Central Presbyterian Church

Palm Sunday
April 10, 2022 at 11:00 am
Gathering
Prelude “Andante religioso” Ian Schroeder, cello
Théodore Dubois Phillip Morgan

Welcome Rev. Dr. Ann Deibert

Call to Worship
All are invited to wave palms during the call to worship and the hymn that immediately
follows
One: We join with the crowd that eagerly awaited the coming of Jesus.

All: Blessed is the One who comes in the name of God!

Hosanna in the highest!

One: Fulfilling prophecy, Jesus entered the city riding humbly on a donkey.
All: Blessed is the One who comes in the name of God!
Hosanna in the highest!
One: Jesus’ followers were excited, filled with anticipation.
All: Blessed is the One who comes in the name of God!
Hosanna in the highest!
* Hymn . “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” Congregation
VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN
Prayer of Confession (unison)
God of street parades and hosannas,
we know you are counting on us to speak out against oppression,
to speak up for love and to speak hope to fear,
but so often we are silent.
We worry that we’ll say the wrong thing,
so we don’t say anything at all.
We worry that we’ll offend,
so we keep our convictions to ourselves.
We worry that we’ll speak up and won’t be heard,
so we stay silent.
And meanwhile, the parade marches on.
Unravel our fears, spark conviction in us.
Give us the courage to yell, “Hosanna!”
Gratefully we pray, amen.

Assurance of God’s Promise

One: Even when we are silent,
even when we are scared,
even when we miss the moment,
even when we say the wrong thing—
we belong to God.
There is nothing said or unsaid, done or undone that can change that truth,
so rest in this good news:
All: We are forgiven. We are known.
We belong to God, every day and always. Amen.

The Journey

Hymn No. 750 “Goodness Is Stronger than Evil” Congregation

GOODNESS IS STRONGER

Listening
Prayer for Illumination

Scripture Luke 19:28-40 NT p. 83

One: The word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
Sermon “Make Them Stop” Rev. Mark Baridon
Rev. Mark Baridon

Responding
Prayers of Intercession

Offering (To make a donation please see the options on the back page of the bulletin.)
Solo “Beautiful Savior” Haley De Witt
Robert Lee

* Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” Congregation

HATTON

* Prayer of Commitment

Sending
* Hymn No. 773 “Heaven Shall Not Wait” Congregation
HEAVEN SHALL NOT WAIT

* Benediction
One: And all God’s people said,
All: Amen!

Postlude “The Palms” Ian Schroeder, cello

Jean-Baptiste Faure Phillip Morgan, piano
Permissions:
Cover Art:
John August Swanson, Entry into the City, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.
https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56544 [retrieved April 6, 2022]. Original source: www.JohnAugustSwanson.com - copyright
1990 by John August Swanson.

Prayer of Confession and Assurance of God’s Promise:

from (or adapted from) prayers by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed / A Sanctified Art LLC / sanctifiedart.org

Doxology:
Text: Thomas Ken; adapted. Music: Roberta Martin. Reprinted with permission
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