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Covenant-First Presbyterian Church was founded in 1790, and has been a part of downtown Cincinnati ever since. Our almost 2,000 pound tower bell is from the Paul Revere Foundry in Boston, and first rang from the steeple of one of our earliest buildings. This building was completed in 1875, and the Austin Pipe Organ dates to 1915, with its approximately 3,500 pipes. We have traditional worship with Bible-based preaching each week. Our music program is enhanced by our Music Scholar program and we are excited to have them lead in worship most Sundays. If you need help with directions to restrooms, the fellowship hall, or to the lower level nursery, the person who greeted you this morning will be glad to help you. Children and worship We delight in children, and your children are always welcome to stay with you in worship. However, if you would prefer nursery care for your infants and toddlers, we do have a professionally staffed nursery in the lower level. We invite children ages 2 years to 5 years to participate in Junior Church. If your child wants to participate in Junior Church, you may escort them to the lower level during the singing of the Doxology. You may then pick your child up following the service from the downstairs classrooms. Validated Parking Validated parking is available in the 222 W. 7th St. Garage. Validation is done using your car’s license plate number. Please locate a greeter to complete the validation process which requires your license plate number. Fellowship Time After worship, we invite you to gather with us in Metzger Hall for a reception featuring coffee, treats, and encouraging conversation. Many of us travel from a distance to join together in worship on Sunday mornings, and we find this weekly fellowship time to be a valuable and enriching time for us to catch up and meet new people. Please join us! About us If you are interested in learning more about Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, see your morning greeter, help yourself to anyof the literature located on the back tables, contact the church office at 513-621-4144, or visit our website at covfirstchurch.org.

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S. Bach Andrew Hackett, Organist Concerns of the Congregation Rev. Dr. Dan Turis Call to Worship Zach Burnham One: Come, citizens of a higher kingdom; the Herods of history come and go, but the Word of our God runs and remains. Prelude The Glory of the Lord Benedetto Marcello/Don Razey Covenant Choir The heav’ns declare the glory of the Lord. The law and word of God above unto the universe proclaims. How wonderful are all the works of his right hand. The earth shows forth his handiwork, the people sing his praise. Ringing of the Revere Tower Bell Let the ringing of the bell call our attention away from ourselves and onto the living Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. *Hymn #48 O God Our Help in Ages Past *Invocation Zach Burnham All: King Jesus, you sit where Herod never could—secure, unthreatened, eternal. We bring you our anxieties about politics, power, and culture. As we worship, re-size our fears and re-center our hope. Teach us to pray like the early church: Honest about danger, confident in your rule, joyful when your Word advances. *Prayer of Confession Rev. Dr. Dan Turis All: Sovereign Lord, we admit that news cycles disciple us more than Scripture. We panic when earthly rulers rage, as if your throne wobbled with each election or law. We forget Charles Spurgeon’s reminder: “There is no attribute more comforting to his children than that of God’s sovereignty.” Instead of comfort, we treat sovereignty as a theological puzzle, not a pillow. Our prayers shrink to complaints; our praise fades under headlines. Forgive our functional unbelief, our doom-scrolling hearts, and our quickness to fear human kings more than you. *Moments of Silent Confession

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Dr. Dan Turis One: Good news: The King you have failed to trust is the same King who died for your distrust. At the cross, Jesus absorbed not only your personal sins but your political and cultural anxieties, your fragile faith, your misplaced fears. In rising, he declared that all authority in heaven and on earth is his. In him, your treason is pardoned, your citizenship is secure, and your future is not on the ballot. The Word that grew and multiplied in Acts 12 still grows today—and that Word announces: In Christ, you are forgiven and kept. *Gloria Patri Glory Be to the Father Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Anthem Here I am, Lord Jack Schrader and Daniel L. Schutte Covenant Choir I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry. All who dwell in dark and sin my hand will save. I, who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright. Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send? Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart. I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people’s pain. I have wept for love of them they turn away. I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone. I will speak my word to them. Whom shall I send? Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart. I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame; I will set a feast for them; my hand will save. Finest bread I will provide till their hearts be satisfied. I will give my life to them. Whom shall I sent? Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart. Prayers of the People Lord’s Prayer All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. Call for the Offering (If you would like to give online see the back of the bulletin.)

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src: url("userFiles/a/1/4/3/0/1/4/4/eeyrOqDGyZ6UdNMv0ll9P2/fonts/Garamond-Italic_n_bv-6858bfa7-.woff?_cbt=1780081894") format("woff"); } @font-face { font-family: Garamond_1p_bv-6858bfa7-; src: url("userFiles/a/1/4/3/0/1/4/4/eeyrOqDGyZ6UdNMv0ll9P2/fonts/Garamond_1p_bv-6858bfa7-.woff?_cbt=1780081894") format("woff"); } Offertory Panis Angelicus Cesar Franck Jarrett Hazelton, Tenor O Lord, most holy. O loving Father, thee would we be praising alway. Help us to know thee, and love thee. Father, grant us thy truth and grace; father, guide and defend us. Rule thou our willful hearts, keep thee our wandering thoughts; in all our sorrows let us find our rest in thee. And in temptation’s hour, save through thy mighty pow’r. Thine aid O send us; hear us in mercy. Show us thy favor, so shall we live and sing praise to thee. *Doxology # 572 Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow At this time all children are invited to go to Children’s Church Praise God from whom all blessing flow, praise him, all creatures here below, praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. *Prayer of Dedication *Hymn #287 My Faith Has Found a Resting Place Scripture Lesson Acts 12:1-24 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. 6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him. 11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.” 12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Continued on next page

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When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.” 16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for another place. 18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. 20 He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply. 21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. 24 But the word of God continued to spread and flourish. One: This is God’s Word for God’s people. All: Thanks be to God. Sermon When Kings Fall and the Word Runs Free Rev. Dr. Dan Turis *Hymn #32 How Great Thou Art *Benediction Postlude Fugue from Fantasia at Fuga in G minor BWV 542 J.S. Bach Christie Lee, Organ Scholar The flowers on the communion table are given to the glory of God by Pat Beckman in loving memory of her husband Jeff Beckman.

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