Sunday, April 14, 2019
Sixth Sunday of Lent
Palm Sunday
Musician: Sea Raven on piano
Prelude: Laudate Dominum (Taize)
For Meditation and Reflection:
On Palm Sunday, the church remembers Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem just days before his death. The gospels report that he arrived in the city on a donkey and was greeted by an expectant crowd in a manner fit for a king: the people waved palms in reverence and laid them in his path. Acknowledging the one who had come to save, they shouted “Hosanna,” a word derived from the Hebrew scriptures, meaning “Save, we pray.”
The liturgical color for this day is red, the color of the Passion. On this last Sunday of Lent, we are closer than ever to the hope of Easter, but we are also entering into Holy Week, the most solemn week of the church year, set aside for remembering the events of Christ’s last days.
– Beth Bevis, God For Us
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Prayer (Pastor)
Call to Worship:
Pastor: Hosanna to the Son of David!
People: Hosanna in the highest!
Pastor: Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.
People: Hosanna in the highest!
Opening Hymn: All Glory, Laud, and Honor #216
Prayer for Illumination (Pastor)
Today’s Scripture Reading: Luke 19:28-40
Sermon A Change to Live With by Mike Lyle