| 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: In the name of the Father, C: who loved us unconditionally, even before the foundation of the world; P: and of His + Son, Jesus, C: the name above all names, who came to pay a King’s ransom for us; P: and of the Holy Spirit, C: who brings us to the faith and keeps us in the faith from the cradle to grave. Amen.
Opening Sentences P: Hosanna! C: Hosanna to the Son of David! P: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! C: Hosanna in the highest!
Confession and Absolution P: We confess before You, Lord, that we have sinned against You. C: We have sinned not only against You but one another, with what we have thought, what we have said, and by what we have or have not done. P: We unseat You and put ourselves on the throne that belongs only to You. C: Our pride in these and all sins deserves Your punishment, yet today we approach Your throne of grace, asking for Your mercy. P: So I ask you now: are you sincere in this, your confession before God, and promise, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to amend your sinful life? If so, answer, “Yes, with the help of God.” C: Yes, with the help of God. P: Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday to show His love for you at the cross. At the cross, He showed His passion for you by dying for your sins and paying the price we could not pay. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. C: Amen! Thank You, Lord, for Your passion for us.
+ Word +
Processional Gospel – Mark 11:1-11 P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the eleventh chapter. C: Glory to You, O Lord.
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’” And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!” And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
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.
Salutation P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you.
Prayer of the Day P: Let us pray. Lord Jesus Christ, on this day, You entered Jerusalem with pomp and circumstance, yet Your true passion was to be sacrificed for our sins. Help us, we pray, to look past the pomp and circumstance and see Your passion for us; we ask this in Your name, who with the Father and Holy Spirit are one God, one Lord, now and forever. C: Amen.
Old Testament 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.
Psalm – Psalm 31:9–16 P: Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; C: my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. P: For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; C: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. P: Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; C: those who see me in the street flee from me. P: I have been forgotten like one who is dead; C: I have become like a broken vessel. P: For I hear the whispering of many—terror on every side!— C: as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life. P: But I trust in you, O Lord; C: I say, “You are my God.” P: My times are in your hand; C: rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! P: Make your face shine on your servant; C: save me in your steadfast love!
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 – Mark 11:15-19 P: The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the eleventh chapter. C: Glory to You, O Lord.
And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.” And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching. And when evening came they went out of the city.
P: This is the Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to You, O Christ.
Children’s Hymn – Jesus, Name Above All Names (AGPS 145)
Jesus, name above all names, Beautiful Savior, glorious Lord, Emmauel, God is with us, Blessed Redeemer, living Word.
Jesus, loving shepherd Vine of the branches, Son of God Prince of Peace, Wonderful counselor Lord of the universe, Light of the world.
Jesus, Way of salvation, King of kings, Lord of lords, The way, the truth, and the Life, Mighty creator, my Savior and friend.
Children’s Sermon – Stephanie Chapa
Hymn of the Day – No Tramp of Soldiers’ Marching Feet (LSB 444)
No tramp of soldiers’ marching feet With banners and with drums, No sound of music’s martial beat: “The King of glory comes!” To greet what pomp of kingly pride No bells in triumph ring, No city gates swing open wide: “Behold, behold your King!”
And yet He comes. The children cheer; With palms His path is strown. With ev’ry step the cross draws near: The King of glory’s throne. Astride a colt He passes by As loud hosannas ring, Or else the very stones would cry “Behold, behold your King!”
What fading flow’rs His road adorn; The palms, how soon laid down! No bloom or leaf but only thorn The King of glory’s crown. The soldiers mock, the rabble cries, The streets with tumult ring, As Pilate to the mob replies, “Behold, behold your King!”
Now He who bore for mortals’ sake The cross and all its pains And chose a servant’s form to take, The King of glory reigns. Hosanna to the Savior’s name Till heaven’s rafters ring, And all the ransomed host proclaim “Behold, behold your King!”
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.
Prayers + Celebrating birthdays this week: 13 – Sarah Skouby, Brian Skouby; 15 – Jeanne Lipinski; 16 – Vicki Devenport
Special Celebrations and Needs: + Church family members: Ron Froesel and family, upon Carol’s death; Sylvia Bach, suffering from vertigo; Jack Bentzinger, recovering from a fall; Cathie Albers, recovering from hip surgery; Paul Schultz, in hospice + Friends of our congregation: Karen, extended family member of the Wehmuellers, with cancer; Larry Duncan, extended family of the Wehmuellers, in the hospital with heart issues + Those who are homebound or in nursing facilities: Jules Bush, Frank & Sharon Gaal, Mary Guion, Jane Keathley, Vicki Lucas, Cindy Smith, Shirley Williams
Offering
Offertory
+ Sacrament +
Preface P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you. P: Lift up your hearts. C: We lift them to the Lord. P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C: It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
Proper Preface P: It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who came into Jerusalem with palms waving, not to be a king, but to pay the King’s ransom through His passion and by His blood redeem all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying:
Sanctus Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of pow'r and might Heaven and earth are full of Your glory. Hosanna, Hosanna. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Prayer of Thanksgiving P: Blessed are You, King of the universe, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and pay the King’s ransom for our salvation. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb and King in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.
The Words of Our Lord P: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My + body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.” In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My + blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
Proclamation of Christ P: As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. C: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. P: O Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, in giving us Your body and blood to eat and to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into heaven, and Your coming for the final judgment. So remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:
Lord’s 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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Pax Domini P: The peace of the Lord be with you always. C: Amen.
Distribution
Distribution Hymn – 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.
Blessing
Post-Communion Collect P: Let us pray. Gracious God, our heavenly Father, You have given us a foretaste of the feast to come in the Holy Supper of Your Son’s body and blood. Keep us firm in the true faith throughout our days of pilgrimage that, on the day of His coming, we may, together with all Your saints, celebrate the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom which has no end; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen.
Benediction P: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look upon you with favor and + give you peace. C: Amen.
Closing Hymn – Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (LSB 443)
Hosanna, loud hosanna, The little children sang; Through pillared court and temple The lovely anthem rang. To Jesus, who had blessed them, Close folded to His breast, The children sang their praises, The simplest and the best.
From Olivet they followed Mid an exultant crowd, The victor palm branch waving And chanting clear and loud. The Lord of earth and heaven Rode on in lowly state Nor scorned that little children Should on His bidding wait.
“Hosanna in the highest!” That ancient song we sing; For Christ is our Redeemer, The Lord of heav’n our King. Oh, may we ever praise Him With heart and life and voice And in His blissful presence Eternally rejoice!
Postlude
Altar Flowers this morning are given by Judy Sowers In memory of her parents, Jim & Nova Gilpin
+ WORSHIP LEADERS + Preacher/Liturgist/Celebrant – Pastor Scott Jonas Pianist – Janet Leet Communion – Mike Toney & Seminary Student Lector – Tim Cosby Sound/Video – Paul Barbercheck Ushers – Sandy Barbercheck, Judy George, Ron Froesel, Tony Petzoldt Greeters – Ken & Jeanne Clark | 
