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Sunday Bulletin, 3-24-24

March 24th, 2024
ORDER OF SERVICE

  • CALL TO WORSHIP
    Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel. Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest.

    Assist us mercifully with your help, O Lord God of our salvation that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts, whereby you have given us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

    This morning begins the Great Week of the Christian Year. During Lent we have been preparing by works of love and self-sacrifice for the celebration of the Lord’s death and resurrection. With Christians throughout the world, we come together this week to call to mind, and to express in word and action, the center of the mystery hid for generations but revealed to us: to us, God has chosen to make known the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

    Christ entered in triumph into the Holy City to complete his work as Messiah: to suffer, to die and to rise to new life. Today we commit ourselves to walk the way of the cross, so that, sharing his sufferings, we may be united with him in his risen life.

    We praise you, Almighty God, for the acts of love by which you have redeemed us through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. On this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem  in triumph, and was hailed as king by those who spread their garments and branches of palm along his way. May these branches be for us signs of his victory. Grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life. Amen.

    Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel. Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest.
 
  • SONG OF ADORATION
    Helen Rubio & Worship Team
 
  • PRAYER OF CONFESSION
    Please sit or kneel and pray aloud the words that are printed here.

    All: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is no health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare all those who confess their faults. Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober-minded life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen.

  • ASSURANCE OF PARDON
    Leader: Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
 
  • SONGS
    Helen Rubio & Worship Team
 
  • SCRIPTURE READING
    Luke 19:28-44

  • PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
    Laura Flanagan
 
  • PRAYER FOR THE OFFERING

  • WELCOME

  • MEET & GREET
    Please greet your neighbor

  • SERMON: "King of My Heart"
    Pastor Kim Morrison

  • COMMUNION

  • FINAL SONG: Worship Team

  • ANNOUNCEMENTS: Laura Flanagan

  • BENEDICTION
    Pastor Kim

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. Easter Service, 3/31: Please join us for Easter Service and invite your friends and family! We have Easter postcards at the Info Table for you to take. We will also have an Easter egg hunt. We are asking for donations of candy without nuts and plastic eggs.

  2. Good Friday, 3/29, 7:00 pm: We'll have a Good Friday service at the FOL Family Center (3211 Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach, 90810).

  3. Prayer Requests: During the service, we'll take a moment to fill out a Prayer Card. Use the "Prayer Request" button on the app or visit folcov.org/prayercard.

  4. CROSSwalk Volunteers: If you would like to sign up to be a volunteer for the Sunday kids ministry, please contact Debbie.

  5. St. Patrick's Day-themed lunch, 3/30 @ Noon: The FOL Men in Ministry invites you to eat, hang out with FOL men, invite your friends and colleagues, and raise money for Family Camp. RSVP to Patrick on Slack or 562-229-4535.

  6. Audio Files: The Lenten Collection: Pastor Kim has recorded an audio file for each day of Lent, to help us enter into the presence of God, hear the Word, confess our sins, pray, and meditate. The Lenten Collection is available on the FOL app or on the website.

  7. Tithes and Offerings: You may give online (folcov.org/give) or place your offering in the wooden box to the right of the stage.
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