Prelude
Greeting and Welcome
Lighting of the Candles
Processional
Processional Hymn – All Glory, Laud, and Honor (LSB 442)
Refrain: All glory, laud, and honor
To You, Redeemer, King,
To whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
You are the King of Israel
And David’s royal Son,
Now in the Lord’s name coming,
Our King and Blessèd One. Refrain
The company of angels
Is praising You on high,
And we with all creation
In chorus make reply. Refrain
The multitude of pilgrims
With palms before You went;
Our praise and prayer and anthems
Before You we present. Refrain
To You before Your passion
They sang their hymns of praise;
To You, now high exalted,
Our melody we raise. Refrain
+ Preparation +
Invocation
P: The grace of our Lord + Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
C: Amen.
P: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
C: Hosanna to the Son of David.
Collect
P: Let us pray. Most merciful God, as the people of Jerusalem, with palms in their hands, gathered to greet Your dearly beloved Son when He came into His Holy City, grant that we may ever hail Him as our King and, when He comes again, may go forth to meet Him with trusting and steadfast hearts and follow Him in the way that leads to eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
Processional Gospel – John 12:12-19
P: The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the twelfth chapter.
C: Glory to You, O Lord.
The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
P: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to You, O Christ.
P: Let us go forth in peace
C: in the name of the Lord.
P: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
C: Hosanna in the highest.
Confession and Absolution
P: Let us now make confession of our sins to God, our gracious, heavenly Father.
C: Eternal God, we confess that we were born sinful and have continued to sin in thought, word, and deed. O God, in Your mercy, forgive our sin and renew Your Spirit within us that we may joyfully follow Your will and gladly obey Your commandments. For the sake of Jesus, our Lord, forgive our sins and direct us in ways of compassion and love.
P: In the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it. Go in + peace.
C: Amen.
+ Word +
First Reading – Deuteronomy 32:36–39
The Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free. Then he will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you; let them be your protection!”
“See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.”
P: This is the Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Epistle – Philippians 2:5–11
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
P: This is the Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Holy Gospel – John 12:20-43
P: The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the twelfth chapter.
C: Glory to You, O Lord.
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”
When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.
P: This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to You, O Christ.
Children’s Hymn – This Little Light of Mine
This little Gospel light of mine, I’m going to let it shine;
This little Gospel light of mine, I’m going to let it shine;
This little Gospel light of mine, I’m going to let it shine,
Let it shine all the time, let it shine.
All around the neighborhood I’m going to let it shine;
All around the neighborhood I’m going to let it shine;
All around the neighborhood I’m going to let it shine,
Let it shine all the time, let it shine.
Children’s Sermon – Pastor Scott
Hymn of the Day – Ride On, Ride On in Majesty (LSB 441)
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hark! All the tribes hosanna cry.
O Savior meek, pursue Thy road,
With palms and scattered garments strowed.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die.
O Christ, Thy triumphs now begin
O’er captive death and conquered sin.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The angel armies of the sky
Look down with sad and wond’ring eyes
To see the approaching sacrifice.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh.
The Father on His sapphire throne
Awaits His own anointed Son.
Sermon
Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life + everlasting. Amen.
Prayer of the Church
+ Celebrating birthdays this week: 11 – John Brugere, Marcia Hempel; 12 – Dan Eads; 13 – Carol Fisher, Sarah Skouby, Brian Skouby; 14 – Judy Thielker; 15 – Jeanne Lipinski; 16 – Vicki Devenport
+ Wedding anniversaries: 10 – Ken & Rosemary Orloff; 11 – Ken & Jeanne Clark
Special Celebrations and Needs:
+ Church family members: Gayle Sappington, recovering from a fall; Sarah Cooney, experiencing pregnancy complications; Sandy Barbercheck, recovering from surgery
+ Friends of our congregation: Kim, daughter of Beverly Dixson, for healing; Brian, cousin of Tim Cosby, with Covid complications; the nephew of Tim & Jan Cosby, whose wife is pregnant with twins, one of whom has a serious heart defect; Kim, daughter of Greg & Karen Frimel, diagnosed with cancer
+ Those who are homebound or in nursing facilities: Twylah Atwood, Fred & Mary Aufderheide, Jules & Mary Bush, Carol Fisher, Mary Guion, Jerry & Jane Keathley, Gayle Sappington, Shirley Williams, Ruth Wussler
+ Our Refugee family, the Mohammeds
Offertory
