PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP AT HOME
April 5, 2020
CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 118)
O give thanks to the Lord, for God is good!
God’s steadfast love endures forever!
This is the day the Lord has made!
Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the
name of the Lord!
Hosanna! Save us! Amen
HYMNAL #89 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
CALL TO CONFESSION
Let us face this day of palms and Jesus’ passion
with honesty, confessing our sin before God.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, sure of your faithfulness even in your dying,
comforted by your compassion toward your people
in every age, forgive our short-comings.
We have withheld from your people, our neighbors,
and from your creation, our Earth, the care and tending
they deserve. We have rejected the cornerstone you sent to build a people of righteousness.
Heal what we have broken, nurture what we have neglected and lead us to your vision, so that we may know the peace of wholeness in you; in Jesus’ name.
(keep a time of silent confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
Our God has come to us humble in the form of a slave to free us from the weight of sin and death. Jesus’ obedient suffering has released us. Friends, this is good news: in Jesus Christ we are forgiven!
THE NOW TESTAMENT – Where have you shared Christ’s forgiveness or peace and love this week?
GOSPEL READING Matthew 21:1-11
SERMON The Palm Sunday Road to Recovery
*HYMNAL #476 O Worship the King, All Glorious Above!
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE – THE LORD’S PRAYER
OFFERING (presentation of our tithes and offerings)
Mail in your checks or give online through our website
www.chapelbytheseawa.org (home page – click Give)
Prayer of Dedication
God of all good gifts may these gifts continue to
provide for worship in the chapel and ministry in
your name. Bless these offerings of thanksgiving that
they may further your kin-dom in this world;
through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
Hymnal #88 All Glory, Laud, and Honor
BE WELL. GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU DURING THIS PANDEMIC AS WE LOVE AND SERVE CHRIST.