The Congregations of
St. Mark’s and St. David’s
United Church of Canada
Port Hawkesbury/Port
Hastings, NS
Office: 625-2229, Fax
625-3597, e-mail: stmarksuc@gmail.com
Presbytery Website:
inverguyunited.ca
Ministers:The Whole People
of God Minister: Nan Corrigan D.M.
Minister of Music: Al
Fougere
March
20th,
2016-Palm Sunday
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Choir members, worship leader, readers and children gather at the entrance/in church hall to process.
Greeting
One: The
peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit.
Call to Worship*Processional Hymn Hosanna, Loud Hosanna VU 123
Opening Prayer
May we be your disciples today, O
Jesus, where we know what we cry, where we take to heart the hosannas
and live them beyond the parade.
May we be your supporters today, O
Jesus, where we know the saviour you are, where we intend to follow
you from gate to garden.
May we be your voice today, O
Jesus, where we cry out against the injustices, where we stake our
faith and lives on what you begin here today. Amen.
Lenten
Triad Candle Extinguishing (Tenebrae)
Written
by Sue Browning,
Grace United Church, Sarnia, Ont. Adapted.
Gathering,
Lent/Easter 2013, page 58. Used with permission.
(One
candle of triad plus Christ
candle are lit before the service)
One: Today
is the sixth Sunday of Lent. Lent is a time to think about the things
that block us from following God's way of loving and caring for this
world and one another.
Two: Today
we will put out our sixth Lenten candle. This candle represents
helplessness.
One: As
the candle is put out, let us pray in silence for God to remove
helplessness within us, empowering us to believe that when we work
with God we can change ourselves and can make the world a better
place.
(Snuff
out sixth Lenten candle and then pause with head bowed for silence.)
Knowing
that God accepts us for who we are, but loves us into who we can be,
let us join together in this song,
Sung
Assurance: Tree
of Life and Awesome Mystery vs.1
VU 121
*Hymn
Morning Has Broken VU
409
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Psalm
24 Lift up your heads, you gates!
One:
This is the witness of the Hebrew people.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Psalm 118 With palm branches in hand VU 837 pts.1,
3, 4
Alternate Palm Sunday Refrain: First
line of last verse VU 123
Refrain: “Hosanna in the highest!”
That ancient song we sing.
*Hymn Tell
Me the Stories of Jesus VU 357
Opening
the Word & The Lord’s Prayer
The
Gospel Acclamation
Luke 19:28–40
A Choral
Reading
One: After he had said this, he
went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage
and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of
the disciples, saying,
Jesus: ‘Go into the village
ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt
that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.If anyone asks
you, “Why are you untying it?” just say this: “The Lord needs
it.” ’
One: So those who were sent
departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying
the colt, its owners asked them,
Owners of Colt (choir): ‘Why
are you untying the colt?’
One: They said,
Disciples (Men): ‘The Lord
needs it.’
One: Then they brought it to
Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on
it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the
road. As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of
Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God
joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had
seen, saying,All: ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the
name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!’
One: Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,
Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!’
One: Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,
Pharisees (Women): ‘Teacher,
order your disciples to stop.’
One: He answered,
Jesus: ‘I tell you, if these
were silent, the stones would shout out.’
One: Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the church.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Opening
the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
*
Hymn He Came Riding on a
Donkey VU 124
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts
to God
*Offering
Prayer
On this day when we are so very
conscious of all that you have given to us, O God, we offer a small
token of appreciation to you. Receive these gifts that we give to
your church, and bless them to continue the work that Jesus began, of
proclaiming your unconditional love for all people. As we offer these
gifts, we rededicate ourselves to ministry in Christ’s name. Amen.
Prayers
of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Response:
Echo response line beginning with “We pray for...”
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*Hymn All Glory, Laud and Honour
VU 122
* Commissioning
There is a
tradition that Palm Sunday is the beginning of
a one-week-long service through Holy
Week so there is no
Amen, just words of encouragement
and invitation to gather
again next time.
One: Jesus begins the journey of Holy
Week with a triumphal entry into Jerusalem and continues to teach us
to be humble and obedient.
All: We are invited to join him on
the road with those who so desperately need our love and compassion
today.
One: Come, let us join him.
