ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN-UNITED CHURCH
Liturgy of the Palms and
Sunday of the Passion Year B
March 24, 2024 Ecumenical Service
Mission Statement
As followers of Jesus Christ, our church is a community called to love, honour, worship, and serve God. We invite others to share our Christian journey as we grow in faith and engage in ministry in our town and mission in our world.
9190 Granville Street
PO Box 1260, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Office Phone: 250-949-6247
E-mail: admin@stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Minister: Rev. Christine Muise
E-mail: cmuise@bc.anglican.ca
Wardens: Robert Fyles & Heather Jones
Treasurer: Judy Fyles
Music Ministry:Judy Fyles
Video: Ammie Yuipco
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca
~ Leader: regular font
~ All: bold font
~ Sung words: bold italics
~ Asterix* stand as you are able
Palm Sunday procession: people walk remembering Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem in song. In attentiveness to Mark’s Gospel, people spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields, in response, we are using the local option of ferns and cedar as that is our ecological option!
Processional:
(The people walk with ‘leafy branches’ remembering Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem joining together in song)
*Hymn: MV 128 When They Heard That Jesus Was Coming (verses: 1,2,3,5)
1.When they heard that Jesus was coming
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
All the people went out to meet him
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
2. Spread their cloaks and branches before him
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Children sand with palm branches waving
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
3. Blest is he, alike David before him,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Blest is he, God's blessing upon him,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
5. Word of God, and first-born of people,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Promise kept, the crown of the creation,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
Words and Music: Rory Cooney
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgment
& War Acknowledgment
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29
Refrain: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Let Israel now say:
'God's love endures for ever.'
Let the house of Aaron say:
'God's love endures for ever.'
Let those who fear God say:
'God's love endures for ever.'
R: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Open to me the gates of the temple, that I may enter and give thanks to God.
This is the gate of God; through it the righteous shall enter.
I thank you for you have answered me; you have become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
This is God's doing, marvellous in our eyes.
This is the day that God has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!
R: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Save us, O God, we pray;
God, we pray, give us success.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of God.
We bless you from the house of God.
God, our God, has given us light;
with palm branches in hand let us march to the altar.
You are my God, and I will thank you;
you are my God, and I will extol you.
R: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
*Hymn: VU 126 Ride On, Ride On, the Time is Right
Ride on, ride on, the time is right:
the roadside crowds scream with delight;
palm branches mark the pilgrim way
where beggars squat and children play.
Ride on, ride on, your critics wait,
intrigue and rumour circulate;
new lies abound in word and jest,
and truth becomes a suspect guest.
Ride on, ride on, while well aware
that those who shout and wave and stare
are mortals who, with common breath,
can crave for life and lust for death.
Ride on, ride on, though blind with tears,
though voiceless now and deaf to jeers.
Your path is clear, though few can tell
their garments pave the road to hell.
Ride on, ride on, God's love demands.
Justice and peace lie in your hands.
Evil and angel voices rhyme:
You are the man and this the time.
Words and music: John L. Bell.
Dear friends, through Lent we have been preparing for the celebration of Christ’s paschal mystery. ...
...We pray we share the message of this truth and share in his resurrection and the new life offered in reconciliation.
Hosanna in the highest.
May God be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of Christ according to the Community of Mark.
*Mark 11: 1-11
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Jesus the Christ.
Reflection
We Open Ourselves to Transformation: Hutłilala's! Listen deeply!
*Hymn: VU 138 Ah, Holy Jesus
Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that we to judge you have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted.
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, has undone you;
yes, I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you;
I crucified you.
Lo, the good shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave is guilty, yet the Son has suffered;
for our atonement, we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
For me, kind Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation,
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.
Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you, and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving.
The Lord be with you
And also with you
The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Mark.
Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ
The Gospel with reflections
1st Moment: Mark 14: 1-2 The Plot to Kill Jesus
2nd Moment: Mark 14: 3-9 The Anointing at Bethany
3rd Moment: Mark 14: 10-11 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
4th Moment: Mark 14: 12-21 Passover with the Disciples
5th Moment: Mark 14: 22-26 The Institution of the Lord’s Supper
6th Moment: Mark 14: 26-31 Peter’s Denial Foretold
7th Moment: Mark 14: 32-42 Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
8th Moment: Mark 14: 43-52 The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
9th Moment: Mark 14: 52-65 Jesus before the Council
10th Moment: Mark 14: 66-72 Peter Denies Jesus
11th Moment: Mark 15: 1-5 Jesus before Pilate
12th Moment: Mark 15: 6-15 Pilate Hands Jesus over to Be Crucified
13th Moment: Mark 15: 16-20 The Soldiers Mock Jesus
14th Moment: Mark 15: 21-32 The Crucifixion of Jesus
15th Moment: Mark 15: 33-41 The Death of Jesus
The Gospel of Christ
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
Reflective Hymn: VU 146 When Jesus Wept (as found on YouTube)
Words of Confession
Give us the courage, in this holy week, to journey with Jesus all the way to the cross, and there, risk everything – as Jesus did; to proclaim – as Jesus did – God’s love for all. Amen.
Words of affirmation
Prayers of the People
Minute for Mission/ PWRDF
In our Shared Ministry Church Cycles of prayer ...
Among the crowds so busy with the moment can we spot the woman shouting hosanna as she tries to forget the lack of food for her table?
We pray for the hungry.
In the chaos of the people laying coats on the road busy with the moment do we notice the one who remains silent lonely, even in a crowd?
We pray for the lonely.
