the world. After the beautiful events of creation,
things fell radically. A crippling and contagious brokenness enters the world,
which we see evidenced in our newsfeeds, in our relationships, and even in
our own hearts.

Yet Gods story doesnt end with brokenness. He has continued to provide
a common grace for the common good: flowers still bloom, babies still
smile, miracles still happen. As the world often reminds us, however, that is
not enough: we needed a firm and final restoration to brokenness. So God
comes to us, as Jesus. He teaches and seeks reform in such a radical way
that he is tortured and executed on a cross.

And Easter is the turning point in the story. Through Jesus resurrection, a
new humanity is born! And now, the story continues, and we each have a
place in it. All because of Easter morning.

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FIRST THINGS
We planned this day
with your family in mind.
Including a special room set
aside for nursing mothers,
located on the 2nd floor outside
the doors of the Walt Disney
Theater. Please see one of the
ushers for directions.
And remember, its Easter!
A day of celebration and joy, so
its okay if we make some noise.
We want everyone, including our
children, to feel welcome and at
ease here.
We want to hear from you!
Check in with us by texting fpco
to the number 313-131. We will
text you an amazing gif and send
you a way to learn more about
this church.
Or, there is a Guest Card and pen
in the back pocket of this book.
Drop it in the offering plate as it
passes by, and we will send you
an email this week.
You can give your
offering online today.
If you prefer to give electronically
instead of by check or cash,
visit our secure portal at
fpco.org/mobile on your
smartphone. Contributions
support First Pres ministry
to The City Beautiful, and
development around the world.
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 SO MUCH OF THE WORLD CAN BE
LIFE-DRAINING.
God intended church to be uniquely life-giving.
For many people, the last year has been full of conflict.
We invite you to come find peace.

COME TO CHURCH.
Spend an hour in Gods presence, with a church family who
welcomes you and delights in being together.
We offer two unique worship services Sunday morning:

TRADITIONAL WORSHIP GENESIS WORSHIP

8:15AM & 11:00AM 9:45AM & 11:00AM

First Pres is the red brick church, one block away at

106 East Church Street. Plan your morning at fpco.org/visit.
Next week, April 23, Dr. Swanson will teach about
Answering Gods Call: You are Ready and Good Enough.

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 MOTHERS DAY
SUNDAY, MAY 14

Bring your mom, grandmother,

mother-to-be or favorite lady with
you to church. Its a chance to get
the whole family together and
celebrate Gods goodness.
(Bring your whole crew - well
provide the Krispy Kremes.)

BECOME A TECH-WISE
FAMILY
SUNDAY MORNINGS IN JUNE

Making smart choices about

technology in our families is
more than just using internet
filters and determining screen-
time limits for our children.

Join Dr. Case Thorp as he draws on

in-depth research from the Barna
Group through Andy Crouchs new
book, The Tech Wise Family.
Crouch shows readers technology
choices have consequences we
may never have considered.
FPCO.ORG/TECHWISE

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 I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that
people often say about Him: Im ready to accept Jesus as a great moral
teacher, but I dont accept his claim to be God.That is the one thing we
must not say.

A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said
would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic on
the level with the man who says he is a poached egg or else he would
be the Devil of Hell.You must make your choice. Either this man was, and
is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.You can shut
him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can
fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any
patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not
left that open to us. He did not intend to.
-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, p.52

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worship
April 16, 2017

* Asterisk indicates when to stand.
Bold, black text indicates when to sing or speak.

EASTER FANFARE Easter Fanfare!

E. E. Ferguson

EASTER ACCLAMATION Bret Allen

Leader: Christ is risen.

Congregation: He is risen indeed.
Leader: Christ is risen.
Congregation: He is risen indeed.
Leader: Christ is risen.
Congregation: He is risen indeed, Alleluia Amen!

*EASTER HYMN Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Sung with Congregation

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!

All creation joins to say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavns, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!

Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
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 Loves redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!

Follwing our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

WELCOME & PASSING OF THE PEACE

Dr. David Swanson

ISAIAH 53:4-6 Rev. Jack Peebles

SONG OF WORSHIP
Trisagion
Chancel Choir, and Genesis Band
Fernando ortega; Orch. Wil Brown, Josiah Armes

Holy God
Holy and mighty
Holy immortal one
Have mercy
Have mercy on us

Trisagion (refrain)
Holy God Sung with Congregation
Holy and mighty
Holy immortal one
Have mercy
Have mercy on us

ISAIAH 53:11-12 Rev. Jack Peebles

Rev.
ck Peebles

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 Trisagion (refrain)
Sung with Congregation

Holy God
Holy and mighty
Holy immortal one
Have mercy
Have mercy on us

AN EASTER PRAYER Dr. Case Thorp

ANTHEM OF JOY Fanfare for Easter

Jane Marshall, Orch. Daniel Sharp
Chancel Choir and Orchestra

Christ is risen allelulia

Now is Christ risen from the dead
And is become the first fruits
The first fruits of them that slept

For since by man came death

By man also came the resurrection of the dead
Now is Christ risen from the dead
Christ is risen alleluia

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
OFFERTORY PRAYER Rev. Becky Davis

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 THE LORDS PRAYER Albert Malotte
Sung with Congregation

Our Father, which 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.

