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March 20, 2005 – Passion~/Palm Sunday
Revised Common Lectionary Readings
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 31:9-16
Philippians 2:5-11
Matthew 26:14–27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54
Who Is This?
~*Call to Worship
Who is this who enters the city?
Who is this riding into our lives in humility
but with all the authority of good?
*It is the Christ *
*who comes among us in grace.*
Who is this who dares to ride toward our life,
facing us in determined truth,
and refusing to bow to our compromises?
*It is the Christ *
*who comes among us in truth.*
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Who is this who will not wear the garb of power,
who simply stays in open-armed humanity
while those who are confronted plan their deathly responses?
*It is the Christ *
*who comes among us in costly love.*
*Let us bring our praises.*
~*Prayer of Invocation
Ride into our lives in gentleness, brave Jesus.
Come through the center of our gathering here,
so that we may see in our midst
the grand hope of your courage.
Awaken in us echoes of your amazing life,
that we may leave here as different people.
*Come, gracious Jesus, come.
Amen.*
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~*Prayer of Confession
O God, sometimes we hear you
inviting us to prepare for a day
when you will be seen in all the world
and we cannot imagine ourselves
being part of that.
We confess that we wait in hopes of others
looking for the colt that will carry you.
/Silent reflection./
Forgive us, living God.
*Call us to greet your life *
*as it calls to us this day.*
We do not always welcome you, O God.
We stay in the homes
of our comfort and complacency
rather than venturing into the streets of life
to find you riding ahead of us
or striding toward the tough struggles for good.
/Silent reflection./
Forgive us, living God.
*Call us to greet your life *
*as it passes by this day.*
We confess that there are times
when we would rather not cheer your journey,
preferring not to have our name
connected with yours,
while we wait for a safer day
or a more popular cause.
/Silent reflection./
Forgive us, living God.
*Call us to greet your life *
*as it passes by this day.
This we pray.
Amen.*
~*Words of Assurance
The life of God cannot be denied.
It travels before us and between us
in brave clarity.
We are offered full forgiveness in this moment.
Receive it as a truly gracious gift.
Amen.
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~*Prayer of Thanksgiving
We thank you, O God,
that there is a moment
as we walk toward Good Friday
when we can remember
that the people cheered you on.
We thank you that we can pause and join them,
even if we betray you later.
Thank you, that you give to humankind
gifts of hope about ourselves along the way,
times when we remember who we were
and the beauty of your presence,
as we recognized a holy life
that many of us see as the source of our hope.
*Thanks be to you, O God. Amen.*
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~*Stewardship Thought
When Jesus entered Jerusalem sitting on the donkey with palm branches laid out to welcome him, some people said, “Who is this?”
We might reflect that we can sometimes be a part of creating a space for the entry of God into life in many situations.
It may be a small but significant godly entry into a conversation over dinner when what we say causes people to sit up and think again and look at us with surprise.
It may be the creation of a new idea into a society that is bereft of new ideas for good, which has become complacent in its injustices and lack of love – when someone has the courage to image something that challenges.
Or it may be a moment in the life of our church when there is a surprising pause for newness to enter in a way that is unexpected and brave.
~*Offertory Sentence
Let us join the cheering crowds of long ago
and bring our offerings
before the passage of the Christ.
Your gifts will now be received.
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