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
youre here: visit our Legacy Room for a cup of coffee
and say hello, or text FPCO to the number 313131.

save the date

TODAY: Our Spring School of Discipleship begins. Pick up

a catalog or visit fpco.org/journey to find your next step.

TODAY: First Step, a 30-minute overview of life at First

Pres, for guests and visitors, after 11am worship. Join us in
the Legacy Room, between the Sanctuary and Welcome
Center.

January 17: Stephen Ministry training class begins. Serve

in this one-to-one caregiving ministry. Call Tammas Smith
at 407.423.3441 x1455.

January 18: Bible 101 for Moms begins, with Kim Allen and
other First Pres moms. Register at fpco.org/register.

January 18: Womens Cancer Support meets, 12pm1pm with a light lunch provided. RSVP to Maddy Vilar at
407.423.3441 x1159.

January 19: Six Questions with Mayor Buddy Dyer.

12pm-1pm. $25 for lunch. Hosted by The Collaborative.
fpco.org/register.

January 22: Strong & Weak, Book Study. join Rev. Brad
Staton for this 3-week course, wrapping with Andy
Crouch's Lecture on Feb. 9. fpco.org/register

February 1: The Christ Schools Kindergarten Chat. 9am.

thechristschool.org

February 5: First Connections class begins. A great place

to get started and make new friends at First Pres. Register
at fpco.org/first.

Feburary 9: Strong & Weak with Andy Crouch, Heart of

the City Foundation Lecture Series, in partnership with
The Collaborative. fpco.org/strong

JANUARY 15, 2017

congregational care
As a caring body of believers, please remember in your
prayers those who have recently lost a loved one.
Our sympathy to Dr. Bob and Connie Shettler on the death
of his mother, Read Shettler, January 6.
Sue Fenstermaker on the death of her husband,
Jim Fenstermaker, January 7.
Deborah and Mark Neidig on the death of her mother,
Mary Gillian Smith, January 8.
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.

families at first pres

First 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.

generosity

PARTICIPATION
IN GIVING

47.2%

Stewardship Report as of January 8, 2017.

Thank you for your faithful generosity.
Tithes & Offerings
Budgeted
Received
Surplus/(Deficit)

DECEMBER 2016

This/Last Week Fiscal YTD

$695,460
$3,881,417
$708,755
$4,129,194

$13,295

$247,777

ARISE AND BUILD Capital Campaign Update

Funds Given
$5.1 Million
Remaining to Give
$2.6 Million
Tithed to Mission
$513,000
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
Welcome
School of Discipleship

Ministry Focus

The Sacrament of Baptism (9:45)

S
Bing Wang and Yun-Yuan Bi, and their children,
Rachel Wang, born February 5, 2010 and
Thomas Wang, born June 24, 2014.
Charge to the Congregation
Song of Commitment
Take Their Lives and Let Them Be

Prayer for Illumination

*Scripture Reading

no. 466
hendon

Dr. David Swanson

John 10:7-13
pew bible p. 759

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

Owning God's Vision for His Church

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

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

notes

traditional
How serious are we about worship? There can be a
tendency to look at worship with the Body of Christ
simply as another Christian activity. Research shows
the average Christian attends church about one out of
four Sundays. The writer of Hebrews gives a strong call
to perseverance (10:25). Let us not give up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us
encourage one another-and all the more as you see the
Day approaching. Someone has said, Sporadic worship
leads to sporadic faith. The call to each of us to follow
Christ in this life is significant. Jesus went to synagogue
and Temple regularly as was his custom. Worship is
not a noun, but a verb. Its not something you watch, its
something you do. It is an expression of a relationship
to God and to the Body of Christ. It is like nothing else
that we do. It is the expression of what we value most.
Christianity is about community, so when we are in
worship, we are not a group of individuals each with a
one-on-one relationship with God, but rather an individual
part of a mass community expressing themselves as one.
We cannot do that as individuals. The intermingling is
essential in worship. Its the difference between a bowl
of marbles and a bowl of grapes. With a bowl of marbles,
they only touch each other at one tiny point, whereas
with a bowl of grapes, they are in much more contact
with each other. We are the grapes! Worship is the one
thing we do on earth that well do in heaven. It is the most
significant thing we do on earth. Glad you are here!

- Dr. Dan Sharp
(Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)

gathering
Prelude
Simple Gifts/How Great Thou Art

arr. john purifoy

Brittni Autrey, flute

Welcome
Call to Worship
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

andrews

*Processional Hymn of Praise

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

no. 82
lauda anima

*Ascription of Praise

Psalm 34:1-9

Organ Praise
Pastoral Report
*Passing of the Peace
Ministry Focus

School of Discipleship

Call to Prayer
Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord

mendelssohn

Pastoral Prayer
Confessions of Faith (8:15)

The Apostles Creed

4th century

The Sacrament of Baptism (11:00)

S
Beau Dennis Shaughnessy, born August 16, 2016,
son of Melissa and Sean Shaughnessy.

Charge to Congregation

Song of Commitment
Take His Life and Let It Be

no. 466
hendon

thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings
*We Give Thee But Thine Own
no. 688
*Prayer of Commitment
(Give securely on your smartphone at fpco.org/mobile)

Anthem of Trust
j.s. bach
Sheep May Safely Graze
The Chancel Choir and Brittni Autrey, flute

proclamation of God's word

Prayer for Illumination
*Scripture Reading

Dr. David Swanson

John 10:7-13

pew bible p. 759

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

Owning God's Vision for His Church

response
*Hymn of Commitment
Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us

no. 440
bradbury

*Invitation and Charge

*Benediction
*Choral Response
Omega Amen

sharp

Postlude
Saviour Like A Shepherd Lead Us
* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship: Rev. Jack Peebles, Dr. Dan Sharp,

organist Josiah Armes.
The flowers on the communion table are given to the glory
of God, in loving memory of Dent Harman Turner, by his
mother, Lucy Edgerton.