Fairlawn Christian Reformed Church

Palm Sunday

The Sunday of the Passion

April 1, 2007        10:15 A.M.

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Preparation And Praise

Upon entering the sanctuary please maintain silence and turn off all electronic devices

 for the sake of the congregation’s preparation for worship.

    Prelude:  “The Palms”                                                                                             Fauré

    Welcome and Announcements:  Silent Prayer and Preparation

*  Call to Worship:                                                                                             Zechariah 9

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!  Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!  See your King comes to you, righteous and endowed with salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, the foal of a donkey.

He will proclaim peace to the nations.  His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth.

*  Hymn:  PH 376                    “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”                           St. Theodulph

*  God’s Greeting:

Grace and peace to you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

    Amen.

The Lord be with you.

    And also with you.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,

    Who made heaven and earth.

- is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.

                Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

*  Prayer of the Day: 

Lord Jesus Christ, as your faithful disciples blessed your coming, and spread their garments before you in the way of your entrance into the city of Jerusalem, covering it with palm branches, make us ready to lay at your feet all that we have and are, and to exalt you, the One who comes in the name of the Lord. And grant that after having confessed and worshiped you upon the earth, we may be among the number of those who shall hail your eternal triumph, and bear in our hands the palms of victory, when every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that you are Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

*  Response:  PH 635                          “Gloria Patri”                                                Meineke

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost,

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.  Amen, amen.

 Confession and Prayer

    Prayer of Confession:

Lord Jesus Christ, looking on you whom we have pierced, we mourn for our sins of thought, word, and deed which we have committed against your holy majesty.  We have not loved you with all of our heart, nor have we humbly served one another as you have taught us.  In the midst of our earthly comforts, we have forgotten the pains and mortal anguish that you endured for our salvation. Grant us a true vision of all that you suffered; in your betrayal, your lonely agony, your false trial, your mocking and scourging, and your shameful death upon the cross.  O Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. Forgive us for all of our sins, and as you have given yourself utterly for us, may we give ourselves entirely to you as the Lord of our lives.

Silent Prayer and Confession

Minister: Amen.

    Assurance of Pardon:                                                                             II Corinthians 5

    Choral Anthem:  “Blessed Is He Who Comes”                                                Larson

The congregation is invited to join in singing when indicated by the choir director.

All glory, laud and honor to Thee, Redeemer King.

To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring!

The people of the Hebrews with palms before Thee went;

Our praise and prayer and anthems before Thee we present.

Thou art the King of Israel, Thou David’s royal son,

Who in the Lord’s name comest, the King and blessed One;

To Thee, before Thy passion, they sang their hymns of praise.

To Thee, now high exalted, our melody we raise!

    Congregational Prayer

The Service Of The Word

    The Reading of the Passion of Jesus Christ from the Gospel of Luke Bulletin p. 6

*  Hymn:  PH 378                “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”                                     Ellacombe

[Children age 3 - grade Pre-K may leave during the hymn.]

*  Reading from the Gospel:                                                                       Luke 19:28-38

    Sermon:  The Triumphal Entry

    Prayer

*  Hymn:  Bulletin page 9          “Ride On, Ride On, in Majesty!”             Winchester New

The Offering of Tribute

*  Offertory Prayer

    Offering:     Fairlawn General Fund

            Offertory:  “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”                                                          Carter

*  Doxology: PH 638     “Praise God, from Whom all Blessings Flow”    Old Hundredth

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

praise him, all creatures here below;

praise him above, ye heavenly host;

praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

The Service Of The Sacrament Of Communion

THE LORD’S SUPPER

    CONFESSION OF FAITH

        Christ has died.

        Christ is risen.

        Christ is coming again.

    THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION

    PRAYER OF CONSECRATION

          Heavenly Father, show forth among us the presence of your life-giving Word and Holy Spirit, to sanctify us and your whole church through this sacrament. Grant that all who share the body and blood of our Savior Jesus Christ may be one in him, and remain faithful in love and hope. And as this grain has been gathered from many fields into one loaf, and these grapes from many hills into one cup, grant, O Lord, that your whole church may soon be gathered from the ends of the earth into your kingdom. Now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we pray:

                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.

   THE INVITATION TO THE TABLE

    THE DEDICATORY PRAYER

          We do not presume to come to this your table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your great and manifold mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table. But you are the same Lord, whose nature it is to always have mercy. Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your Son Jesus Christ and to drink his blood, that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us. Amen.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREAD AND WINE

Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us.

Therefore let us keep the feast.

The gifts of God for the people of God.

(Please hold each element until all have been served.

The outer ring holds wine; the inner rings, grape juice.)

THE THANKSGIVING

     Congregation in Christ, since the Lord has fed us at his table, let us praise his holy name with thanksgiving.

          Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion. Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise.

Blessing and Dismissal

*  Blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you.  May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.  May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace.  Amen.             

*  Response:             “Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation”                 Regent Square

Laud and honor to the Father, laud and honor to the Son,

laud and honor to the Spirit, ever Three and ever One,

One in might, and One in glory, while unending ages run.

    Postlude:  “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”                                                     arr. Brunner

*Indicates congregation stands

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