Worship Notes for Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013
This morning in Luke 9 we move through three stories in which Jesus confronts and confounds the expectations of the disciples as to whom He is—a humble servant rather than a political or cultural leader. It is this same image that we see of Jesus riding the donkey into Jerusalem while palm branches are strewn and the children sing out, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”We begin the service with the children’s choirs leading us in the Prelude and the Introit. Our opening hymns are All Glory, Laud, and Honor and We Will Glorify. Following confession, we will sing Rock of Ages—humbly acknowledging our complete dependence on the blood of Christ and nothing that we can do.
Our first Communion Hymn is Because You Are Chosen with the words from Colossians, “You must clothe yourself with kindness, with heartfelt mercy, in the meekness of humility.” We close with the great triumphal hymn, Lift Up Your Heads from Psalm 24.
