ST. MARTIN S UNITED CHURCH An Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Canada

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1 ST. MARTIN S UNITED CHURCH An Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Canada

2 striving to live in right relationship with our Creator, ourselves and the wider community As a church we proclaim that we are all Treaty people bound by the agreements our ancestors made. We acknowledge that the land upon which we worship has been given to us by the Creator and is shared with the indigenous people and the settlers through the agreement known as Treaty 6.

3 Words of Welcome

4 Come and Find the Quiet Centre Voices United #374 Words: Shirley Erena Murray 1982 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music: Attributed to Benjamin Franklin White. Harmony: reprinted from Lutheran Book of Worship 1978, by permission of Augsburg Fortress. OneLicense #A

5 Invitation to Worship

6 Gathering Prayer

7 Today, as we ponder Palm Sunday, surprise us with the power of the Gospel challenge us with the example of Jesus call us to live our life with passion

8 cause us to be agents of love and justice. until we breathe, and the world breathes, with new life. Amen & Amen!

9 Sharing the Peace

10 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna Voices United #123 Words: Jennette Threlfall Music: traditional 18th-century German tune. Adapted by Xavier Ludwig Hartig. Public Domain.

11 Story Time with Darren

12 Sanna, Sannanina Voices United #128 Words, Music: traditional South African. Arrangement: 1993 Stainer & Bell Ltd. and Methodist Church (UK), Division of Education and Youth. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Hope Publishing Company. Words: Public Domain. Arrangement: Hope Publishing Company, Stainer & Bell Ltd OneLicense #A

13 CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE INVITED DOWNSTAIRS

14 Prayer of Reconciliation

15 Source of Love, you come to us in the midst of human relationship Seeking to mend our ways and to incline us toward peace. We believe that you are to be found in our neighbour Yet sometimes we turn our back on our neighbour.

16 We believe that you are to be found in our families Yet sometimes we take our most precious for granted. We believe that you are to be found in the stranger Yet sometimes we avert our eyes from your gaze.

17 Speak boldly to us, calling us away from selfishness, And into the generosity of your love. Remembering the compassion of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

18 Community News

19 Praying for Others and Ourselves

20 Our Mother and 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,

21 as we forgive those that 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.

22 A Song Must Rise More Voices #142 Words and music: Paul B. Svenson, 1995; arr. Bryn Nixon, 2006 Words and music copyright 1995 Paul B. Svenson, Dad s Songbook Music, Arrangement copyright 2006 Bryn Nixon. OneLicense #A

23 Minute for Mission

24 Offering Our Gifts

25 For All Your Goodness, God Voices United #549 Words: Traditional American. Music: Traditional German. Arrangement: 1987 Songs for a Gospel People. OneLicense #A

26 Listening for God s Word: Matthew 21:1-11

27 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, 'The Lord needs them. And he will send them immediately."

28 This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, "Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey." The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

29 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

30 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" The crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

31 Band Together: hosanna

32 Response to the Reading

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40 We Are Marching Voices United #646 Words, Music: South African traditional song, 20th century. Translation, Arrangement: 1984 Walton Music Corporation. Words, Music: Public domain. English Translation, Arrangement: Walton Music Corp. OneLicense #A

41 Words of Blessing

42 Spirit God, Be Our Breath More Voices #150, verse 4 Words and music: Bruce Harding, 1997 OneLicense #A

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