Sunday Celebration (at Home) 03/28/2021 Palm Sunday
Affirmation of Faith, Affirmation Chorus, Song Lyrics, and Today’s Scriptures are listed after the order of worship below:
(We will be celebrating Holy Communion today, so if you wish to participate have your elements ready)
OPENING MUSIC
WELCOME & INVOCATION & AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
AFFIRMATION CHORUS: “IN THIS PLACE”
SING AND CELEBRATE:
1. THE WONDERFUL CROSS
2. BROKEN VESSELS
3. GOD IS HERE
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
MATTHEW 5:4
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-5
2 THESSALONIANS 2:16-17
PRAISE AND PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC AND WORDS OF REMEBRANCE
HOLY COMMUNION
CLOSING SONG
Our Affirmation of Faith
We believe in God the creator of us all, whose desire for
diversity is seen in the rainbow of humanity. With unrelenting
passion God Seeks to be in relationship with all of us.
We believe in Jesus the Christ, who is the embodiment of
God’s redeeming grace; And in the Holy Spirit through whom
that grace continues its restoring work.
We believe in the Church. It is the body of Christ on the earth
today. As ministers of this church, we are all called like Jesus,
to heal, to deliver, to teach, and to serve.
We believe that together we can change the world,
in our time and for all time Amen!
Affirmation Chorus: In This Place
In this place, There’s joy that I can’t explain
In this place, There’s healing for all my pain
There is love unlike I’ve ever known
Everybody here makes me feel at home
As we gather here, I know I’m not alone
I feel God’s presence, Moving in this place..
THE WONDROUS CROSS
1ST VERSE: When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died
My richest gain I count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride
2ND VERSE See from his head, his hands, his feet
Sorrow and love flow mingled down
Did ever such love and sorrow meet
Or thorns compose so rich a crown
CHORUS O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross
Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live
O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross
All who gather here by grace draw near and bless Your name
3RD VERSE Were the whole realm of nature mine
That were an offering far too small, Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all
REPEAT CHORUS REPEAT 3RD VERSE AND CHORUS
WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS
ON WHICH THE PRINCE OF GLORY DIED
BROKEN VESSELS (AMAZING GRACE)
Verse 1: All these pieces, Broken and scattered, In mercy gathered,
Mended and whole, Empty handed, But not forsaken
I’ve been set free, I’ve been set free
Chorus: Amazing grace, How sweet the sound, That saved a one like me,
I once was lost, But now I’m found, Was blind but now I see
Oh I can see you now, Oh I can see the love in Your eyes
Laying yourself down, Raising up the broken to life (pause)
Verse 2: You take our failure. You take our weakness
You set Your treasure, In jars of clay
So take this heart, Lord, I’ll be Your vessel
The world to see, Your life in me (Repeat Chorus 3x)
GOD IS HERE
Verse 1 There is a sweet anointing in this sanctuary
There is a stillness in the atmosphere
Come and lay down the burdens you have carried
For in this sanctuary God is here (repeat 2x)
Chorus God is here, God is here
To break the yoke and lift the heavy burden
God is here, God is here
To heal the hopeless heart and bless the broken
Come and lay down the burdens you have carried
For in this sanctuary God is here (repeat chorus)
Acappella Come and lay down the burdens you have carried
For in this sanctuary God is here
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
MATTHEW 5:4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who
comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to
comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort
with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we
share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ
we share abundantly in comfort too.
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-5
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our
Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good
hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish
them in every good work and word.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:16-17