Call to Worship ​Psalm 117

Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!

Invocation ​and The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn of Praise​​​ Psalm 118 ​​​Insert

Scripture Reading​ Matthew 21:1-11

Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon  ​1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Hymn of Assurance ​​“My Faith Has Found a Resting Place”​​#405

Confession of Faith ​Heidelberg Catechism #78-79

Q. 78​ Are the bread and wine changed into the real body and blood of Christ?

No. Just as the water of baptism is not changed into Christ’s blood and does not itself wash away sins but is simply God’s sign and assurance, so too the bread of the Lord’s Supper is not changed into the actual body of Christ even though it is called the body of Christ in keeping with the nature and language of sacraments.

Q. 79​ Why then does Christ call the bread His body and the cup His blood, or the new covenant in His blood? (Paul uses the words “a participation in Christ’s body and blood”)

Christ has good reason for these words. He wants to teach us that as bread and wine nourish our temporal life, so too His crucified body and poured-out blood truly nourish our souls for eternal life. But more important, He wants to assure us, by this visible sign and pledge, that we, through the Holy Spirit’s work, share in His true body and blood as surely as our mouths receive these holy signs in His remembrance, and that all of His suffering and obedience are as definitely ours as if we personally had suffered and paid for our sins.

Pastoral Prayer​

Choral Anthem​​ “Hosanna to the King Who Comes” ​

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

The Preaching of God’s Word  “Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord”

​​​​​​Psalm 118

Hymn of Response​ “All Glory, Laud and Honor” ​​​#173

Benediction​ Jude 24-25

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.