Order of Worship

Prelude: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna

Prayer of Adoration

We praise you, O God, for your redemption of the world through Jesus Christ. Today he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph and was proclaimed Messiah and king by those who spread garments and branches along his way. Let these branches be signs of his victory, and grant that we who carry them may follow him in the way of the cross, that, dying and rising with him, we may enter into your kingdom; through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

Hymn #196: All Glory, Laud, and Honor

Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Forgiveness

Gloria Patri

Circle Time

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture Reading: Psalm 118:24-29

This is the day that the LORD has made;
          let us rejoice and be glad in it.
  Save us, we beseech you, O LORD!
          O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD.
          We bless you from the house of the LORD.
The LORD is God,
          and he has given us light.
     Bind the festal procession with branches,
          up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
          you are my God, I will extol you.

O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.

Scripture Reading: John 12:12-20

The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,
     "Hosanna!
     Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord —
          the King of Israel!”
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:
  “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion.
     Look, your king is coming,
          sitting on a donkey’s colt!”
His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him.

Sermon: “Sidewalk Palms”

Solo: Who is this King? sung by Lara Moon

Affirmation of Faith: Philippians 2:1-13

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God,
    did not regard equality with God
    as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
    taking the form of a slave,
    being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
     he humbled himself
    and became obedient to the point of death—
    even death on a cross.

Therefore God also highly exalted him
    and gave him the name
    that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
    every knee should bend,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
    that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Welcome & Announcements

Prayers of the People

Benediction

Postlude: What Wondrous Love Is This?

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