April 1, 2012 Service

Gathering in God’s Name

Palm Sunday Parade

This morning we begin on Dahlia Street, shouting our hosannas as Jesus passes into Jerusalem. We will then make our way into the Sanctuary for worship.

Prelude  

Chorale Prelude on 

“All Glory, Laud and Honor” Johann Sebastian Bach

*Processional Hymn

88  All Glory, Laud, and Honor (Valet Will Ich Dir Geben) 

*The Palm Sunday Psalm (Unison)   Psalm 118: 19, 22-24, 26-27, 29

Open to me the right paths 

that I may walk in them and give God thanks.

The stone that the builders rejected 

has become the chief cornerstone.

This is God’s doing. 

It is wonderful in our eyes.

This is the day that the Lord has made; 

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Blessed is the one 

who comes in the name of the Lord.

Bind up the festal procession with branches, 

up to the horns of the altar.

O give thanks to the Lord, for God is good, 

God’s unyielding love endures forever.

*Response   What Wondrous Love (Wondrous Love)  

*The Passing of the Peace

Please greet your neighbors with: The Peace of God be with you.

Listening for God’s Word

Word to the Children

*When the music begins, the children are invited to gather on the chancel steps.

This, this is where children belong, part of our family, part of our song. Be with us, pray with us, help us grow strong: this is where children belong.

Prayer for Illumination  (Unison)

Whatever our wilderness, may we step into it with courage; 

trusting that you, O God, are with us always.  Amen.

Lesson   

Mark 11:1-11 (New Testament, Pew Bible page 41)

Response to Reading

Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.

Response: Thanks be to God.

Sermon  

Following Jesus: The Third Way The Rev. Ian Gregory Cummins

Responding to God’s Grace

Call to Prayer

The Royal Banners Horatio Parker

O tree of beauty, tree most fair

Ordained those holy limbs to bear;

Gone is thy shame, each crimsoned bough

Proclaims the King of glory now.

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer  (Unison)

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 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts One Great Hour of Sharing 

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Offertory   

Hosanna to the Son of David Orlando Gibbons

Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord. Blessed be the King of Israel that cometh in the Name of the Lord. Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest places; Hosanna in the highest heavens!

Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:10, Luke 19:38

*Response   

591  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.

*Prayer of Dedication  (Unison)

God, you have so greatly loved us, long sought us, and mercifully redeemed us. Give us grace that in everything we may yield ourselves, our wills and our works, a continual thank-offering to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

*Closing Hymn   

89  Hosanna, Loud Hosanna  (Ellacombe)

Charge and Benediction

Benediction Response   

Hosanna to the Son of David Plainchant

Hosanna to the son of David blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. O King of Israel: Hosanna in excelsis.

Postlude   

Allegro Molto from Sonata in D Minor Felix Mendelssohn