Oct 29, 2017 - November 18: We will be having an open house style ServeDay ... the Sanctuary at 8:15am and 11am, and Gen
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celebrating 500 years of reformation
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, or text “FPCO” to the number 313131.
Save the Date • TODAY: SHINE Reformation Sunday. Join the celebration at our photo booth, located at the walkway between Lee Fellowship Hall and Clayton Life Center. • November 4: Your family is invited to join our Weekday School for pony rides, moonwalks, bounce houses, games, face painting, & delicious food! Details at fpco.org/funfair. • November 4: FOUR12 Car Wash. Come help our kids earn money to attend FAA Summer Camp. 10am-2pm at Chick-fil-a, 700 S. Orange Ave. • November 5: New Prayer class taught by Rev. Becky Davis at 9:45am. • November 9: Kindergarten Chat. Learn about kindergarten readiness with kindergarten teacher, Susan Dodgion - 9:00am at The Christ School. • November 10: Young at Heart Luncheon honoring our veterans. RSVP to Maddy Vilar at 407.423.3441 x1159, no later than November 6. • November 12: VoiceMale Part 2. All men in the congregation are invited to sing! One rehearsal only; Thursday, November 9 from 6:30-7:30pm. • November 16: Serve with First Pres and IDignity Register fpco.org/idignity. • November 18: We will be having an open house style ServeDay to make care packages for the homeless. Register at fpco.org/serve. • May 2018: Scotland Trip. Attend 1-of-2 information sessions: the ARISE AND BUILD Luncheon today, or October 4 at 5:30pm, in the Legacy Room.
OCTOBER 29, 2017
Congregational Care As a caring body of believers, please remember in your prayers those who have recently been hospitalized or are recuperating at: Julie Washburn. 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.
PARTICIPATION IN GIVING
Generosity
39.6% AUGUST 2017
Stewardship Report as of October 22, 2017. 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.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ORLANDO address phone online
106 East Church St., Orlando Florida 32801 407.423.3441 fpco.org /firstpresorlando /fpcorlando
To God alone be the glory! The opening hymn of praise names at least twenty-three characteristics of our great God! In Christ Alone, lead by Rejoice! Children’s Choir, we sing the gospel. The Nicene Creed is one of the most powerful and articulate statements of faith dating from the 4th century. The psalms form the backbone of the musical contribution to worship this morning. Psalm 130 is set in a way in which the psalms were and are sometimes recited or chanted in worship. You have the congregational response printed in your bulletin. The Call to Prayer was written by Martin Luther in 1523 and the Prayer of Confession is also from his pen. The anthem, Soli Deo Gloria, was written about twenty-five years ago. Holy, Holy, Holy, sung by our Genesis band, bookends the focus on God’s character as in the opening, Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise. We conclude worship with Luther’s most well-known, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. It is a hymn setting of a portion of Psalm 46. The opening rhythm of the anthem is the actual rhythm written in 1533, again significantly different from what we are used to hearing. There is some Renaissance dance rhythm influence as well! Please join in singing on the second and fourth verses! To God alone be the glory!
-Dr. Dan Sharp
(Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)
Gathering Prelude Prelude in D Minor Op.37
felix mendelssohn
Pipes and Drums *Processional Hymn of Praise Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise
Welcome Invocation
Dr. David Swanson
Reformation Sunday Wo Sola Christus In Christ Alone
Congregation with Rejoice! Children’s Choir
Profession of Faith nicene creed Tanner Fox & Congregation (9:00) Rev. Jack Peebles & Congregation (11:00) *Passing of the Peace
Sola Scriptura Old Testament Chant
psalm 130
Call to Worship Out of the Depths I Cry to Thee
martin luther Chancel Choir
Prayer of Confession by martin luther Bret Allen & Congregation (9:00) Dr. Case Thorp & Congregation (11:00) New Testament Reading
romans 8:31-39
Bret Allen (9:00) Dr. Case Thorp (11:00)
Sola Gratia Testimony
Giti Khalsa
orship October 29, 2017 Soli deo Gloria Anthem Soli Deo Gloria
Prayer for Illumination *Scripture Reading
larry bryant Chancel Choir & Brass
Dr. David Swanson I Peter 4:7-11 pew bible p. 859
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.”
Soli Deo Gloria
Message
Sola Fide Offering Holy, Holy, Holy
Anthem A Mighty Fortress Is Our God arr. dan forrest Chancel Choir, Brass, Percussion Congregation
Sending Closing Benediction
Dr. David Swanson
Postlude Toccata for Organ
john weaver
* All who are able are invited to stand.
Assisting in Worship: (9:00am) Bret Allen, Tanner Fox, Wil Brown, Dr. Daniel Sharp,
and interim organist, Dr. Glen Olsen.
(11:00am) Dr. Case Thorp, Rev. Jack Peebles, Wil Brown, Dr. Daniel Sharp, and interim organist, Dr. Glen Olsen.
The flowers on the pedestal are given to the glory of God, in loving memory of Diane Edenfield, by her sister, Denise McKinney and family. The flower arrangement today was patterned after The Luther Rose. Martin Luther designed a seal while teaching at Wittenberg which has become the primary emblem of the Lutheran Church. Comprising it are: the black cross, for faith in Christ crucified; the red heart, for faith in the Savior; the white rose, to show that faith causes joy, consolation and peace; the blue sky, to denote that such joy of faith in the spirit is the beginning of heavenly joy to come; and the golden ring surrounding all, to signify that such bliss in heaven is endless. You will notice each of these colors in the flower arrangement this morning.
500 Years of Reformation While the Protestant Reformation rejected much of the existing religious imagery of the church, to the extent of destroying church artwork, new religious artistic traditions emerged from the (sometimes literal) ashes of the old. In the effort to reinforce the divinity of Christ alone, the Protestant church reacted by moving away from icons and paintings and in some cases, even crosses. Our Art Nouveau treatment of the Reformation sermon series was inspired by the original Luther rose woodcut, a seal designed for Martin Luther in the 1520s containing a flower with five petals; as well as the integral role of the printing press in the spread of Reformation ideas. Thoroughly different from the austere interpretations of Luther’s time, the Art Nouveau movement (1890-1910) nevertheless reflects a similar spirit: like the transformation in religious art sparked by the Reformation, the Art Nouveau movement sought to “abolish the traditional hierarchy of the arts,” and recall the value of workmanship. Each week we have featured a different design treatment of one Sola: this week's, Soli deo Gloria, is composed of the colors of the Luther Rose itself. Blue, white, red, green, and gold. (See the notes about the flowers above.) In addition, it contains our interpretation of the rose, as well as a crown, symbolizing the Kingdom of God.
All Saints’ Day is November 1, a day we set aside to remember the lives of past saints, including these members of our church family who have died since this time last year:
Buckie Allen
Andrea Kudlacz
Don Barnhart
Barbara Neveu
Jack Branham
May Porter
Peggy Briggs
Shirley Reich
Dale Carter
Mary Jean Riddle
Malcolm Clayton
Joyce Roby
Bert Chole
Charles Summer
Shirley Duncan
Carl Townsend
Jim Fenstermaker
Ann Yowell
Jean Gallagher
Delany “De” Way
Joseph Guernsey
Charles Raymond Stepter, Sr.
Karen Hamlet
Margaret Elizabeth "Betty" Magee
Nancy Hargis
Graybill E. Williams
Dr. Allen Holcomb
Sylvia Lentjes
Howard Johnson Judy Kinnard
