Very Cool Palm/Passion Sunday 2007

Hey Everybody!
We are doing a very cool palm/passion Sunday service this Sunday using the Rutter Requiem. Check it out!

Travis Park UMC-Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Palm Sunday
9:00 a.m.

CALL TO WORSHIP Trumpet Voluntary Lana Cartlidge Potts

GREETING
Leader: If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross
and follow me.
People: For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their
life for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
--Mark 8:34b-35

OPENING HYMN* No. 278 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna ALL

CALL TO CONFESSION
Like the people who greeted Jesus as he entered Jerusalem and then later pronounced “Crucify him,” we are fickle people who often deny Christ in our thoughts, words, and deeds. Remembering the events of Jesus’ last week helps us see ourselves for what we are: sinners in need of a Savior, a Savior—praise God—we have in Christ. In honesty and hope, we confess now our sins to God.
--The Worship Sourcebook

SILENT PRAYERS
I. Requiem aeternam John Rutter

Réquiem aetérnam dóna éis, Dómine Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
et lux perpétua lúceat éis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Te décet hýmnus Déus in Zíon, A hymn befits thee, O God in Zion
et tíbi redétur and to thee a
vótum in Jerúsalem vow shall be fulfilled in Jerusalem

exáudi oratiónem méam, Hear my prayer,
ad te ómnis cáro véniet. for unto thee all flesh shall come.

--from Missa pro defunctis

WORDS OF ASSURANCE



HOMILY The Rev. John Flowers


II. Out of the deep Marilyn de Olivieiri, cellist John Rutter
Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.
O let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint.
If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O Lord, who may abide it?
For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared.
I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him: in his word is my trust.
My soul fleeth unto the Lord; before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch.
O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy:
and with him is plenteous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel: from all his sins.
--Psalm 130

TITHES AND OFFERINGS/PLEDGE CARDS
III. Pie Jesu Jackie Shepherd, soprano soloist John Rutter
Píe Jésu Dómine, Merciful Lord Jesus,
dóna éis requiem. grant them rest.
--from ‘Dies Irae’, Missa pro defunctis
(Please register your attendance in the red registration books.)

SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
Leader: The Spirit of God be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts to heaven
People: where Christ in glory reigns.
Leader: It is right, and a good and joyous prayer, always and everywhere to give you thanks. For
in the beginning, Creator God, You made the earth; round, rich, and fertile, the mother of all life, the seedbed of all growth.
People: You bent low and gently gathered up a handful of clay and shaped and
wonderfully and intricately made man and woman.
Leader: You breathed wind and spirit into flesh and bone.
People: We became like you, formed in your image carrying the stars in our eyes,
the moon in our hearts and the cosmos in every breath.
Leader: And, so with all the saints who have gone before, all the creatures of the earth, and all the
faithful touched by the Spirit, we praise your name and join the unending hymn of praise:
--from Water Words by Larry Peacock

SANCTUS John Rutter
Sánctus, Sánctus, Sánctus, Holy, Holy, Holy
Dóminus Déus Sábaoth. Lord God of Hosts
Pléni sunt caéli et térra glória túa Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.
Hosánna in excélsis. Hosanna in the highest.

Benedíctus qui vénit in nominee Dómini. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosánna in excélsis. Hosanna in the highest.

WORDS OF INSTITUTION AND CONSECRATION
Leader: Your Son, Jesus Christ, fulfilled the prophets’ words, and entered the city of Jerusalem
where he was lifted high upon the cross, that the whole world might be drawn to him. By his suffering and death he defeated the power of death, becoming the source of eternal life. The tree of defeat became the tree of victory; where life was lost, life has been restored.
Leader: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here and on these gifts of bread and wine.
Make them become for us the presence of Christ, so that we may be signs of new life for our searching world. By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with all creation and one in service to all the world until Christ comes in radiant glory and seats all at the heavenly table.
All: Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be 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 from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS
V. Agnus Dei John Rutter
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world.
dona eis requiem. grant them rest.

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succor?

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem.

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
--Latin text from Missa pro defunctis; English texts from the Burial Service,
1662 Book of Common Prayer

A TIME OF REFLECTION ON THE EVENTS OF HOLY WEEK
VI. The Lord is my shepherd Larry Muelluer, oboist John Rutter
The Lord is my shepherd: therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me:
thou has anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
--Psalm 23, Miles Coverdale/Anglicaan translation

PRAYER FOR LIGHT (the congregations candles will be lit by the pastors here)
VII. Lux aeterna Patty Riggle Bonner, soprano soloist John Rutter
I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours: even so saith the Spirit.

Lux aéterna lúceat éis, Dómine: May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord.
Cum sánctis túis in aetérnum, in the company of thy saints forever and ever;
quia píus es. for thou art merciful.
Requiem aetérnam dóna éis, Dómine, Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord,
et lux perpétua lúceat éis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
--English text from the Burial Service (slightly altered); Latin text, Missa pro defunctis

BENEDICTION Rev. Joe Stobaugh