This is the same text, absent the lectionary reading, I use when I lead Morning Services at a Convention.
There are references to "reader," "leader," and " people" within the text this is for when the services are done "in person." You are invited to read aloud those portions if you wish.
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Palm Sunday -
(OPENING RESPONSES)
leader: The world
belongs to God
all: The earth and all its
people
leader: How good it
is, how wonderful,
all: To live together in
unity
leader: Love and
faith come together,
all: Justice and peace join
hands
leader: If Christ's
disciples keep silent
all: These stones would shout
aloud
leader: Open our
lips, O God,
all: And our mouths shall
proclaim your praise
Leader: Holy God,
Maker of all
all: Have
mercy on us
Leader: Jesus
Christ, Servant of the poor
all: Have mercy on us
leader: Holy
Spirit, Breath of life
all: Have Mercy on us
leader: Let us in
silence confess our faults and admit our frailty
(A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SILENCE IS KEPT)
Leader: Before God,
with the people of God,
I confess to my brokenness:
to the ways I wound my life,
the lives of others,
and the life of the world.
ALL: May God forgive you,
Christ renew you,
and the Spirit enable
you to grow in love
Leader: Amen.
All: Before God, with the
people of God,
we confess to our brokenness:
to the ways we wound
our lives,
the lives of others,
and the life of the
world
Leader: May God
forgive us, Christ Renew us,
and the Spirit enable us to grow in
love.
All: Amen
(PRAYER FOR GOD'S
HELP)
Leader: Move among
us, O God; give us life:
All: Let your people rejoice
in you
Leader: Make our
hearts clean within us:
All: Renew us in mind and
spirit.
Leader: Give us
again the joy of your help:
All: With your spirit of
freedom sustain us.
Leader: And now, as
Jesus taught us, we say:
ALL: Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed by Your name,
Your Kingdom come,
Your will be done on
earth as in heaven,
Give us today our
daily bread,
Forgive us our sins
As we forgive those
who sin against us,
Save us in the time of
trial
And deliver us from
evil,
For the kingdom, the
power
And the glory are
yours,
Now and for ever.
Amen.
(AFFIRMATION)
Leader: With the
whole church
All: We affirm
That we are made in
God's image,
befriended by Christ,
empowered by the Spirit.
Leader: With people
everywhere
All: We affirm
God's goodness at the
heart of humanity,
Planted more deeply
than all that is wrong.
Leader: With all
creation
All: We celebrate
The miracle and wonder
of life;
The unfolding purposes
of God,
Forever at work in ourselves
and the world.
(PSALM: said responsively
- by one of the worshipers)
24 Domini est terra
1 The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, *
the world and all who dwell therein.
2 For it is he who founded it upon the seas *
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.
3 "Who can ascend the hill of the Lord? *
and who can stand in his holy place?"
4 "Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
nor sworn by what is a fraud.
5 They shall receive a blessing from the Lord *
and a just reward from the God of their salvation."
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, *
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
1 The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, *
the world and all who dwell therein.
2 For it is he who founded it upon the seas *
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.
3 "Who can ascend the hill of the Lord? *
and who can stand in his holy place?"
4 "Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
nor sworn by what is a fraud.
5 They shall receive a blessing from the Lord *
and a just reward from the God of their salvation."
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, *
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
7
Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.
8 "Who is this King of glory?" *
"The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle."
9 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.
10 "Who is he, this King of glory?" *
"The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory."
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.
8 "Who is this King of glory?" *
"The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle."
9 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.
10 "Who is he, this King of glory?" *
"The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory."
(Old Testament: Read by one of the worshipers)
Zechariah 9:9-12
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
Lo, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 He* will cut off the
chariot from Ephraim
and the warhorse from Jerusalem;
and the battle-bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant
with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God. Epistle
1 Timothy 6:12-16
12Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made* the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15which he will bring about at the right time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 16It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honour and eternal dominion. Amen.The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
(READING FOR THE DAY)
Leader: This
morning's reading comes from the Gospel
of Matthew.
Listen now for the Word of God.
Matthew 21: 1 - 11 (all)
Matt 21:1 (NRSV) When they had come near
Jerusalem and had reached Beth'phage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two
disciples, 2 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. 3 If anyone says anything to you, just say this, "The
Lord needs them.' And he will send them immediately." 4 This took place to
fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 "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."
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had
directed them; 7 they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on
them, and he sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road,
and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 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!"
10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole
city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" 11 The crowds were
saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."
The Word of the
Lord.
Thanks be to
God.
(a period of
silence is kept)
Leader: For the Word of God in
Scripture,
for the Word of God among us,
for the Word of God within us
ALL: Thanks be to God.
(Homily by leader)
(PRAYERS OF GRATITUDE AND CONCERN)
Leader. Let not the
needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
All: Nor the hope of the
poor be taken away.
Leader: Create in
us clean hearts, O God;
All: And sustain us with
your Holy Spirit.
Leader: For each of
our prayers, please add, aloud or silently,
your own concerns
Leader: Give
guidance and care for the needs of the world at large,
and for the life of Your church
God, in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer
Leader: For the
concerns of our cities, towns and nations,
give guidance to our leaders and
care for their people
God, in Your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer
Leader: For the
concerns and comfort of those of us here, our families,
for those absent or those who are
ill,
and in remembrance of those who are
gone,
God in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer.
Leader: Remember
all those the world has forgotten,
Those without family, or those on
the streets,
Those who are damaged by drugs,
alcohol or their own minds.
Remember the unemployed, the widow,
the orphan,
and the prisoner.
God in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer.
Leader: Living God, may we not fail
you,
All: Nor we fail them
Leader: O God, set
Your blessing on us
as we begin this day together.
Confirm us in the truth by which we
rightly live;
confront us with the truth from
which we wrongly turn.
We ask not for what we want,
but for what You know we need,
as we offer this day and ourselves
for You and to You,
Through Jesus Christ, our Savior.
ALL: Amen
A Prayer of
St. Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this
time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have
promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered
together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our
desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world
knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.
(CLOSING)
Leader: This is the
day that God has made;
All: We will rejoice and be
glad in it.
Leader: We will not
offer to God
All: Offerings that cost us
nothing.
Leader: Go in peace
to love and to serve;
All: We will seek peace and
pursue it.
Leader: In the name
of the Trinity of Love,
All: God in community, holy
and One.
Amen
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