SONG OF WORSHIP O Praise the Name
Marty Sampson, Benjamin Hastings, and Dan Ussher, Dan Galbraith
Wil Brown, Genesis Band, Chancel Choir, Orchestra
Sung with Congregation

I cast my mind to Calvary

Where Jesus bled and died for me
I see His wounds, His hands, His feet
My Savior on that cursed tree

His body bound and drenched in tears

They laid Him down in Josephs tomb
The entrance sealed by heavy stone
Messiah still and all alone

O praise the Name of the Lord our God

O praise His Name forevermore
For endless days we will sing Your praise
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God

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 Then on the third at break of dawn
The Son of heaven rose again
O trampled death where is your sting
The angels roar for Christ the King

O praise the Name of the Lord our God

O praise His Name forevermore
For endless days we will sing Your praise
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God

He shall return in robes of white

The blazing sun shall pierce the night
And I will rise among the saints
My gaze transfixed on Jesus face

THE NICENE CREED

O Praise the Name (continued)

Sung with Congregation

O praise the Name of the Lord our God

O praise His Name forevermore
For endless days we will sing Your praise
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God

O praise the Name of the Lord our God

O praise His Name forevermore
For endless days we will sing Your praise
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God
Oh Lord, oh Lord, our God

MESSAGE
Dr. David Swanson

Scripture John 20: 1-9

Message What is Your Reaction?

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 HYMN
The Holy City
Adolphe Adam
John Easterlin, Chancel Choir, and Orchestra

Last night I lay a-sleeping, there came a dream so fair,

I stood in old Jerusalem, beside the temple there,
I heard the children singing, and ever as they sang,
Methought the voice of angels, from heavn in answer rang.
Methought the voice of angels, from heavn in answer rang.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, lift up your gates and sing,

Hosanna in the highest, Hosanna to your King!

And then methought my dream was changed,

the streets no longer rang,
Hushed were the glad Hosannas the little children sang,
The sun grew dark with mystery, the morn was cold and chill,
As the shadow of a cross arose upon a lonely hill,
As the shadow of a cross arose upon a lonely hill,

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Hark! how the angels sing,

Hosanna in the highest, Hosanna to your King!

And once again the scene was changed,

new earth there seemed to be,
I saw the Holy City beside the tideless sea,
The light of God was on its streets, the gates were open wide,
And all who would might enter, and no one was denied.
No need of moon or stars by night, Or sun to shine by day,
It was the new Jerusalem that would not pass away,
It was the new Jerusalem that would not pass away.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Sing for the night is oer!
Hosanna in the highest, Hosanna forever more!
Hosanna in the highest, Hosanna forevermore!

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*OUR RESPONSE Hallelujah Chorus
G.F. Handel
Chancel Choir, Orchestra, & Congregation

Hallelujah, hallelujah...
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Hallelujah
The kingdom of this world
Is become the kingdom of our Lord,
and of His Christ, and of His Christ
And He shall reign for ever and ever.

King of kings (forever and ever, hallelujah),

and Lord of lords.
King of kings (forever and ever, hallelujah),
and Lord of lords.
And He shall reign for ever and ever.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah....Hallelujah!

*BENEDICTION Dr. David Swanson

POSTLUDE Overture
G.F. Handel

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 Assisting in Worship this Morning (in order of appearance):
Dr. Dan Sharp, Minister of Worship
Bret Allen, Minister of Family Life
Dr. David Swanson, Senior Pastor
Wil Brown, Director of Genesis
Rev. Jack Peebles, Associate Pastor of Discipleship
Dr. Case Thorp, Senior Associate Pastor of Mission & Evangelism
Rev. Becky Davis, Associate Pastor of Congregational Care
John Easterlin, Guest Soloist

With Gratitude:
Thank you to the hundreds of faithful volunteers & staff who give their
time to make this possible for our community! We would also like to
thank the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for their hospitality.

We are honored to host Easter worship for our city.

