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Welcome to the live stream of worship from Church of the Holy Cross for Sunday, March 24, 2024. You will find the service outline below, and you may download and print the PDF to follow more easily.
Service of Worship, March 24, 2024
Sixth Sunday in Lent
Palm/Passion Sunday
Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Please note that audio and video of this service are being live streamed on the Internet and will be recorded. The right rear section of the sanctuary will not be captured by any cameras. Please be aware that in other sections you may be visible at times.
Prelude: Ride on in Triumph, O King Kayleen Yuda
Lighting of the Candles
Ringing of the Bell
Welcome Rev. Eric S. Anderson
* Call to Worship: (based on Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29) John Narruhn
Leader: Give thanks to the LORD, for God is good, whose steadfast love endures forever!
People: God’s steadfast love endures forever!
Leader: Open to me the gates of the LORD, that I may enter through them and give thanks.
People: This is the gate of the LORD, through which the righteous shall make their way.
Leader: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
People: This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
All: This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!
* Hymn #216: All Glory, Laud, and Honor (v. 1-3)
* Invocation: (based on Isaiah 50:4-9) John Narruhn
Christ came, O God, and taught us your ways. He sustained the weary with a word. He woke the hearts and minds of his followers so that they might learn. Help us, O God, to be such disciples. May we find our way to righteousness; may we set our hearts on faithfulness. We would not be strangers to your goodness, but make our way forward in peace. Amen.
Please be seated
WE SHARE THE WORD OF GOD
Anthem: The Holy City Keiki Singers
Percyna
Emyann
Gracie
Sadie
Deisha
Yoshiro
Stephen
Ben
Palm Sunday Gospel: John 12:12-16 John Narruhn
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.
Time with the Children
Parade of the Palms #213: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (v. 1-3)
Scripture: Mark 11:1-11 John Narruhn
When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, “Why are you doing this?” just say this, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.”’ They went away and found a colt tied near a door, outside in the street. As they were untying it, some of the bystanders said to them, ‘What are you doing, untying the colt?’ They told them what Jesus had said; and they allowed them to take it. Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting,
‘Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!’
Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Sermon: The Lord Needs It Rev. Eric S. Anderson
WE RESPOND IN WORD AND DEED
Pastoral Prayer Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Please join me in the Lord’s Prayer
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 and ever. Amen
* Hymn #219: Journey to Gethsemane (v. 1-4)
Call to Offering John Narruhn
They gave what they could, that first Palm Sunday. They put down their clothing on the road. They pulled branches from the trees. And someone gave the use of a colt for a few hours. Because of these gifts, Jesus entered the city surrounded by joy. Let us surround the world in joy. Whether you share your gift here in the church today, through a gift online, or via an envelope in the mail, let the offering now be received.
Offertory: The Palms Kayleen Yuda
* Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost – Amen
* Offertory Prayer John Narruhn
Receive these gifts, O God, and may they be seeds for new trees, stones that make a new highway, hearts that beat stronger for your justice, love, and mercy. Amen.
* Hymn #215: Ride On! Ride On in Majesty (v. 1-4)
Announcements Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Benediction Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Postlude: Day of Triumph Kayleen Yuda
* Please stand if you are able.
Permissions
Ride on in Triumph, O King
Henry Balcombe
© 1993 Lorenz Publishing Company
a division of The Lorenz Corporation
(Admin. by Music Services)
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All Glory, Laud, and Honor
Text by Theodulph of Orleans, 9th cent.
Trans. John Mason Neale, 1854
Tune ST. THEODULPH by Melchior Teschner, 1615
Public Domain
The Holy City
by Frederick Edward Weatherly & Stephen Adams
Public Domain
“Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”
Text by Jennette Threlfall, 1873
Tune ELLACOMBE first pub. 1784
Public Domain
Journey to Gethsemane
Text by James Montgomery, 1820
Rev. by The Pilgrim Press, 1993
© 1993 The Pilgrim Press
Tune REDHEAD NO. 76 by Richard Redhead, 1853
Public Domain
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The Palms
Jean-Baptiste Faure,
Stephen DeCesare
Public Domain
Ride On! Ride On in Majesty
Text by Henry H. Milman, 1827
Rev. by Lavon Baylor, 1993
© 1993 The Pilgrim Press
Tune ST. DROSTANE by John B. Dykes, 1862
Public Domain
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Day of Triumph
Edward Broughton
© 1980 Lorenz Publishing Company,
a division of The Lorenz Corporation
(Admin. by Music Services)
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Dates to Remember
Today: March 24— Palm Sunday
Today: March 24 – J’s Mini Mart
Pastor Rev. Eric S. Anderson
Moderator Stefan Tanouye
Lay Reader John Narruhn
Choir Accompanist Kanako Okita
Choir Director Doug Albertson
Organist Kayleen Yuda
Keiki Singers Percyna, Emmyann, Gracie, Sadie,
Deisha, Yoshiro, Stephen, Ben
Hand Bell Director Anna Kennedy
Chapel Decorations Laura Ota
Projected Imagery Sue Smith
Web Master Ruth Niino-DuPonte
Videographers Eric Tanouye, Eli Yamaki
Ruth Niino-DuPonte, Bob Smith
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