save the date

Summer Choir is open! Sing with us this summer. Four

Sundays only. Join us 6:30-7:45pm on Thursday for
rehearsal and then 7:45am on Sunday mornings.

June 15, Gotham applications due. Details at

fpco.org/gotham2016.

June 19, School of Discipleship Class, 9:45am in room

320A&B of the Edington Ministry Center.

June 26, Farewell Open House for Sarah Savage.

Lobby of the Clayton Life Center, throughout the
morning.

Registration is now open for Upward. Basketball &

Cheerleading Camps. July 11-15, 1pm-4pm. 5yrs-6th
Grade. fpco.org/upward

July 10, Worship Time & Venue Changes. 8:15

Traditional & 9:45 Genesis in the Sanctuary. Details at
fpco.org.

generosity
Stewardship Report as of May 29, 2016.
Thank you for your faithful generosity.

PARTICIPATION
IN GIVING

42.0%
APRIL 2016

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.

JUNE 5, 2016

congregational care
As a caring body of believers, please remember in your
prayers those who have suffered the loss of a loved one.
Our sympathy to the family and friends of Charlie Patterson,
who died May 25.
Also, Beverly and Bob Burijon on the death of her aunt, Joann
Johnson, on May 28.
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 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.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO

address
phone
online

106 East Church St., Orlando Florida 32801

407.423.3441
fpco.org /firstpresorlando /fpcorlando

GTENTESIS
Welcome

Prayer for Illumination

*Scripture Reading

Dr. David Swanson

Psalm 16

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

Always Before Me

Communion
Invitation to the Table
Prayer of Consecration
Words of Institution
Serving of the Bread
Serving of the Cup
Assisting in Worship: Rev. Jack Peebles and Wil Brown.
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NOTES

TRADITIONAL

During these past weeks and months weve drawn

our attention in worship to significant biblical
and theological events in the life of Jesus and the
Early Church. We began the Advent season with
devotionals to walk us through the Second Coming,
the Incarnation, and Nativity of Jesus, Christmastide,
Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, the Lenten season
devotionals, Holy Week, Easter, Eastertide, the
Ascension, and most recently, Pentecost. Youll
notice that each of these seasons centers on the
person and work of Jesus Christ and the unfolding of
God the Fathers plan for restoration of all creation
through His Son. From these early days of June until
roughly Thanksgiving is what is known as Ordinary
Time. In other words, there is no specific reference
to the work or ministry of Christ associated with a
particular Sunday. In this case, ordinary does not
refer to something dull or nondescript, but rather
to something that is orderly or regular. Its root is in
the Latin ordinalis which means "showing order." It
refers specifically to time counted outside of the other
liturgical seasons (Advent to Pentecost). Though the
mission of the Church is year round, the focus of these
next six months centers on outreach and carrying the
gospel to all the world, as we live out Christs life in us.
-

Dr. Dan Sharp

(Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)

GATHERING
Prelude
Tiento y discurso

Francisco Correa de Araujo

Welcome
Call to Worship
When Morning Gilds the Sky

arr. dan bird

*Processional Hymn of Pentecost

Come, Let Us Praise the Lord

*Ascription of Praise

no. 9
darwalls 148th

Revelation 15:3b-4

Organ Praise
Pastoral Report
*Passing of the Peace
Call to Prayer
Taize'

In the Lord Ill Be Ever Thankful

Pastoral Prayer

THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings
Refrain

*Great Is Thy Faithfulness

*Prayer of Commitment
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Anthem of Redemption
Jesus Paid It All

arr. Robert Sterling

The Summer Choir

PROCLAMATION OF GODS WORD

Prayer for Illumination

*Scripture Reading

Dr. David Swanson

Psalm 16
pew bible p. 388

*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

Always Before Me

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

RESPONSE
*Hymn of Response
Now Let Us from This Table Rise

no. 715
tallis canon

*Invitation and Charge

*Benediction
*Choral Response
Alleluia, Amen

Eugene Butler

Postlude
Trumpet Tune in D major

David Johnson

* All who are able are invited to stand.

Assisting in Worship: Rev. Becky Davis, Dr. Daniel Sharp,
and organist Josiah Armes.

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.