Palm Sunday
Online Service March 28, 2021
GATHERING
Welcome and Announcements
Procession with the Palms
P: Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!
C: Hosanna in the highest.
Processional Hymn “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” Hymn #344 sts. 1,3, 5
Refrain: All glory, laud, and honor to you, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
1. You are the king of Israel and David’s royal Son,
Now in the Lord’s name coming, Our King and Blessed One. (Refrain)
3. The multitude of pilgrims with palms before you went,
Our praise and prayer and anthems before you we present. (Refrain)
5. Their praises you accepted; accept the prayers we bring,
Great author of all goodness, O good and gracious King. (Refrain)
Blessing of the Palms
P: Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!
C: Hosanna in the highest.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
C: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
P: We praise and thank you, O God, for the great acts of love by which you have
redeemed us through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. On this day he entered the holy
city of Jerusalem in triumph, and was acclaimed Son of David and
King of kings by those who scattered their garments and branches of palm in
his path. We ask that you bless these branches and those who bear them, and
grant that we may ever hail Jesus as our Lord and King and follow him with
perfect confidence; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord.
C: Amen
L: Let us pray:
Sovereign God, you have established your rule in the human heart through the
servanthood of Jesus Christ. By your Spirit, keep us in the joyful procession of
those who with their tongues confess Jesus as Lord and with their lives praise
him as Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy spirit, one God, now
and forever. Amen.
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WORD
Second Reading: Philippians 2: 5--11 Pg. 1827
C: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord. Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest.
The Processional Gospel: Mark 11: 1—11 Pg. 1572
After the Gospel is announced
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
After the Gospel is concluded:
P: The gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest.
Sermon
(please stand)
Hymn of the Day: “Prepare the Royal Highway” Hymn # 264
1. Prepare the royal highway; the King of kings is near!
Let every hill and valley a level road appear!
Then Great the King of glory, foretold in sacred story;
Hosanna to the Lord, for he fulfills God’s word!
2. God’s people, see him coming; your own eternal king!
Palm branches strew before him! Spread garments! Shout and sing!
God’s promise will not fail you! No more shall doubt assail you!
Hosanna to the Lord, for he fulfills God’s word!
3. Then fling the gates wide open to greet your promised king!
Your king, yet every nation its tribute too may bring.
All lands will bow before him; their voices join your singing;
Hosanna to the Lord, for he fulfills God’s word!
4. His is no earthly kingdom; it comes from heaven above.
His rule is peace and freedom and justice, truth, and love.
So let your praise be sounding for kindness so abounding;
Hosanna to the Lord, for he fulfills God’s word!
The Prayers
L: . . .Lord, in your mercy,
C: Hear our prayer.
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The Peace
P: The peace of Christ be with you always.
C: And also with you.
P: Let us share Christ’s peace with one another.
Offering
L: Let us pray---
C: Gracious God, all goodness flows from you. You bless us and you call us to
be a blessing to a world in need. Accept these offerings as a sign of our whole
lives returned to you through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; 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
SENDING
Blessing
Hymn # 347 “Go to Dark Gethsemane”
1. Go to dark Gethsemane, all who feel the tempter’s power,
your Redeemer’s conflict see. Watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away; learn from Jesus Christ to pray.
2. Follow to the judgment hall, view the Lord of life arraigned;
oh, the wormwood and the gall! Oh, the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; learn from him to bear the cross.
3. Calvary’s mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at his feet,
mark that miracle of time, God’s own sacrifice compete.
“It is finished!” hear him cry; learn from Jesus Christ to die.
4. Early hasten to the tomb where they laid his breathless clay;
all is solitude and gloom. Who has taken him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes. Savior, teach us so to rise.
L: Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Postlude
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*** Hymns reprinted by permission under CCLI Lic. # 2561118