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

January 15: New sermon series, Once Upon A Time,

begins.

January 15: Our Spring School of Discipleship begins.

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

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. join Kim Allen and
other First Pres moms. Register at fpco.org/register.

January 19: Six Questions with Mayor Buddy Dyer.

12pm-1pm. $25. Tickets at fpco.org/register.

January 22: FaithServes Forum - Finding Christ in the

Middle East. Register at fpco.org/register by Jan. 15.

January 22: Strong & Weak, The Class. join Rev. Brad
Staton for this 3-week course, wrapping with Andy
Crouch's Lecture on Feb. 9.

February 1: TheChrist Schools Kindergarten Chat. 9am.

thechristschool.org

February 2: Divorce Care and Divorce Care for Kids

begins. Email Maddy Vilar @mvilar@fpco.org.

February 5: First Connections class begins. Register at

fpco.org/first.

Save the Date: February 9 - Strong & Weak with Andy

Crouch, Heart of the City Foundation Lecture Series.

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.

JANUARY 8, 2017

congregational care
As a caring body of believers, please remember in your
prayers those who have lost loved ones in recent days.
Our sympathy to Barbara and John Pinel on the death of her
grandfather, Albert Bass, December 11.
Hattie Summer on the death of her husband, Charlie Summer,
December 12.
The family and friends of Karen Hamlet, who died December
17.
Bill and Carmen Pipkin on the death of his mother, Ina Pipkin,
December 15.
Verlene Benzing on the death of her brother-in-law, Pete Hurt,
December 23.
The family and friends of Dale Carter who died December 23.
Elaine Pare on the death of her mother, Carol Arrington,
December 27.
The family and friends of Judy Kinnard who died December 31.
Kim and Mike Penney on the death of her father, Tom Shuptar,
January 1.
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.

generosity

PARTICIPATION
IN GIVING

Stewardship Report as of January 1, 2017.

Thank you for your faithful generosity.

NOVEMBER 2016

36.7%

Because we believe participation (and not a dollar amount)

is key in our giving, we are now reporting our churchs
giving participation percentage weekly.
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.

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
Welcome New Members (11:00)
Ordination/Installation of Officers (11:00)
Questions of Faith for Officers

Questions to Congregation
Prayer for Ordination/Installation

Prayer for Illumination

*Scripture Reading

Dr. David Swanson

Colossians 4:12
pew bible p. 835

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

Wrestling For The Kingdom

* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship: Rev. Brad Staton and Wil Brown.

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

NOTES

traditional worship
You will notice from time to time we do not list a
hymnal number for a particular song we sing in
worship, and at other times we do list the number.
Those are not mistakes. It most often has to do with
the text of the hymns. On occasion, hymnal editorial
committees decide to make a hymn text more relevant
and alter the original words. Sometimes the changes
are clarifying and helpful, and other times not so
much because the original words are so familiar and
the changes are jarring. (I have served on a hymnal
editorial committee and am aware of the discussions
regarding updating hymns!) In terms of numbers of
verses, the hymnals themselves often are a limit as
it is rare to have more than five verses of any hymn
printed due to space. Our opening hymn of Isaac
Watts, a setting of Psalm 90, has nine original verses.
I have an 1844 hymnal that has all of them. Note
also that his text is Our God, our help in ages past This
morning well sing them all as Mr. Watts wrote them!
Its also a great way to start a new year. - Dr. Dan Sharp

(Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)

GATHERING
Prelude
Morning Has Broken
Be Thou My Vision

arr. john purifoy

Brittni Autrey, flute

Welcome
*Processional Hymn of Praise
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

*Ascription of Praise
Pastoral Report
Welcome New Members (11:00)
*Passing of the Peace

st. anne

Call to Prayer
mendelssohn

Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord

Pastoral Prayer
The Nicene Creed
4th Century

Confession of Faith (8:15)

no. 592
Abbots Leigh

Hymn of Service (8:15)

Lord, You Give the Great Commission

Genesis 32:22-28

Scripture (8:15)

THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings
no. 34

*Doxology
*Prayer of Commitment

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

Anthem of Pilgrimage
Walking with God

paul basler
Chancel Choir and Brittni Autrey, flute

Ordination/Installation of Officers (11:00)

Questions of Faith for Officers

Questions to Congregation
Prayer for Ordination/Installation

PROCLAMATION OF GODS WORD

Prayer for Illumination
*Scripture Reading

Dr. David Swanson

Colossians 4:12
pew bible p. 835

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

Wrestling For The Kingdom

RESPONSE
*Hymn of Pilgrimage
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

no. 501
cwm rhondda

*Invitation and Charge

*Benediction
*Choral Response
Lantz Amen

daniel sharp

Postlude
Finale from Symphony 6

c.m. widor

* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship: Rev. Becky Davis, guest conductor,
Meredith Hollowell, and organist Josiah Armes.

Class of 2019
Officer Ordination & Installation
Elders
Joe Amos
Tom Eastwood
Chris Morgan

Billy Palmer
Dyann Van Dam
Trey Vick

Deacons
Erin Baker
Greg Burden
Jessica Burden
Shannon Compere
Nikki Ickes
Steve Judy

Kim Kemper
Susie Kemper
Diane Macintire
Suzi Teel
Richard van Gelder

Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Covenant Ordination Questions

1. Do you reaffirm your faith

in Jesus Christ as your own
personal Lord and Savior?
2. Do you believe the Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments
to be the Word of God, totally
trustworthy, fully inspired by the
Holy Spirit, the supreme, final,
and the only infallible rule of
faith and practice?
3. Do you sincerely receive
and adopt the Westminster
Confession of Faith and the
Catechisms of this Church,
as containing the system of
doctrine taught in the Holy
Scriptures?
4. Do you promise that if at any
time you find yourself out
of accord with the system
of doctrine as taught in the
Scriptures and as contained in
the Westminster Confession of
Faith and the Catechisms of this
Church you will on your own
initiative make known to your
Church Session the change
which has taken place in your
views since the assumption of
this ordination vow?
5. Do you affirm and adopt the
Essentials of Our Faith without
exception?
6. Do you subscribe to the
government and discipline of
the Evangelical Presbyterian
Church?

7. (Ruling Elders) Do you

promise subjection to your
fellow presbyters in the Lord?
(Deacons) Do you promise
subjection to your fellow officers
in the Lord?
8. Have you been induced, as far
as you know your own heart, to
accept the office of (Ruling Elder,
Deacon) from love of God and
sincere desire to promote His
glory in the Gospel of His Son?
9. Do you promise to be zealous
and faithful in promoting the
truths of the Gospel and the
purity and peace of the Church,
whatever persecution or
opposition may arise to you on
that account?
10. Will you seek to be faithful and
diligent in the exercise of all
your duties as (Ruling Elder,
Deacon), whether personal or
relative, private or public; and
to endeavor by the grace of
God to adorn the profession of
the Gospel in your manner of
life, and to walk with exemplary
piety before this congregation
of which God will make you an
officer?
11. Are you now willing to take
responsibility in the life of this
congregation as a (Ruling Elder,
Deacon), and will you seek to
discharge your duties, relying
upon the Grace of God, in such
a way that the entire Church of
Jesus Christ will be blessed?

To the Congregation: Do you, the members of this congregation, continue

to receive these persons as Ruling Elders & Deacons, and do you
continue your promise to yield them, and all your officers, all that honor,
encouragement, and obedience in the Lord to which the ordination as an
officer entitles them, according to the Word of God and the Constitution of
the Evangelical Presbyterian Church? fpco.org/leaders