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– we welcome Marilyn Krebs today!
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A LITTLE MUSIC TO LEAD US INTO WORSHIP
WE MISS SEEING THE CHILDREN AND OTHERS PROCESSING WITH PALMS…
HERE! IS A PROCESSION IN JERUSALEM
LISTEN/SEE HOW MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND FAITH TRADITIONS SEEM TO BE REPRESENTED HERE…
MARILYN LONG reads Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!
Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD.
The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you.
O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
SHERI – shares a prayer of praise
SONG: ALL GLORY LAUD AND HONOR
MWPC WORSHIP https://youtu.be/yWBctrutuFA
BILL reads Mark 11:1-11
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.
STEVE – shares a prayer of confession
PRECIOUS LORD Words & Tune:Thomas Dorsey,1938
Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, help me stand
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
When my way grows drear,
Precious Lord, linger near
When my life is al-most gone,
Hear my cry, hear my call,
Hold my hand lest I fall
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, help me stand
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
BILL: leads discussion of perspectives on scripture, songs, prayers
STEVE: Prayer, including Joys & Concerns shared above
- Confluence of pandemics (COVID-19, racial injustice, income inequality, climate);
- HEALTH UPDATES:
- OTHER CONCERNS
- JOYS:
O when the saints go marchin’ in,
O when the saints go marchin’ in,
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marchin’ in.
O when the sun refuse to shine,
O when the sun refuse to shine,
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the sun refuse to shine.
O when the moon goes down in blood,
O when the moon goes down in blood,
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the moon goes down in blood.
O when the stars have disappeared,
O when the stars have disappeared,
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the stars have disappeared,
O when they crown Him Lord of all,
O when they crown Him Lord of all,
Lord, I want to be in that number
When they crown Him Lord of all.
O when the day of judgment comes,
O when the day of judgment comes,
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the day of judgment comes.
O when the saints go marchin’ in,
O when the saints go marchin’ in,
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marchin’ in.