April 13th, 2025
Call to Worship
“Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble,
riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.”
(Zechariah 9:9, NLT)
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God!
Welcome & Announcements
- Kid Min Volunteers
- Youth. Mission Trip
- Good Friday Service
Confession and Pardon
-Invitation
-Unison Confession:
Gracious God, having heard your Word,
we thankfully remember the life
of our Lord Jesus Christ on this earth.
Yet we also acknowledge our failure
to respond earnestly and faithfully to his witness.
We often mistake Jesus for a mere earthly king,
friendly companion, or problem-solver,
failing to see him as the ruler of all creation.
We do not appreciate the depth
of his passion and sacrifice on the cross,
failing to acknowledge him as our way of salvation.
Even in this Lenten season, we have not walked faithfully
in the way of Jesus Christ.
Forgive us, we pray, and bring us ever more fully
into the joy of union with Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen
-Silent prayer
-Assurance of Pardon:
Hear the Word of the Lord from Psalm 118:
Let those who fear the Lord say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
the Lord answered me and set me free.
The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of the Lord.”
In Christ, God answers us and sets us free!
In Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God.
—based on Psalm 118:4-5, 14, 17, NRSV
In Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Songs of Praise
#267 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
#235 All Glory, Laud and Honor
Greeting Time
Pastoral Prayer followed by the 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 debts as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
-Matthew 6:9-13
Hymn of Praise
Man of Sorrows
Receiving God’s Word
Message: The Humble King and His Kingdom
Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11
-Rev. Joe Kim
-Prayer
Offering
-Invitation
-Offertory
-Doxology
-Prayer for Gifts
Communion
-Invitation to the Table
-Prayer of Consecration and the Lord’s Prayer
-Jesus’ Words at the Table
-Receiving the Elements
-Prayer
Affirmation of Faith
Heidelberg #91
Q. What are good works?
A. Only those which
are done out of true faith, conform to God’s law and are done for God’s glory;
and not those based on our own opinion or human tradition
Closing Hymn
O Christ Our King, Creator, Lord