Traditional Worship Bulletin
Traditional Worship Service
April 13, 2025 | 11:00 am
Palm Sunday
Luke 19:29-40
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Organ Voluntary: “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”
Setting by Carolyn Hamlin
Peggy Graff, organist
Prelude: “Choices”
Burrows, arranger
Combined Children’s Choirs
Welcome
Rev. Brenda Brooks Alexander, Associate Pastor
Opening Prayer
*Call to Worship
One: Hosanna! Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!
All: Hosanna in the highest!
One: Rejoice, for our King comes humbly, riding on a donkey.
All: We welcome Jesus with joy and praise!
One: Let us worship and lift our voices!
All: Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest! Amen.
*Hymn 278: “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”
*Affirmation of Faith 881
Rev. Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez, PhD, Associate Pastor
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, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic◦ church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
*Gloria Patri 70
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
**Please be seated
Sacrament of Baptism
Genevieve Adeline Sanchez-Teakell,
daughter of Kelsi Teakell and Victor Sanchez.
Baptismal Hymn 191: Jesus Loves Me (vs. 1)
Congregational Response
With God’s help we will so order our lives after the example
of Christ that Genevieve Adeline, surrounded by steadfast love, may be established in the faith, and confirmed and strengthened in the way that leads to life eternal.
Faith Like a Child: Third Grade Bible Presentation
“Mister Mark” Burrows, Director of Children’s Ministries
Bible Blackbelt Pledge
This is the Bible – the book of God’s love.
It is full of amazing stories of faith,
amazing people of faith, and amazing deeds of faith.
The Bible may have been written long ago,
but it has great meaning in my life today!
Its words can inspire me, comfort me, teach me,
and challenge me to be my best self – a true servant of God.
The Bible is not a weapon. I will not throw it at anyone.
I will not use its words to hurt others
just so I can feel better about myself.
This is the Bible – the book of God’s love.
Hymn 368: “My Hope Is Built”
Scripture: Luke 19:29-40
Joy Brandon, lay reader
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Series: Let Go
Rev. Lance Marshall, Senior Pastor
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Offertory: “All Glory Laud and Honor”
Lloyd Larsen, arranger
Choral Union
Thomas Williams, director
*Doxology 95
*Benediction
One: Our gathering will soon be ended. Where will we go, and what will we do?
All: We will go out to be God’s people in the world.
One: May grace, peace, hope, love, and joy forever accompany you. Amen.
*Postlude: “Ellacombe”
Setting by Albert L. Travis
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