T H E B I B L E I N A Y E A R

WELCOME
Thank you for coming to First Presbyterian Church of
Orlando this morning! We worship together as a church
family in four services on Sundays: Traditional worship in
the Sanctuary at 8:15am and 11am, and Genesis worship
in the Sanctuary at 9:45am and in Lee Fellowship Hall at
11:00am.
Check in and let us know you’re here: visit our Legacy
Room for a cup of coffee and say hello, anyone with a blue
nametag can help you find it. Or text “FPCO” to the number
313131.

SAVE THE DATE

• TODAY: FaithServes Forum. Join us at 12:15 in King
Parlor to meet your missionaries. This is a free event-
come by to learn more about their work. We're all
doing God's work.
• May 13: Second Sunday. Take a few minutes to make
new friends after worship. Join us under the Angel
Wing (between the Sanctuary and Allen Hall).
• May 13: Confirmation & Mother's Day! 11am Genesis
will join 11am Traditional in the Sanctuary.
• May 16: Women's Cancer Support. Noon-1pm in room
320A. A light lunch is provided. Contact Maddy Vilar
at 407.423.3441 x1159.
• May 20: Senior Sunday & Heart of the City Fellows
Recognition in worship. 11am Genesis will join 11am
Traditional in the Sanctuary.
• May 27: Memorial Day Weekend Worship, 9:45am
Genesis & 11am Traditional Worship only.
• June 9-15: Spend a week serving together on the
Family Dominican Republic Mission trip June 9-15.
For more details, fpco.org/missiontrip.
• June 25-29: Vacation Bible School 2018.
Register now at fpco.org/vbs.
• July 23-27: Calling all middle and high school
students to Camp Twain. Get away and encounter
the living God. Register at fpco.org/register.

Stay connected as you travel this summer – sign up for

First Pres email updates @ fpco.org/email.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO
1 06 E AST CH UR CH STREET, ORLAN DO, FL 32 8 01
407.423.3441 | FPC O.ORG | EST. 1 8 7 6

MAY 6, 2018

CONGREGATIONAL CARE
As a caring body of believers, please remember in your
prayers those who have recently been hospitalized or are
recuperating at home: Jenn Beck.
Our sympathy to Mary Ellen Blaker on the death of her
husband, Woody Blaker, May 1. Mr. Blaker was the father
of Tracy (Joe) Losch and the grandfather of Joshua, Olivia,
Caleb, and Noah.
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.

ABOUT COMMUNION
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). 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.

If you would like to receive a gluten free sacrament this morning,

there will be an Elder in the Narthex (lobby of the Sanctuary) to
administer it for you.
Genesis Worship
WELCOME
Bible Project Video Joel

Prayer for Illumination Dr. David Swanson

*Scripture Reading Joel 2:28-29
pew bible p. 646

At the conclusion of our Scripture reading, the leader will say,

“This is the word of the Lord.” The congregation is invited to
respond, “Thanks be to God.”

Message I Dreamed A Dream

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

Invitation to the Table
Prayer of Consecration
Words of Institution
Serving of the Bread
Serving of the Cup

Assisting in Worship: Bret Allen (9:45),

Dr. Case Thorp (11:00), and Wil Brown.

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

* All who are able are invited to stand.

Our Genesis services utilize an environmental lighting effect

called haze, a theatrical humidifier to thicken the air to enhance
lighting. Both Lee Fellowship Hall and Sanctuary hazers are
water-based and safe.

PARTICIPATION
IN GIVING
GENEROSITY 49.2%
Stewardship Report as of April 29, 2018. APRIL 2018

Thank you for your faithful generosity.

