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March 24, 2024 Bulletin – FPC Grenada
Palm Sunday - COLOR: Purple
CALL TO WORSHIP
LEADER: Let all creation shout!
PEOPLE: Let us wave the palm branches high. Jesus is coming!
LEADER: He comes in humility to claim God’s own.
PEOPLE: May he claim us this day and heal our hearts!
LEADER: Hosanna to the Son of David.
ALL: Hosanna to the blessed Son of God. AMEN.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Remember that the shouting will die out and the time of trial will still lie
ahead of us. Soon there will be a deathly quiet on the land. Soon the Savior
will give his life for us.
LET US PRAY:
We love parades! We love the excitement, the colors, the noise! Today we
celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. His followers have stripped branches
from the trees and wave them in the air. They have thrown their cloaks in
the path of the donkey that his steps might be cushioned. And the scene is
wonderful. But there is a reality here. The reality is that although we wave
our branches and shout "Hosanna!", we have not always behaved as disciples.
Too often we have wandered from the path of Christ and stumbled along on
our own, believing our way to be superior. We have turned from those who
have needed help, because it wasn’t convenient for us to be of help of service.
We have done and said things that are not worthy of disciples. Yet, here we
stand, in the parade route, waving our branches. Forgive us, Lord. Help us to
turn our lives around and truly serve you. Help us to really mean "Hosanna!
Blessed is the One who comes in the Name of the Lord!", for we ask this in
his holy name. AMEN.
SCRIPTURE:
FIRST READING: Mark 14:1-15;47
PSALTER: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
GOSPEL MESSAGE: John 12:12-16
HYMNS:
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee P. 464
Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing P. 538
TITLE OF SERMON: How Quickly We Forget