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Apr 05, 2020

Palm Sunday 4/5/2020

Palm Sunday 4/5/2020

Passage: Psalms 31:1-24

Speaker: Rev. Vivian McCarthy, Pastor

Listen to Pastor Vivian's Palm Sunday Message

Lent 6 – PALM SUNDAY

April 5, 2020  10:00 A.M.

GATHERING TO PRAISE GOD

 The Entry into Jerusalem  Matthew 21:1-11

Meditation  But I Trust in You, O Lord   Rev. McCarthy

Welcome and Community Life

  • Holy Week Services – Tuesday evening devotions at 6:30
  • Holy Thursday service at 7 pm
  • Good Friday service at 7 pm
  • Easter Sunday service at 10 am

 The Christ Hymn Philippians 2:5-11

5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
6 who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,
7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form, 8he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross.
 
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

 THE PASSION OF CHRIST  The Gospel of Matthew: 27:11-54

Prayer of Confession   Responsively

On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered the Holy City, Jerusalem. The crowds cheered and cried out;

Hosanna to the Son of David!

Jesus rode upon a donkey and the crowds spread their garments before him, cheering:

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

But by the end of the week, the crowds were gone and only a few followers remained.

      Let the people be silent, offering silent confession.

The night he was arrested, Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, as was his custom.

May we pray with Jesus as we remember the night he was arrested; may our faith prove true and sure.

Jesus prayed, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done."

May we, too, pray not for comfort and ease, not for the easy road, not for a life without trial or worry; but, like Jesus, may we pray that we will do the will of the Lord, no matter the circumstance, not counting the cost.

Let the people pray in silence.SENDING FORTH

Closing Hymn  O Sacred Head Now Wounded

O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down;
now scornfully surrounded with thorns, thine only crown;
How pale thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn!
How does that visage languish which once was bright as morn!
 
 What thou, my Lord, hast suffered was all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression, but thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Savior!  'Tis I deserve thy place;
look on me with thy favor, vouchsafe to me thy grace.
 
What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest Friend,
for this, thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end?
O make me thine forever; and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to thee.