Worship, 3/24/24

TheWorshipofGod

March 24, 2024 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

*We invite you to stand as you are able.

Gathering at God’s Invitation

Welcome AngelaZimmerman

*CalltoWorship AngelaZimmerman

We come to prepare for the holiest of weeks.

We will journey through praise, with joy on our lips; we will travel through betrayal and death, cradling hope deep in our hearts.

Jesus leads us through this week, and we will follow, for he is the life we long for, he is the Word who sustains us.

We wave palm branches in anticipation; we lay our love before him, to cushion his walk.

Setting aside all power, glory, and might, he comes: modeling humility and obedience for all of us.

Hosanna! Hosanna!

Blessed is the One who brings us the kingdom of God.

LightingoftheChristCandle ReedFinley

We light the Christ candle as a reminder that Christ is the one who has drawn us to this place, abides with us now, and is with us to the end of the age.

Prelude

LifeoftheCommunity

Maestoso from “All Glory, Laud and Honor” MichaelBurkhardt

Offering Ourselves to God

*HymnofCelebration#175 All Glory, Laud, and Honor

FrancesStegall

ST.THEODULPH

Please join the celebration by waving palm branches during stanzas 1 and as the cross enters the sanctuary during stanza 3.

ScriptureReading

PrayerofConfession

Psalm118:1-2,19-29

Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open us to a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

ScriptureReading Philippians2:5-11

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

AngelaZimmerman

FrancesStegall

AngelaZimmerman

*Hymn#176 With Waving Palms and Shouts of Praise FORESTGREEN

GivingourTithesandOfferings

OffertoryPrayer TommyWells

Offertory Andante from “All Glory, Laud and Honor” MichaelBurkhardt

*Doxology(Hymn#705)

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, amen.

Listening to God

*ScriptureReading

Mark11:1-11

FrancesStegall

For the Word of God in Scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us.

Thanks be to God

TheChurchatPrayer&TheLord’sPrayer

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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Anthem Hosanna! Hosanna! LauraFarnell

Sermon “WhatHappensWhenYouAssume” AngelaZimmerman

DisciplineofSilence

To be in God’s presence is to be changed.

During this moment of silent reflection, consider the change God wishes to make in you.

Responding to God’s Word

*Hymn#172 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna ELLACOMBE

If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation. If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.

Sending Into God’s World

Benediction AngelaZimmerman

Postlude Hosanna, Loud Hosanna WayneKerr

(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)