F I R S T P R E S BY T E R I A N C H U R C H O F O R L A N D O is a
downtown church family, deeply rooted in The City Beautiful. We are
united by our covenant relationship with God and one another, and
believe people can be transformed through these relationships by
Gods grace. We love Jesus, are committed to share His love with
others, and humbly serve the city of Orlando and beyond.
Learn more at fpco.org.

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EASTER
In honor of...
The Questerian Sunday School
Class, given by Sabrina and August
Perrotti.
Helen Lawrence, given by Sabrina
Perrotti.
Bob and Peggy Crouthamel, given
by Roxane, Tony, and Julie.
Robert W. Bredensteiner, given by
his daughters, Karla and Robyn.
Tom and Jody Henningsen, given by
Mike, Lynn, Christy, Karla, and Robyn.
Allison, Chris and Annie Miller, given
by Jim and Debbie Ferber, Papa,
and Nana.
Bill and Maxine Pruitt, given by Jane
and Larry Hames.
Lindsay Hames and Bob Mehr, given
by Jane and Larry Hames.
Lauren, Thomas, Beatrice, and
Madeleine, given by Jane and Larry
Hames.
Howard J. and Patricia W. Edington,
given by Jane and Larry Hames.
Jane P. Hames, given by Larry
Hames.
Leigh, Peter, and Parker Cleeveley,
given by Jane and Larry Hames.
DEDICATIONS
Blair Chapin, given by Jane and
Larry Hames.
Jack, Margaret, Annabelle, and
David Peebles, given by Linda
Southwick.
Mackenzie Yates Murray, given by
Leighton and Phyllis Yates.
Alexis Barron Murray, given by
Leighton and Phyllis Yates.
Mary Damon and Malcolm Clayton,
given by their devoted children and
spouses, grandchildren, and great-
grandchildren.
Our blessings, Carter and Austin,
and their parents, Trey and Robyn
Barnes, given by Nancy and Dale
Bellows.
Katherine Schrope, our second mom
and mother-in-law, truly a blessing to
our family, given by Bill and Brenda
Schrope.
Marlowe Parker Hall and Adair
Shipley Hall, given with love from
their grandparents, Miles and
Maureen Hall Dearden.
My mom, Penny Birrer, given by Kara
Birrer.
Allen and Sara Holcomb, given by
Ginnie Holcomb.
Jack and Jackie Sneed, given by
Ginnie Holcomb.
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 Dibby Jefford, given by Jim, Tami,
and Jen Kaiser
Blair and Tim Hughes, given by Chris
and Dianna Morgan.
Lauren and Bo Morgan, given by
Chris and Dianna Morgan.
Our granddaughters, Carter and
Caroline Morgan, given by Chris and
Dianna Morgan.
Phyllis Fuller, given by Chris and
Dianna Morgan.
Helen Grace, Hamilton, and Harrison
White, given with much love from
Nana and Parky.
Leslie & Trey White and Allison & Bill
Paxton, given with love, from Mom
and Robin.
Our precious children, Katherine
Delaney and Samuel Dennis, given
by Melody and Brendan Lynch.
The marriage of Scarlett and Scott
Broughton, given by Carol Brannon.
My new grandchildren, Ellie, Sam,
and Hosanna Broughton, given by
Carol Branny Brannon.
Tess T. Pierson, given by Laura and
Sam Pell, and grandchildren, Judy,
Gretchen, and Keri.
Larry and Cyndy Hetrick and their
family, given by Frances and Boyd
Johnson.
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In memory of...
Their parents, given by Mark and
Ann Manucy.
Family and dear friends who will be
forever in our hearts, given by Mark
and Michele Bruner.
Barrett Burchak, given with love from
Dad, Mom, Conner, and Kelsey.
Martha and Lester Seggerman, and
Paul Lawrence, given by Sabrina
Perrotti.
Lu Frye, given by her loving son
Charlie, and Cindy and Bert.
Max Fletcher, Jr., given by Bert,
Cindy, and Charlie.
Curtis Simmons, Sr., given by his
family, Cindy, Charlie, and Bert.
Dr. Eron B. Ingle, Jr., given by Cheryl,
Bob, Frank, and Lucy MacLeish.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Mildred)
MacLeish, given by Cheryl, Bob,
Frank, and Lucy MacLeish.
James and Ophelia Ferber, parents
of Jim Ferber, given by Jim and
Debbie Ferber.
Donald and Dorothy Hill, parents of
Debbie Ferber, given by Jim and
Debbie Ferber.
Clifford M. Hames, given by Jane
and Larry Hames.
Lisa Dukes, given by Bob, Ryan,
