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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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Allegro - Moderato - Andante Concerns of the Congregation Rev. Dr. Dan Turis Call to Worship Robert Sullivan One: Come to Rome’s rented house; the same Jesus who made a chained apostle bold and unhindered is here to free your tongue. Prelude Short Prelude on St. Anne Healey Willan 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 #21 O Worship the King, All Glorious Above *Invocation Robert Sullivan All: Risen King, you wrote Acts with an open ending because your mission goes on. As we worship, remind us that we are chapters in the same story—imperfect yet Spirit-indwelt witnesses. Kindle in us the boldness, hospitality, and hope we see in Paul, so that our homes, like his, become outposts of your unhindered gospel. *Prayer of Confession Rev. Dr. Dan Turis All: Lord of the ongoing story, we confess that we often live as if Acts ended long ago. We treat your mission as a hobby, not our heartbeat. Our homes feel more like fortresses than open doors. We imagine that our limitations, culture, or era have finally hindered the gospel, as if you were surprised by modern life. We forget, as Jonathan Edwards reminded us, that the church is “the principal means” by which God glorifies his Son in history. We settle for boredom where you offer adventure. Forgive our small expectations and cramped imaginations. *Moments of Silent Confession

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Dr. Dan Turis One: Beloved, the gospel that cannot be chained has already broken your most important chains: Sin’s guilt, shame’s grip, death’s inevitability. Through Jesus’ cross, your debt is canceled; through his resurrection, your future is secure. In him, every “closed door” you fear is merely another setting for his presence. You are forgiven for living like the story was over. The Spirit’s pen is not dry; he writes Acts 29 in and through ordinary believers like you. You leave this gathering not as spectators but as pardoned, Spirit-empowered witnesses of a gospel that still runs free. *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 Safe Within Your Arms Mark Hayes Natalie Shepherd, Mezzo Soprano Whether I’m right or whether I’m wrong, whether I’m weak or whether I’m strong, whether I’m sure or maybe confused, feeling loved or feeling used: I know a place where I can go, somewhere that winter winds don’t blow. There I am warmed by loving arms, held with care next to your heart. Refrain: And I’m safe within your arms, Lord. I’ve become a child again. I’ve come back to the source of love, where healing can begin. Though the world would say I must be strong and prove my worth by what I do, I will rest assured in your embrace and find my strength in you. Whether I’m walking in the light or whether I’m stumbling through the night, you are a God whose promise endures; thou undeserved, your love is sure. When I am tempted to pursue plans that may lead me faraway from you, gently you call, “My child, come home. I will never let go of one of my own.” Refrain 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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S. Bach Andrew Hackett, Organist *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 #244 Jesus, I Will Trust Thee Scripture Lesson Acts 28:11-31 After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. 13 From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and sisters who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. 15 The brothers and sisters there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these people Paul thanked God and was encouraged. 16 When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him. 17 Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders. When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. 18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death. 19 The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar. I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people. 20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.” 21 They replied, “We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. 22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.” 23 They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God, and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets he tried to persuade them about Jesus. 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe. 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet: 26 “ ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” 27 For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

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