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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 Christie Lee, Organ Scholar Concerns of the Congregation Rev. Dr. Dan Turis Call to Worship Karen Stine One: Come, witnesses in the dock of daily life; the gospel that stood before Felix and Agrippa still stands unashamed in our world. Prelude Vater unser in Himmelreich IGB 23 Georg Böhm Christie Lee, Organ Scholar 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 #90 O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing *Invocation Karen Stine All: Lord Jesus, true judge and gentle advocate, we see Paul defending the hope of the resurrection before skeptical rulers. As we gather, prepare us for our own small courts—classrooms, break rooms, family tables. Give us clarity, gentleness, and courage. Let this service deepen our love for you so that, like Paul, we cannot help but speak. *Prayer of Confession Rev. Dr. Dan Turis All: God of truth, we confess that when our faith feels “on trial,” we often plead the Fifth. We dodge questions, change subjects, or offer vague spirituality instead of naming you. We fear looking foolish more than we fear others missing life. We forget that, as Martin Luther declared, “Here I stand, I can do no other,” not because of stubbornness but because of gospel conviction. Our convictions often melt under social heat. Forgive our people-pleasing, our overestimation of others’ opinions, and our underestimation of your power to use even clumsy words. *Moments of Silent Confession

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Dr. Dan Turis One: Beloved, the most important trial was not Paul before Agrippa, but Jesus before Pilate—and on that day, he chose silence and surrender so you could be declared righteous. Your record of denial and timidity was laid on him; his record of perfect witness is given to you. In Christ, the Judge’s gavel has already fallen: “No condemnation.” You are forgiven, not because you’ve always spoken well, but because he spoke “Father, forgive them” over you. The Spirit now trains you, not to earn acquittal, but to enjoy it and explain it to others. *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 In the Garden/What a Friend We have in Jesus Arr. Brant Adams Carl Colvin, Oboe Minute for Mission David and Carleen Heath 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.) Offertory We Gather Together/Count Your Blessings Arr. Brant Adams Carl Colvin, Oboe *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 #224 How Firm a Foundation

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#t2b_5_bv-9c597da4-{left:35px;bottom:79px;letter-spacing:-0.22px;} #t2c_5_bv-9c597da4-{left:398px;bottom:79px;letter-spacing:-0.04px;word-spacing:0.19px;} #t2d_5_bv-9c597da4-{left:770px;bottom:79px;letter-spacing:-0.09px;word-spacing:0.23px;} .s0_5_bv-9c597da4-{font-size:23px;font-family:sub_Garamond-B_lfb_bv-9c597da4-;color:#000;} .s1_5_bv-9c597da4-{font-size:23px;font-family:sub_Garamond_lfr_bv-9c597da4-;color:#000;} .s2_5_bv-9c597da4-{font-size:14px;font-family:sub_Garamond_lfr_bv-9c597da4-;color:#000;} @font-face { font-family: sub_Garamond-B_lfb_bv-9c597da4-; src: url("userFiles/a/1/4/3/0/1/4/4/eeyrOqDGyZ6UdNMv0ll9P2/fonts/sub_Garamond-B_lfb_bv-9c597da4-.woff?_cbt=1786030666") format("woff"); } @font-face { font-family: sub_Garamond_lfr_bv-9c597da4-; src: url("userFiles/a/1/4/3/0/1/4/4/eeyrOqDGyZ6UdNMv0ll9P2/fonts/sub_Garamond_lfr_bv-9c597da4-.woff?_cbt=1786030666") format("woff"); } Scripture Lesson Acts 26:1-23 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: 2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews, 3 and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently. 4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. 5 They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee. 6 And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today. 7 This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me. 8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead? 9 “I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities. 12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “ ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ 19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. 21 That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. 22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen— 23 that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.” One: This is God’s Word for God’s people. All: Thanks be to God. Sermon The Gospel on Trial Rev. Dr. Dan Turis

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