PALM SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP

AND COMMUNION SERVICE

The Calvary Baptist Church

Towson, Maryland

Eleven O’clock                                               April  05, 2009

http://www.calvarybaptist-towson.org

Frederick K. Weimert, Pastor

     Ruth Kulkarni, Christian Kirby, Pastoral Staff

        Glenn L. Wittstadt, Jr., Organist‑Director

 

 

10:45   Service of Anointing: Those requesting special prayer,

 

PRELUDE:                 “Palm Sunday”     by David Paxton              

 

 INTROIT:

 

CALL TO WORSHIP            :                       Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29

 

O give thanks to the LORD, for God is good; with steadfast love enduring forever!  Let Israel say,

"God’s steadfast love endures forever."

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.  This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.

The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day that the LORD has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD.

We bless you from the house of the LORD.

The LORD is God, and  has given us light.

Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.

 

HYMN 127:         “The King of Glory Comes”

 

INVOCATION          Followed by the Lord’s Prayer

 

WELCOME & REGISTRATION

 

EXTENDED LIFE OF THE CHURCH

                       

ANTHEM:             “In Thee, O Lord”       F. J. Haydn 

 

THE GOSPEL:                  Mark 11: 1-11                  pg. 879.  read by Reverend Robert Ross

 

*HYMN 126:             “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”

 

HEBREW BIBLE:           Isaiah 50: 4-9a                   pg. 631

 

CHILDREN’S TIME

 

*OFFERING:             All things are Thine; no gift have we,

                                    Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee,

                                    And hence, with grateful hearts today,

                                    Thy own before thy feet we lay.

 

OFFERTORY            :            “Agnus Dei”    by Georges Bizet, From L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2

 

ANTHEM:        “He Died For Me”   by David Allen

                            

DRAMA:          “A Shopkeeper Remembers”  by: Joyce  Brown.  Georgia and Lydia Hillman

 

*INVITATION HYMN 2111:  “We Sang Our Glad Hosannas”

 

Decisions of faith are personal decisions.  It is for us to choose if we will believe in God.  Decisions of faith are also public and corporate decisions.  When we choose to follow Jesus we are choosing to become part of the “Body of Christ”, the Church.  If you would like to confirm the decision you have made to begin your life of faith or continue that life as a part of this congregation, come forward as we sing the invitational hymn and speak with the worship leader about your decision.

 

THE LORD’S SUPPER

 

SHARING THE BREAD:                             #63

 

I need Thy presence every passing hour;

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r? 

Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be? 

Thro’ cloud and sunshine, O abide with me!

 

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;

Shine thro’ the gloom, and point me to the skies: 

Heav’n’s morning breaks and earth’s vain shadows flee: 

In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!

 

SHARING THE CUP                                                #377

 

Christ, remind us of Your passion,

Of Your precious life outpoured.

Of the love which none can fathom,

And our victory ever more.

Bread of heaven, wine of promise,

Feed us with Your holy Word.

Nourish us with Your strong presence,

Risen Savior, only Lord.

 

*HYMN 387:             “Blest Be the Tie”                  (verse 1)

 

GREET EACH OTHER WITH THE PEACE OF CHRIST

 

*BENEDICTION/RESPONSE               

 

POSTLUDE:        “Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense”   By J. Cruger/ J. C. Bach      

           

* Congregation Standing

 

If you have a special prayer request please fill out a pink card, found in the pews, bring it forward and place it on the communion table either before the service or during the first hymn.

 

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T   H   I   S     W   E   E   K

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY:     No Programs.

 

WEDNESDAY: April 8th

6:00 p.m.   Board of Deacons meeting.

 

THURSDAY:  April 9th

3:30p.m. Shelter meal preparation

            at the shelter by Franklin Square Hospital

 

7:30 p.m.  Maundy Thursday Service - A service of hymns, scripture, and the Lord’s Supper

 

April 12th   Easter Sunday

 

Annie Armstrong Circle is not meeting this month.

 

April 13th    7:30 p.m. Needles & News  meeting in the home of Judy Weimert, 410-825-5366.

 

SUNDAY April 19th:  Teachers’ Appreciation Day

 

May 17th  1:00 p.m.  Please make your reservations for the show “Footloose”;  The lead in this production is played by Candace Geelhaar.

 

Don’t forget to give us your email address. We would like to send your Newsletters by email. Postage is being raised again in May and this is an effort to save office expense.