Announcements 4-9-23
Announcements:
DEVOTIONAL SPOTLIGHT: This week’s devotional is: Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals Designed to help individuals, families, and congregations pray together across denominations, this book of common prayer will help you and your community join together each day with the same songs, scriptures, and prayers. Composed under an advisory team of liturgy experts, these three influential and inspiring authors have created Common Prayer–a tapestry of prayer that will help the church be one as God is one.
OFFICE CLOSED: Pastor Aaron and Louise will be out of town April 10th – 14th. The office will be closed. If something urgent comes up please email us or call and leave a voice message and we will respond as soon as we are able.
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING: Lent is a time to think about others, instead of ourselves. Easter is a time for connecting friends, family, and those in need. ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING……is a time when people throughout the world come together and share what they have with others that have less!
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING is the single, largest way that Presbyterians connect every year to work for justice, resilience, and sustainability, providing relief from natural disasters, food for the hungry, and support for the poor and oppressed.
During the season of Lent, we celebrate that God connects with us through Jesus’ resurrection and connects us with “those who have least” – that’s how Matthew 25 puts it – and that’s what One Great hour of Sharing (OGHS) is all about.
We will be collecting the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering this Sunday.
POTLUCK LUNCHEON AFTER THE CANTATA!: On Sunday, April 16th the Presbyterian Women will host a potluck luncheon after our annual cantata. Just bring a dish to share with others. It can be homemade or store bought. Anything yummy you would like, someone else is sure to like too! The Presbyterian women will be in the Fellowship Hall before the worship service to accept the food (and to have it heated or refrigerated, if necessary).The PW will provide the drinks. Plan to join us on April 16th. for beautiful music and wonderful fellowship as we join Chinese Presbyterian and Little Farms United Church of Christ as a community of believers praising God together!
EASTER EGG HUNT THANK YOU!!!: A Big Thank you to all those who came out and helped at the Easter Egg Hunt on the 1st. Julie, Christian, Joseph, Greg, Claire, Aaron, Asher, Ardis, Jermey, Brock, Sue, Ron, Cynthia, and Emily we could not have done it without you. Thank you for all your hard work. The kids had a great time and the parents were impressed with what we had to offer.
HYMNS AND BEER We’ve also scheduled our next Hymns and Beer for Monday, April 24th at 7pm at Zony Mash! The brewery is child and pet-friendly, and there will be a food truck (Boils by Brad) serving up crawfish. In celebration of Earth Day, all the hymns will be nature-themed and half of the musicians’ tips will be donated to Glassroots, a New Orleans non-profit which turns glass bottles into sand for use in coastal restoration projects. See you there!
OUR NEXT CLOTHING DRIVE: We are looking for prom dresses and party dresses to take to the folks we have been working with in Lake Charles. Short, long, and all sizes. We will be collecting in April. Look for a clothing rack in the Narthex for this collection.
THANK YOU FROM EVERGREEN: Thank you to everyone who donated to Evergreen Life Services Last month. We collected 1,220. Check out the Thank you letter from Evergreen on the Bulletin board to find out more about how this money will be used.
FLOWERS: The Flowers were given to the Glory of God by the Garlands.
BIRTHDAYS: Chuck Corcoran 4/9
EVENTS AND MEETINGS THIS WEEK:
4/10 – 4/14 – Office Closed
4/12 -6:00 PM – Worship Committee Meeting
7:00 PM – Cantata Choir Rehearsal
4/13 – 10:00 AM – Game Day Sponsored by PW
4/16 – 9:30 AM – Canta Warm-up and Rehearsal
10:30 AM- Easter Cantata
11:45 AM -Potluck luncheon
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February 2023 Finances Revenues: $ 62,817 Expenses: $109,511.95 ($46,694.95) |
Order of Worship 4-2-23
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Palm Sunday
April 2nd, 2023 Ten Thirty in the morning
Minister: Rev. Aaron Ochart
Liturgist: Emily Garland
Please silence all cell phones.
Bold face indicates congregational participation.
Please stand, in body or spirit
CALLED TO FOLLOW
PRELUDE “Sonata III” Felix Mendelssohn
PROCESSION
ONE: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
MANY: Hosanna in the highest!
PROCESSIONAL HYMN [BLUE#88*] [GTG#196]
“All Glory, Laud, and Honor”
Refrain: All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer King,
To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring!
