SERVICE OF CELEBRATION AND COVENANT RENEWAL

Palm Sunday 29 March 2015

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The entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday has all the elements of a theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; arcane and ancient symbolic actions played out unknowingly by the unwashed rabble; and all as a prelude to the disaster of crucifixion–or so it seemed. — Thomas Watson

GOD CALLS HIS PEOPLE TO WORSHIP

It is God Himself who calls His people to worship. We do not call ourselves, but it is the King who opens His gates and beckons us into His courts. Introit—At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing, Vs.1

Text: Latin Hymn, 6th C., Tr. Robert Campbell, 1849; Music: ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR, George J. Elvery, 1859.

Call to Worship—Psalm 118:1-4, 14-15, 17-23; Luke 19:38

Pastor: Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest! All: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! Reader 1: O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever!

Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Reader 2: Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let those who fear

the Lord say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”

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All: The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.

Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous. Reader 3: 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.

Reader 4: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes. Pastor: Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest! All: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

Hymn of Praise—All Glory, Laud, and Honor

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GOD SPEAKS TO HIS PEOPLE THROUGH HIS WORD The Bible is the means by which God graciously reveals Himself to His people—so we listen, read, and study with expectant hearts. God particularly entreats us in His Word to sing Psalms. And while all Scripture is appropriate for hymns and spiritual songs, there is a specific exhortation for us to make use of the Psalter as the church’s songbook.

Psalm of Praise—Turn Your Ear and Answer (Psalm 86)

Text: Based on Psalm 86, Nathan George, 2015; Music: Nathan George, 2015. Scripture Reading—Zechariah 9:9-12

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and He shall speak peace to the nations; His rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the Earth. As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

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Hymn of Praise—The Lord Is King

Text: Josiah Conder, 1824; Music: ROCKBRIDGE, Harmonia Sacra, this version ©2010.

The Reading of the Word—Hebrews 6:13-18

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of His purpose, He guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.

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Sung Response—Sing Hosanna

CCLI #2844402 © 1974 New Song Creations; Text and Music: Linda Stassen. Sermon—The Unchangeable Character of His Promise

—Pastor, George Grant

GOD CALLS HIS PEOPLE TO CONFESSION, REPENTANCE, AND RECONCILIATION

The People of God respond to His Word by confessing their sins, repenting of their sinful ways, and seeking God’s favor through the reconciling work of Jesus, the Son of God.

Confession of Sin—The Ten Commandments

Pastor: And God said: I am the Lord, who brought you out of slavery. All: You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself idols.

You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain. Pastor: Lord, Your Law pierces our heart. All: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Honor your father and your mother:

that your days may be long in the land that the Lord is giving you. Pastor: Lord, Your Law pierces our heart and drives us to Christ. All: You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.

You shall not covet. You shall not bear false witness. Pastor: Lord, Your Law pierces our heart and drives us to Christ. Have mercy upon us,

for we are a sinful, fallen, and broken people in need of Your grace.

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Sung Response—Kyrie

Text: Traditional; Music: Nathan George & Henry C. Haffner, 2012.

Assurance of Pardon—Galatians 2:16, 20; Mark 12:30

We are not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. Indeed, if righteousness came by the law, then Christ died for no purpose. But, we have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer we who live, but Christ who lives in us. And the life we now live in the flesh we live by faith in the Son of God.

All: He loved us and gave Himself up for us. Pastor: This is the promise of God. This is the Word of the Lord. All: Therefore, let us love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind and with all our strength.

HEAVENLY GIFT—EUCHARISTO

As God beckons His people to the bounty of His table, they make joyous profession of their fealty to Him.

Profession of Faith—The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried; on the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; He ascended into Heaven, and now sits on the right hand of the Father; He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified; He spoke by the prophets.

We believe in one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church—both seen and unseen. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.

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Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give Him thanks and praise.

Pastor: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to You, Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth. Therefore, we praise You, Triune God,

and we join our voices with the angels, the archangels, and the whole company of Heaven in this hymn of eternal praise:

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WORDS OF INSTITUTION AND THE LORD’S TABLE

Having confessed our sins and made a good profession of faith, God's Table is open to all those “faithfully-fenced" members of the covenant community. Please come forward to partake of this means of grace. You may take the bread and dip it either in the cup of wine or grape juice.

Hymn of Reflection—Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured

Text: Greek Hymn, Tr. John Brownlie, 1907: Music: LUISE, Johann Crüger, 1653.

Hymn of Praise—We Will Glorify

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GOD’S PEOPLE RESPOND IN GRATEFUL PRAISE, PETITIONS, TITHES & OFFERINGS Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession—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. Amen. Hymn of Praise—All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

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St. 1-3 Edward Perronet, 1779St. 4 John Rippon, 1787

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GOD SENDS HIS PEOPLE OUT

After calling His people into His presence, forgiving their sins, instructing them in His Word, and providing a foretaste of the marriage supper of the Lamb, God sends His people into the world to show His light in the darkness.

Hosannas to the King—Revelation 7:9-12

Pastor: I looked, and behold, there was a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. They were standing

before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes. And they all had palm branches in their hands.

All: They cried out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God

who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” Pastor: And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders

and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God.

All: They said, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor

and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Sung Response—We Will Glorify, Vs. 5

CCLI #2844402 ©1982 New Spring; Text and Music: Twila Paris, 1982. Announcements

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© 1982 Twila Paris

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Worship Notes:

The palm tree and palm leaves appear again and again throughout the Bible as symbols of integrity, honor, righteousness, holiness, godly authority, and royal glory. The palm was used in the carved decorations of the temple, usually associated with the Cherubim, but also with the regal lion and the flower in full bloom. In addition though, throughout the entire ancient Near East palm branches were the conventional symbol of public approval and welcome by all the eastern peoples to conquering heroes, and were strewn and carried in triumphal processions. All the Gospels report that people gave Jesus the kingly honor of strewing palm branches along the path during His triumphal entry. The use of the palm became an almost universal worship convention on Palm Sunday by the beginning of the third century. This Sunday, we will observe this venerable and ancient practice during the service, as we too sing Hosannas to our King, waving these old Biblical symbols of royal pomp and joyous celebration.

— Pastor George Grant

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Deacons

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All Biblical quotes taken from the English Standard Version.