The Teacher

Rev. Dr. Nevada DeLapp

Order of Worship

Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
Palm Sunday Call to Worship
We come to prepare for the holiest of weeks.
We will journey through praise, with joy on our lips;
we will travel through betrayal and death,
cradling hope deep in our hearts
Jesus leads us through this week, and we will follow,
for he is the life we long for, he is the Word who sustains us.
We wave palm branches in anticipation,
we lay our love before him, to cushion his walk
Setting aside all power, glory, and might, he comes:
modeling humility and obedience for all of us.
Hosanna! Hosanna!
Blessed is the One who brings us
the kingdom of God.
~ written by Thom Shuman
Opening Song “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”
God’s Greeting
Songs “Shout to the Lord”
“All Hail, King Jesus”
Prayer of Confession
God of the cross,
tottering down the streets of Jerusalem on a donkey,
you are not the savior we expect.
Your power doesn’t look like the power
we want our God to have.
Your wisdom makes no sense to us.
We are happy to join the crowd, waving branches,
but not so sure we want to follow you
through this Holy Week:
into the temple courts,
into the upper room
into the Garden of Gethsemane
to the high priest’s house,
to the assembly of elders,
to Pilate,
to Herod,
to the place of The Skull,
to the foot of the cross.
We need you to go with us on this journey.
Grant us clear vision, courageous hearts,
persistent steps.
Even though we know what this week will bring, we sing:
Hosanna, hosanna.
Save us, we beseech you! Amen.

—Joanna Harader, from SpaciousFaith.com. Used by permission. Active Visual: Pieces of burlap
Extinguish the Lenten Candle
Song of Assurance “Hosanna (Praise Is Rising)”
Congregational Prayer
Prayer of Preparation
Heidelberg Catechism Q/A 1
Q. What is your only comfort
in life and in death?
A. That I am not my own,1 but belong— body and soul, in life and in death—2
to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.3
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,4 and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.5 He also watches over me in such a way6
that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven;7 in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.8 Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
assures me of eternal life9 and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him.10
Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:1-11
Message: Pastor Nevada
“The Teacher”
Song “Meekness and Majesty”
Blessing
Closing Song “God of Grace and God of Glory”
Postlude