Palm Sunday- Worship programme

Morning Worship Meeting at Gainsborough

Pre-Meeting Music: Band

Welcome and Announcements

King from Portrait of Christ 53 by Henry Gariepy
Zechariah 9:9 This prophecy is inseparably linked with the Triumphal Entry. Hundreds of years before this event had been prophesied and the gospel writer confirms this in Matthew 21:4-5 when he says that it was a direct fulfillment of it. This short verse tells us a lot of things. Rejoice greatly... Jesus would usher in a kingdom of joy. Didn't Jesus say in John 10:10 I am come that they may have life, and have it to the full. The verse continues to talk about the justice, deliverance and peace he would bring. In this our first song we shall sing praises to the King of Kings.

Song 160 (TB 42/Rimington)
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun

Palm Sunday Prayer-Prayer Collection page 330
Reading: They Missed Him! from A Bucket of Surprises page 93

Songs of Fellowship 357
Lord Jesus Christ

Theme: Palm Sunday 2008
Palm Sunday is the last Sunday in Lent and the beginning of Holy Week! The last days of Jesus' life which we remember during Holy Week, and which end with the resurrection of Jesus at Easter, are events that begin with the arrival of Jesus at Jerusalem. Although, with hindsight, the day is tinged with sadness because Jesus died on a cross less than a week after he had entered Jerusalem. Today we nevertheless celebrate his triumphal entry into the town as he came to celebrate with everyone else the Jewish feast of Passover. The Bible describes the excitement on that particular day as great crowds of people lined the streets waving palm branches to welcome him hence the name Palm Sunday. It tells us that people not only spread branches on the road but even their clothing as they shouted Hosanna which means Save us now.

Band

Songs of Fellowship 728
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning
Testimonies: Who is this King of Kings, anyway?

Offering to be taken after this song

Bible Reading: John 12:12-19 NIV

Songs of Fellowship 400
My song is love unknown

Songsters

Bible Message: Jesus Riding into Jerusalem (John)

Prayer

Songs of Fellowship 478
Reign in me, sovereign Lord

Song 81 (TB 92/Hallelujah to the Lamb)
Hark the glad sound (with chorus of Song 57)

Benediction: Songsters