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FINAL DRAFT
Team: Tami Ellis (leader); Natalia LaCroix (piano); Zoo (guitar); Scott Plybon (bass); Ryan Clodfelter (trumpet); John DeBoer (male vocal); Kim Baum, Kim Lis, Randy Bechtold, Kristin Dougherty (female vocals)
Rehearsal: Saturday, March 22, 8:30am
Order of Service
Prelude
Rejoice
Welcome
Leader: Christ is risen!
Congregation: The Lord is risen, indeed!
Our Historic Faith: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 12
Q31. Why is he called “Christ,” meaning “anointed”?
A. Because he has been ordained by God the Father and has been anointed with the Holy Spirit to be our chief prophet and teacher who perfectly reveals to us the secret counsel and will of God for our deliverance; our only high priest who has set us free by the one sacrifice of his body, and who continually pleads our cause with the Father; and our eternal king who governs us by his Word and Spirit, and who guards us and keeps us in the freedom he has won for us.Q32. But why are you called a Christian?
A. Because by faith I am a member of Christ and so I share in his anointing. I am anointed to confess his name, to present myself to him as a living sacrifice of thanks, to strive with a good conscience against sin and the devil in this life, and afterward to reign with Christ over all creation for all eternity.
God is Calling Us to Worship
Scripture Reading: John 20:1-18
All Glory, Laud and Honor (#235)
Be Unto Your Name
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:50-57
Christ the Lord is Risen Today (#277)
Announcements
Welcoming One Another (Children are dismissed to Children’s Church at this time.)
Worshiping God by Listening to His Word: Judges 16:23-31 “The Death that Delivered”
Worshiping God by Giving
Arise, O God, and Shine
God Sending Us with His Benediction
And Can it Be
FINAL DRAFT
Team/Leader: Davis and DeBoer
Order of Service
Scripture Reading: John 12:34-50
Prayer
Jesus, I Come
Extinguishing the First Candle: Luke 23:26-31
Thou Who Wast Rich
Extinguishing the Second Candle: Luke 23:32-34
God Be Merciful to Me
Extinguishing the Third Candle: Luke 23:38-42
There is a Fountain
Extinguishing the Fourth Candle: John 19:26-27
Worshiping God by Listening to His Word: “Woman, Behold your son.”
Corporate Prayer
Extinguishing the Fifth Candle: John 19:28
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Extinguishing the Sixth Candle: Mark 15:34-36
O Sacred Head Now Wounded (piano only?)
Extinguishing the Seventh Candle: Luke 23:46
As a Deer (guitar only?)
Extinguishing the Eighth Candle: John 19:30
When I Survey
Extinguishing the Ninth Candle: John 19:31-42
There is no dismissal or benediction. Worshipers leave in darkness and quiet.
FINAL DRAFT
Team/Leader: Davis and DeBoer
Call to Worship: Jeremiah 31:31-34
Song: “How Great Is Our God”
Sermon: “The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not…” John 1:5
Lighting the First Candle: Matthew 26:17-19
Lighting the Second Candle: Matthew 26:20-29
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Lighting the Third Candle: John 13:1-12
Song: “My Jesus I Love Thee”
Lighting the Fourth Candle: John 13:33-35
Lighting the Fifth Candle: John 14:1-11
Lighting the Sixth Candle: John 14:15-18
Song: “Come Thou Fount”
Lighting the Seventh Candle: John 14:25-31
Lighting the Eighth Candle: John 15:1-17
Lighting the Ninth Candle: Matthew 26:31-46
Scripture Reading: Matthew 26:47-56
There is no dismissal. After this reading, the congregation quietly leaves the sanctuary.
Final Draft
Team/Leader: Baum
Palm Sunday remembers Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem announced by the crowds shouting “Hosanna!” Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.
Order of Service
Prelude
Hail to the Lord’s Annointed
Welcome and Announcements
Our Historic Faith: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 11
Q 29. Why is the Son of God called “Jesus,” meaning “savior”?
A. Because he saves us from our sins. Salvation cannot be found in anyone else; it is futile to look for any salvation elsewhere.
Q 30. Do those who look for their salvation and security in saints, in themselves, or elsewhere really believe in the only savior Jesus?
A. No. Although they boast of being his, by their deeds they deny the only savior and deliverer, Jesus. Either Jesus is not a perfect savior, or those who in true faith accept this savior have in him all they need for their salvation.
God is Calling Us to Worship
Scripture Reading: Psalm 24
Corporate Prayer
Ministry of Song
Hosanna
He is Exalted
Behold the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei)
Worshiping God through Giving
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us OR What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Welcoming One Another (Children are dismissed to Children’s Church at this time.)
Worshiping God by Listening to His Word: Judges 16:1-22 “The Fall of Samson”
God Sending Us with His Benediction
Prince of Peace
FINAL DRAFT
Below is the order of service for March 9. Please let me know what you think by commenting.
Order of Service
Prelude Song/Music
Great God of Wonders
Our Historic Faith: Heidelberg Catechism: Lord’s Day 10
Q27. What do you understand by the providence of God?
A. Providence is the almighty and ever present power of God by which he upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty— all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but from his fatherly hand.
Q28. How does the knowledge of God’s creation and providence help us?
A. We can be patient when things go against us, thankful when things go well, and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that nothing will separate us from his love. All creatures are so completely in his hand that without his will they can neither move nor be moved.
God is Calling Us to Worship
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Welcome and Announcements
God’s Work among the Nations – Missions Minute: Matt Lievens
Worshiping God by Giving
Arise O God, and Shine
Welcoming One Another (Children are dismissed to Children’s Church at this time.)
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Purify My Heart
Worshiping God by Hearing His Word: Judges 14:1-15:20
Mission’s Offering
Great God of Wonders
God Sending Us with His Benediction
Jude 24, 25
FYI: This Sunday is what I affectionately call, National Sunday School Sunday because people forget to reset their clocks. It’s Daylight Savings Time.
