Seek

Fulfilling God’s Vision To Seek, Share, and Serve

In the fall of 2005, First Presbyterian Church of Orlando adopted a vision for the future that centered on three words: Seek, Share, and Serve. These three words, flowing out of the Scriptures, encapsulate the focus of our ministry for the future as we seek to consistently move people along a path toward spiritual maturity, becoming fully committed disciples of Jesus Christ. As we grow in this understanding, we will be enabling our people to seek God through worship and study, share His love through personal relationships and outreach, and humbly serve a broken world by extending our ministry to those in need in our community and around the world, thus becoming a church centered in Christ and obedient to His call upon our lives. 

SEEK to know and worship God

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” -Acts 2:42

The disciples were not satisfied with an “experience” on the day of Pentecost, but they devoted themselves to seeking God in two primary ways: worship and study. Given what God had revealed, every day they broke bread (a reference to The Lord’s Table) and prayed together (a reference to the Psalms–the singing of hymns). They sought the heart of God through worship. Then, they devoted themselves to learning about God through the teaching of the disciples.

These two things are the foundation of our being in Christ. We worship God, for He alone is worthy to receive it, and we pursue that relationship through study, both individually and corporately. When a church faithfully seeks the Lord through worship and study, she will no doubt grow in faith while gaining a hunger to live according to God’s purpose and plan.

When we grasp His amazing grace and how He has transformed our lives. Our hearts naturally long to thank Him–to worship. We desire to be in His presence with other believers, to offer thanks, to sing praise, and to adore God. Like any growing relationship, we want to know all we can about our beloved. We hunger to intimately know God so that our relationship with Him grows in depth and understanding. This is what it is to SEEK. We seek God–we seek to worship God–we seek to know God.