Melissa, and Pogo.
Dr. Donald A. McRae and Mrs. Ursula
W. Goodson McRae, given by Mrs.
Katherine McRae Taylor.
Veronica Dezort, given by Scott
Dezort.
Lloyd and Ruth Southwick & Larry
and Jo Jean Southwick, given by
Linda Southwick.
Madison Yates Murray, given by
Leighton and Phyllis Yates.
Our beloved family, children and
friends who have gone to be with
Jesus before us, given by Gregg,
Nikki, Grant, and Madison Ickes.
Isabella Huffman, given by George
Huffman.
Melora Daries, given by Rick,
Carolyn, and Susan Daries.
Harry and Dorothy Ward, given by
Rick, Carolyn, and Susan Daries.
Fred and Virginia Daries, given by
Rick, Carolyn, and Susan Daries.
Paul and Eva Lynn, given by Rick,
Carolyn, and Susan Daries.
Mark Alexander Clayton, given by
his parents, brothers, and sisters.
Our dear friend, Isabella Huffman,
given by Bill and Brenda Schrope.
Our parents, Vivian & Wilbur Wood
and Mildred & Paul Schrope, given
by the Schrope family.
Jacob Bradley Leveille, given by
Pete, Kris, Nicole, and Kyle Leveille.
Grady Cooksey, Sr., given by Evelyn
Cooksey.
Johanna Vis, given by David Vis.
Faye Agoes, given by William
Macguire.
Philip and Una Redwine, given by
Sylvia Redwine.
Jimmy Hodgskin, given by his
grandparents, Harold and Barbara
Hedge.
Nicholas Jay Norris, beloved son,
given by Kimberly Norris.
My father, Allen J. Crittenden, given
by Kimberly Norris.
My sister, Kay Lynn Crittenden, given
by Kimberly Norris.
My dad, Van Birrer, given by Kara
Birrer.
Berta and Don Voorhees, given by
Cindy & Dick Harris and Sue & Greg
Voorhees.
Nancy Earnhart, given by Becky &
Ralph Martinez and Rebecca &
Brandon Hueber.
Gladys Martinez, given by Becky &
Ralph Martinez and Rebecca &
Brandon Hueber.
Lisa Dukes, given by the Holcomb
family.
Robert M. Aubrey, given by the
Aubrey and Martinez families.
Herman and Mary Louise Kaiser,
given by Jim, Tami, and Jen Kaiser.
Renee Kaiser, given by Jim, Tami,
and Jen Kaiser.
Lloyd Jefford, given by Jim, Tami,
and Jen Kaiser.
Teresa Jefford, given by Jim, Tami,
and Jen Kaiser.
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 Ivan and Doris Morgan, given by Pam Kauslick, given by Mark and
Chris and Dianna Morgan. Diana Griffin.
Glenn Fuller, given by Chris and Janet Griffin, given by Mark and
Dianna Morgan. Diana Griffin.
Our parents and grandparents, Lee Paula Kauslick, given by Mark and
& Martha Kitchens and Joe & Rose Diana Griffin.
Bolan, given by Becky, Chris, and
Daniel Bolan.
John Joseph and Toni Creegan,
given by Chris and Kristin Creegan.
Charles and Mabel Smith, given by
Karen E. Dennis.
Sarah Jane Wilson Smith and Nelle
Wilson Reagan, given by Karen E.
Dennis.
Ronald Wilson Reagan, given by
Karen E. Dennis.
Emil and Esther Weyrauch, given by
Karen E. Dennis.
Johannes and Maria Weyrauch,
given by Karen E. Dennis.
Theodore and Anna Guetzlaff, given
by Karen E. Dennis.
Charles G. and Foy Parkhouse, given
by Robin and Sarah Parkhouse.
PeeWee and Ruth Brown, given by
their children, Toasy, Buck, Steve,
and Brandon.
Nancy McDonald, given by Carol
Brannon.
Jacob Kreider, given by Donald and
Katherine Nelson.
Horace Smith, given by Quinn, Lucy,
and Baker Roberts.

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 CAPTURE YOUR
EASTER MEMORIES

Take family photos!

Look for one of our talented photographers outside
the Dr. Phillips Center and Clayton Life Center to have
your family photo taken. Theyll give you details on how
to to download your photo later this week for free.
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 SHARE YOUR
EASTER MEMORIES
Snapchat your day.
While youre on the Dr. Phillips
Center city block, try out our
Easter geofilters (cool frames
for your photo), and share your
memories on social media.

Try the GIFN photo booth.

Stop by our interactive gif photo
booth in the lobby, which makes
a series of animated photos
specialized just for Easter. You
can email one to yourself, or
share on social media.

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