Palm Sunday Worship Service
April 4, 2021
We are RECEIVED as the Beloved of God
The actual worship service begins 15 minutes into the recordings.
SONG
WELCOME
OPENING PRAYER
SONG – Up from the Grave He Arose (UM Hymnal # 322)
CHILDREN’S TIME
VIDEO
We are TRANSFORMED by the Word of Jesus Christ
Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
1 John 4:9-10
This is how God showed his love among us: he sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
GOOD NEWS – God Is Not Angry at You!
God clearly showed us that God loved us till death through Jesus Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. However, many of us struggle with the angry and punishing images of gods. On this Easter morning, God tells us, “Leave all those teachings about angry gods. I am not angry at you. I do love you, no matter what!”
SONG – He Lives (UM Hymnal #310)
THE HOLY COMMUNION
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE (OFFERING)
Pastor: God wants our love more than God wants our offerings; God cares about our hearts not the amounts of our offerings. (Hosea 6:6).
All: As we count all the blessings God has already given to us, we cheerfully give our offerings to God, the Provider, with grateful hearts. Amen! (2 Corinthians 9:7).
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
We are SENT in the Power of the Holy Spirit
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BLESSING AND SENDING
May the grace and peace of Christ be with you, my friends.
Go and share the love of God, love that never ends.
CLOSING