Sunday Bulletin
April 13, 2025
Palm Sunday
Welcome to First Christian Church

Scripture
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
18 “Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
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PRELUDE Anita Dew
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Gina Johnson
GATHERING SONG “All Glory, Laud, and Honor”
CALL TO WORSHIP Sandi Mull
Leader: Hosanna! Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.
People: Hosanna in the highest! We welcome the Christ with joy and hope.
Leader: Today we remember the crowds that gathered, the palms that were waved, and the road that led not to a throne, but to a cross.
People: We come not just to shout praises, but to walk the path of love, surrender, and truth.
Leader: Let us lay down not only our branches, but our expectations, our assumptions, and our fear.
People: We come to make room—for what is real, for what is new, for what is holy.
All: Hosanna! Come, Lord Jesus.
INVOCATION Sandi Mull
GLORIA PATRI
PASTORAL PRAYER Pastor Gina Johnson
Lord’s Prayer (use debts)
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not in to temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
Forever. Amen.
ADORATION SONG “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”
COMMUNION INVITATION Pastor Gina Johnson
COMMUNION SONG “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
(Elder and Diaconate please come forward)
PRAYERS OVER THE ELEMENTS Guy Ebersole
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
COMMUNION
OFFERING MEDITATION Guy Ebersole
OFFERING
DOXOLOGY
OFFERING PRAYER Guy Ebersole
SPECIAL MUSIC “You Raise Me Up” Men’s Group
MESSAGE “Release ~ Merging What Was With What Is” Pastor Gina Johnson
SENDING FORTH SONG “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name”
BENEDICTION Pastor Gina Johnson
POSTLUDE Anita Dew