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Covenant-First Presbyterian Church • 717 Elm Street • Cincinnati, OH 45202 covfirstchurch.org • office@covfirstchurch.org • 513-621-4144 Covenant-First Presbyterian Church December 28, 2025 • 10:30 AM Worship Our mission is to praise the Father, proclaim the Son and submit to the perfecting power of the Holy Spirit.

Welcome to Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Whether you attend Covenant-First Presbyterian Church on a regular basis or are here for the first time, we are glad you are here. 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 compete 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 morn-ings, 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 any of the literature located on the back tables, contact the church office at 513-621-4144, or visit our website at covfirstchurch.org.

Pre-Service Music Organ Symphony No. 9, Op. 70, IV Charles-Marie Widor Christie Lee, Organ Scholar A boy is born to us Concerns of the Congregation Randy Page Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-2 Kelly Millhaem One: Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Prelude Tune on Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland Arr. Michael D Costello 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 #107 Gentle Mary Laid Her Child *Invocation Matthew 18 Kelly Millhaem One: Dear Lord, thank you that you promise us that where two or three are gathered you are here in the midst. All: We welcome you among us today. We ask that you open our ears so that we may hear your voice. Open our minds that we may receive your wisdom. Open our hearts that we may receive your love. *Prayer of Confession Romans 7:21-23 Randy Page All: So we find this law at work: Although we want to do good, evil is right there with us. For in our inner being we delight in God’s law; but we see another law at work in us, waging war against the law of our minds and making us prisoners of the law of sin at work within us. Father, hear our prayers of confession and forgive our sins. *Moments of Silent Confession *Assurance of Pardon Psalm 103:8-12 Randy Page One: The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Service for the Lord’s Day

*Gloria Patri #575 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. Hymn #121 O Little Town of Bethlehem 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.) Offertory Tune on Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen Arr. Michael D Costello Christie Lee, Organ Scholar *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 blessings 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 #110 Angels from the Realms of Glory Scripture Lessons Psalm 119:33-34 33 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow them to the end. 34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in right-eousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Peter 1:19-21 19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. One: This is God’s Word for God’s people. All: Thanks be to God. Sermon ‘Til I Come, Give Attendance to Reading Randy Page *Hymn #223 God Hath Spoken by His Prophets *Benediction Postlude Tune on Adeste Fidelis Arr. T. Rederick H. Candlyn Christie Lee, Organ Scholar *Those who are able, please stand. Welcome Randy Page This morning we welcome Elder Randy Page to the pulpit. Randy is covering for Rev. Dr. Dan Turis while he is away. Randy currently serves on the Session at Covenant-First Presbyterian Church and has also completed the Commissioned Ruling Elder training through the Presbytery of Cincinnati. NOTE: The church office will be closed through Monday, January 5. Rev. Dr. Dan Turis will be on vacation the entire week. Emil will be checked on a regular, but limited basis. In case of an emergen-cy please leave a message on the church answering machine. Messages will be checked. Read and Pray Jeremiah 33:3 Read and Apply James 1:22-25 Read and Depend John 16:13 Read and Practice Colossians 3:15-17 Read and Tell John 4:28-29 Read and Meditate Joshua 1:8 Read and Try 1 John 4:1

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