1.Thou art the King of Israel, thou David’s royal Son,
- The people of the Hebrews with palms before thee went;
our praise and prayers and anthems before thee we present. Refrain
- To thee, before thy passion, they sang their hymns of praise;
to thee, now high exalted, our melody we raise. Refrain
- Thou didst accept their praises; accept the prayer we bring,
who in all good delightest, thou good and gracious King! Refrain
WORDS OF WELCOME
MINUTE for MISSION: One Great Hour of Sharing
CALL TO WORSHIP: Zechariah 9:9
ONE: Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
MANY: Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
ONE: Lo, your king comes to you;
MANY: triumphant and victorious is he,
ONE: humble and riding on a donkey,
MANY: on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
ONE: The Lord be with you.
MANY: And also with you
We praise you, O God, for your redemption of the world through Jesus Christ, who entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph and was proclaimed Messiah and king by those who spread garments and branches along his way. Let these branches be signs of his victory, and grant that we may follow him in the way of the cross, that, dying and rising with him, we may enter into your kingdom; though Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
HYMN [BLUE#13*] [GTG#106] “Prepare the Way, O Zion”
1 Prepare the way, O Zion, your Christ is drawing near!
Let every hill and valley a level way appear.
Greet one who comes in glory, foretold in sacred story.
O blessed is Christ who came, in God’s most holy name.
2 He brings God’s rule, O Zion; he comes from heaven above.
His rule is peace and freedom, and justice, truth, and love.
Lift high your praise resounding
for grace and joy abounding
O blessed is Christ who came, in God’s most holy name.
3 Fling wide your gates, O Zion;
your Savior’s rule embrace,
and tidings of salvation proclaim in every place.
All lands will bow rejoicing, their adoration voicing.
O blessed is Christ who came, in God’s most holy name.
MESSAGE FOR THE CHILDREN
RESPONSE (While Children leave) [BLUE#] [GTG#591]
“Halle, Halle, Hallelujah!”
Halle, halle, hale-lujah!
Halle, halle, hale-lujah!
Halle, halle, hale-lujah!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
THE WORD READ AND PROCLAIMED
SCRIPTURE [Pew Bible NT pg.21 or 23] Matthew 21:1-17
When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, “The Lord needs them.” And he will send them immediately.’ This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,
‘Tell the daughter of Zion,
Look, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’
The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,
‘Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!’
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds were saying, ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’
Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves. He said to them, ‘It is written,
“My house shall be called a house of prayer”;
but you are making it a den of robbers.’
The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did, and heard the children crying out in the temple, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’, they became angry and said to him, ‘Do you hear what these are saying?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Yes; have you never read,
“Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies
you have prepared praise for yourself”?’
He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
ONE: The Word of the Lord
MANY: Thanks be to God
SERMON: “Parody Parade” The Rev. Aaron Ochart
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Theological Declaration of Barmen
- “Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Matt. 28:20.) “The word of God is not fettered.” (II Tim. 2:9.)
The church’s commission, upon which its freedom is founded, consists in delivering the message of the free grace of God to all people in Christ’s stead, and therefore in the ministry of his own Word and work through sermon and Sacrament.
We reject the false doctrine, as though the church in human arrogance could place the Word and work of the Lord in the service of any arbitrarily chosen desires, purposes, and plans.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
RECEIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY Excerpt from “Sing Hosanna to the King” Lloyd Larson
OFFERTORY RESPONSE [GTG 701] “Lord Prepare Me”
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary,
pure and holy, tried and true.
With thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORDS PRAYER
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.
HYMN [GTG #218] “Ah Holy Jesus”
- Ah holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
that we to judge thee have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected, O most afflicted!
- Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee.
‘Twas I Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee; I crucified thee.
- Lo, the Good shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave hath sinned, and the Son has suffered;
for our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
- For me, kind Jesus, was thy incarnation,
thy mortal sorrow, and thy life’s oblation,
thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,
for my salvation.
- Therefore kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee,
I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee,
think on thy pity and thy love unswerving,
not my deserving.
PARTING PRAYER (Richard of Chichester c. 1197-1253)
Thanks be to you, Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which you have won for us, for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. O most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may we know you more clearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Amen.
CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
RESPONSE [GTG#227] “Jesus, Remember Me”
Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom.
POSTLUDE: Rondeau from “Sinfonie de Fanfares” by Mouret