WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE “All Glory, Laud and Honor” arr. Cindy Berry

JOURNEY TO THE CROSS

*HYMN 88 (vss. 1 & 4) “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

O Lord, we confess our hands are not clean, our hearts are not pure. Forgive our fickle discipleship and keep our faith constant, O Lord. Lead us always to a deeper experience of your love. Enliven us by the familiar but always new story of shame and triumph, suffering and hope, that this week reveals. Mold us to the ways of the Servant whose life we honor this morning…

Silent Prayers of confession

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

Hear the good news: “Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave...and became obedient to the point of death --even death on a cross.” (Philippians 6,7a,8b) Through his obedience, we are freed from whatever sin enslaves us.

Thanks be to God!

*GLORIA PATRI

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

O God, as the scriptures are read, we will listen for your voice. By your Spirit lead us out of our fears and into the knowledge of your love, through Jesus Christ, the Great Shepherd of our souls. Amen.

SCRIPTURE LESSON: John 12: 12-16

¹² The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. ¹³ So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!”

¹⁴ Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:

¹⁵ “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him.

SERMON “He is King” Rev. Barrett Ingram

HYMN 91(vss. 1 & 4) “Ride On! Ride On in Majesty!”

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed

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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the

third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic* Church; the communion of saints; the

forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

*“catholic” (little c) is translated as “universal” and is not a reference to the Roman Catholic Church.

PASTORAL PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

*HYMN 89 (vss. 1 & 3) “Hosanna, Laud Hosanna”

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE “Lift High the Cross” arr. Cindy Berry

Announcements

Today, March 28 - 12:00 PM –Session Meeting

Easter Sunday, April 4

7:00 AM - Easter Sunrise Service at the Clarkton Presbyterian Cemetery

Monday, April 12

PW Circle 1 meeting

This will be the last mailed/emailed copy of the bulletin and sermon since we are going back to all in person worship.

Flowers: 4 – Musette Hoefer (communion)

11 – Gail Marsh

18 – Iris McEwen

25 – Phyllis McDougald

Prayer List:

Marguerite Hufham, Sarah Melvin, Louise Quick, Ronnie Rush, Betty Johnson, Bill Jackson, Darrel Melvin, Happy Lashlee, Gerry Carey, Becky Regan, Mary Ward, Lucille Hood, Amy Johnson, Bill Marsh, Esther Collier, Madeline NcNeill Long, Shannon Wilcox, Clara Wooten Hunsucker, Ernest Ray Long, Jo Campbell, Linda Smith, Susan and David Butler, Doug Bergeron, Margaret Ingram, Bill Greene, Jimmy Hickman, Holly Eppley, Betty Faircloth, Susan Deans, Sammy Hatcher, Carmen McQueen, Claudia Hester, Richard and Mary Jane Howell, Susan Priest, David Callihan, Ray Battle, Michael Ann Williamson, James Boswell, Molly Cox, Bob Nelson, Ann Burney, Betty Ann McPherson, Alice Waugh, Wendy Marlowe Bowen, Joey Elkins, Mary Pope, Richie Thompson, Rev. Andy Smith, Patsy Grainger, Randy Page, Bob Rivenbark, Karen Davis, Colby Hester, James Davis, Family of Austin Jordan