Because we believe participation (and not a dollar amount)
is key in our giving, we are now reporting our church’s
giving participation percentage weekly. ö

Our financial numbers will appear on a monthly

basis for continued transparency in budgeting.
Give easily and securely online from your smartphone at
fpco.org/mobile.
Traditional Worship
I’m sure in some sense, the events of the resurrection of
Jesus seemed like a dream. He was alive, and then He was
dead, and then He was alive again and walked around, and
then His body ascended up into the clouds as people stood
and watched! My guess is that some people were thinking,
“Did I just see what I think I saw?” This coming Thursday
marks exactly forty days since Easter morning. It would
have been this week that Jesus returned to heaven to be
seated at the right hand of the Father. To some people
who lived then, it may have seemed like a dream. Yet,
with the coming of the Holy Spirit ten days later, reality
set in; God had come in power to indwell His people!
The opening hymn sings of the glory of the resurrection.
The text comes from one of the believers who lived in the
8th century. The return of Christ at the end of the age in
the same way may seem like a dream to some, but rest
assured, the Lord’s return is no dream! Our God is faithful
to the end and He watches over us between now and then!
(He Watching Over Israel from the oratorio Elijah) Our
worship today encompasses all of these various aspects.
The final choral response at the end of the service is
entitled Taw Amen. "Taw" is the last letter of the Hebrew
alphabet. -Dr. Dan Sharp

(Please silence all phones and electronic devices

GATHERING
Prelude
Abide with Me arr. powell

Welcome

*Processional Hymn of Praise no. 247

The Day of Resurrection Lancashire

*Ascription of Praise

Pastoral Report

Pastoral Prayer
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings

*Great Is Thy Faithfulness (refrain) no. 60

*Prayer of Commitment

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Anthem of Trust felix mendelssohn

He Watching Over Israel Chancel Choir

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

Bible Project Video Joel

Prayer for Illumination Dr. David Swanson

*Scripture Reading Joel 2:28-29
pew bible p. 646

At the conclusion of our Scripture reading, the leader will say,

“This is the word of the Lord.” The congregation is invited to
respond, “Thanks be to God.”

Message I Dreamed A Dream

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

Invitation to the Table
Prayer of Consecration
Words of Institution
Serving of the Bread
Serving of the Cup

RESPONSE
*Hymn of Response no. 502
Amazing Grace

*Invitation and Charge

*Benediction
*Choral Response
Taw Amen daniel sharp

Postlude
Prelude in C Major (Little) j.s. bach

* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship: Rev. Becky Davis, Dr. Daniel Sharp,

and organist Steve Strite.

The flowers on the pedestals are given to the glory of God

in loving memory of Elizabeth G. Garnett, by her children,
Gloria Burrell, John F. Garnett, and
Laura Sumner.

YEAR OF THE BOOK!

THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Can you recall a dream you gave up when you
were younger? Perhaps it was what you wanted to
become or do for a living? Why did you give up on
it? Do you regret it?
2. What does God promise to do in this passage?
3. What gifts will God’s Spirit grant to sons, daughters,
old men, and young men? Why do you think this is
significant?
4. What role does the repentance of God’s people
play in Joel’s understanding of the past and this
vision for the future? (See larger story of Joel.)
5. In Acts 2:14-21, Peter preaches a sermon at
Pentecost while directly quoting Joel. It is argued
that the coming of the Holy Spirit is the partial future
Joel envisioned. For what purpose did the Holy
Spirit come upon the disciples of Jesus after Easter?
6. As you think about the Joel’s vision of the future,
does it give you hope? How could/does that hope
shape your interactions with others?
7. When you think of the challenges we face today
as a larger society, do you think it is important that
we live as “people of hope?” What kind of witness
would that offer to those around you? What kind of
impact might that have?

*This week's Year of the Book reading:

Isaiah 18-44
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STAY INFORMED
1 Columns Magazine
this quarterly magazine,
designed to help equip and
encourage our church family
in discipleship is available at
fpco.org/columns.
2 Sunday Worship Bulletin
Order of worship for
Traditional service, exercises
and meditation notes for
Genesis worship, and news
about events taking place this
week and the next. Did you
know it’s available online?
fpco.org/bulletin.
3 Live Worship Broadcast:
Web, iPhone and iPad
Worship online with our live
broadcast from the 8:15am
and 11:00am Traditional
services and 9:45am Genesis
service. Visit fpco.org/live
to connect to the online
broadcast, which includes
a special link for mobile
streaming.
4 Worship and Sermon
Archive
Catch up on an entire service
you missed or share a great
message with a friend through
our media center, available at
fpco.org/media.
5 Give Online
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10 Genesis Spotify Playlist
Listen to new worship songs
played in Genesis, or learn a
few new lyrics before Sunday
service. Subscribe to the
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