In the moving hordes crying for salvation busy with the moment can we see the person who isn’t out for the day but whose home is that street?
We pray for the homeless.
In the sway of the masses eager to see busy with the moment will we spot the one looking among the crowd for someone long gone?
We pray for those grieving.
In the movement of the pack caught up in hysteria busy with the moment can we recognize the one with wounds and hurt from a different violence?
We pray for those in conflict.
In the baying of the mob cheering without knowing why busy with the moment will we notice the change from hosanna to crucify and those who must suffer?
We pray for ourselves and why we are here. Amen
The Peace
My siblings in Christ, the peace of God be always with you.
And also with you.
*Hymn: VU 145 O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded (v. 1-3)
O sacred head, sore wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down,
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, thine only crown:
how art thou pale with anguish,
with sore abuse and scorn;
how does that visage languish
which once was bright as morn!
Thy grief and bitter passion
were all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but thine the cruel pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Saviour,
turn not from me thy face;
but look on me with favour,
and grant to me thy grace.
What language shall I borrow
to thank thee, dearest friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
O make me thine forever;
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
outlive my love to thee.
*Response: VU 581 When We Are Living (v. 2 only)
Through all our living, we our fruits must give.
Good works of service are for offering.
When we are giving, or when receiving,
we belong to God; we belong to God.
Prayer over the Gifts
Epilogue
The Lord’s Prayer
And now, as our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen
The Doxology
Glory to God,
whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen
*Hymn: Onward Christian People
Onward, Christian people,
March in Jesus’ peace,
Bearing acts of mercy
‘Til oppression cease.
Christ our gentle Savior
Leads us in the way;
With His grace upon us,
We’ll be kind today.
Chorus:
Onward, Christian people,
March in Jesus’ peace,
Bearing acts of mercy
‘Til oppression cease.
This whole world in chaos,
Wounding every heart,
Calls to all God’s children:
“Do the Savior’s part!”
Seeing so much sorrow,
We have much to give:
On, then, Christian people,
Love and let them live.
Chorus:
Onward, Christian people,
March in Jesus’ peace,
Bearing acts of mercy
‘Til oppression cease.
From one loaf we’ve eaten,
Drunk the selfsame cup;
Called into one body,
Christ we’re raising up.
Honoring the weaker
Is our Christian care;
Let the cross’s scandal
Be our chosen share.
Chorus:
Onward, Christian people,
March in Jesus’ peace,
Bearing acts of mercy
‘Til oppression cease.
Onward, then, dear neighbor:
Join our loving feast!
You’ll become our treasure,
Never counted least.
We will serve our Jesus,
Love His every child,
Caring for each other
‘Til we’re reconciled.
Chorus:
Onward, Christian people,
March in Jesus’ peace,
Bearing acts of mercy
‘Til oppression cease.
Blessing
May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that we may live deep within our hearts.
May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that we may work for justice, freedom, and peace.
May God bless us with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, hunger, and war, so that we may reach out our hands to comfort them and turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done, to bring justice and kindness to your world.
In the name of God, +Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer,
Amen.
Three-fold Amen
Dismissal
Walk gently with yourself this week.
Walk gently with your neighbours.
Let it be so. AMEN.
UPCOMING HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Good Friday Service at St. Columba at 2 PM: March 29, 2024 with Bishop Anna
Sunrise Service at Kinsmen Pavilion at 7 AM: March 31, 2024
Easter Service (Communion) at St. Columba at 10:30 AM: March 31, 2024
Announcements:
Mission Focus is for the Kwala’sta Healing Centre.
We are always accepting items for our Blessing Box and our Everyday Sanctuary. Canned goods, dry goods, to-go items, coffee and coffee supplies are all necessary.
Liturgical resources:
Prayers from Seasons of the SpiritTM SeasonFusion Lent Easter 2022 Online, and Celebrating God’s Presence, United Church of Canada
Collects and Prayers for Palm Sunday: Liturgy of the Passion BAS
Prayers of the People, Celebrating God’s Presence UCC
Music copyright:
Words for hymns reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 or CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
More Voices 128 When They Heard That Jesus Was Coming Words and Music: Rory Cooney, 1999. Words and music copyright © 1999 GIA Publications. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#00462). All rights reserved.
Voices United 837 Psalm 118 Refrain Albert Ham ca. 1900 Copyright: public domain.
Voices United 126 Ride On, Ride On, the Time is Right Words and music: John L. Bell 1988. Words and music copyright © 1988, WGRG, Iona Community, GIA Publications, Inc., agent. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#37279) or CCLI License # 11033010 (962006). All rights reserved.
Voices United 138 Ah, Holy Jesus Words: Johann Heermann, 1585–1647; English translation Robert Bridges, 1844–1930, and others. Music: Johann Crüger, 1598–1662; harmony adapted from Johann Sebastian Bach. English words and music: Public domain.
Voices United 145 O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1656; trans. James Waddell Alexander, 1830, altered. Music: Hans Leo Hassler, 1601; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1729. English words, music: Public domain.
Voices United 581 When We Are Living Verse 2 only English translation verses 2-4 George Lockwood 1987. Music: Spanish melody; harmony Carlton R. Young 1989. Translation and harmony copyright © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (4968810) or ONE LICENSE #A-720359 Harmony (#00901) and translation verses 2-4 (#15060). All rights reserved.
Onward Christian Soldiers Alternate words: Jason A. Kerr; Music: Arthur S. Sullivan (1842-1900); Music copyright: Public domain. Words Jason A. Kerr, permission for use on file via email.
