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congregational care
As a caring body of believers, please remember in your
prayers those who have recently been hospitalized or are
recuperating at home: Betty Rice, and the Webber twins,
born October 25.
Our sympathy to Alan and Diana Xue Chen on the death
of his mother, Ellen Chen, October 25th.
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 34.1%
SEPTEMBER 2017
Stewardship Report as of October 29, 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 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.
NOTES
TRADITIONAL WORSHIP
On this particular Sunday when we turn our attention
to caring for the poor and the afflicted, let me
encourage you to turn to No.431 in your hymnal in
preparation for worship. There you will find the words
of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, in a prayer for those in
need. If there was ever a person in our lifetime who
gave her life to serving the poor and hurting, it was
she. One of the strengths of this new hymnal is all of
the resources it brings to worship beyond the well-
chosen hymn collection. I know we live in an age of
screens in worship and screens in abundance,
(i.e. phones, laptops, iPads, and so forth), but let
us not abandon books. How many hymns have you
memorized off the screens? Can you meditate or reflect
on a line from a screen? What about reading the verses
of a hymn as you prepare for worship? Do you have any
sense of how a tune goes from the screen? And for the
singers, how do you sing parts from a screen? If you
want to look up as you sing, hold the hymnal higher!
There is nothing wrong with screens, but there are
limitations. One of the glories of the Reformation was
books, books in the language of the people. Let me
encourage you: whether it is your Bible or some other
book, read, memorize, and reflect. A book needs no
electricity to work and their batteries never run out!
-Dr. Dan Sharp
GATHERING
Prelude
In Paradisum theodore dubois
Welcome
Call to Worship
Almighty God will james
*Ascription of Praise
Organ Praise
Pastoral Report
*Passing of the Peace
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Through Tithes and Offerings
Anthem of Devotion
Walking with God basler
The Chancel Choir
*Benediction
*Choral Response
Alleluia Amen eugene butler
Postlude
Fugue in C Major edvard grieg