PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” UMH 278
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Today, we join Jesus in the final ascent to Jerusalem, knowing the depths we will descend on our journey through Holy Week.
People: Open the gates of righteousness, that we may come worship God!
Liturgist: We join the disciples in declaring that Jesus, riding on a donkey, is our Ruler, the One who will bring peace and salvation for all.
People: Open the gates of peace, that we may come worship God!
Liturgist: We join with the bystanders who questioned and wondered who this Jesus really is, who feared the consequences of angering the powers that be.
People: Open the gates of truth, that we may come worship God!
Liturgist: The journey through Holy Week brings us face-to-face with the stark reality of sin and God’s faithfulness to save.
ALL: Open the gates of salvation, that we may come worship God whose steadfast love never fails!
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, September 2024.
OPENING PRAYER (Together)
God of the foolish cross, Almighty God, on this day your Son Jesus Christ entered the holy city of Jerusalem and was proclaimed King by those who spread their garments and palm branches along his way. Let those branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our Lord, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life. In his name we pray. Amen.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE John 12:12-16
SECOND SCRIPTURE Luke 19:28-40
MESSAGE “I’m Gonna Sing”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“I’m Goin’ a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing” UMH 333
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”Affirmation from Romans” UMH 887
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
"All Glory, Laud, and Honor" UMH 280
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE “Shalom to You” UMH 666
*Please stand as you are able