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winter why Palm Sunday if you'll stand grab your palms because we have an expanded team today you might have known I'm in the back and they're going to help us out here in just a minute so are you ready to Worship the Lord you got your problems hey this is not a Sunday to be shy this is a Sunday where you get to wave your palm is a Sunday where you get to shout loudly what is the word Hosanna oh that's the magic word today so okay we're going to start in just a minute you're ready Jose Jose how long is it Hotel Salvation Taco salvation salvation good job guys you can go sit with your folks down I'm so proud of them. see the way they worship let the children show us the way to worship him with our hands in the air with all of our might that's a key You're Never Gonna Let Me Down you're never going to bed now. Going to bed. Yo Gabba Gabba Gabba Gabba you may be seated what a wonderful Joy it is to be on in the Lord's house today Palm Sunday and then our message time we're going to hear about some kids who were running into the temple looking at Jesus and saying Hosanna hosanna in the highest and as Jesus so welcome those little children as he had many times so but set a reminder for you that kids are welcome we're glad to have all kids young and old alike in our worship times together and so as we think about those little kids crying out long ago it's your kid cries out that's okay let him shout and sing and I will make that a glad sound of Melody to the Lord during our time of worship together a couple of announcements as we get started together today Men's Ministry is really up and going here at science Saturday they have a Bible study time at 7:30 in the morning all are welcome I ate is kind of the discussion leader for that group but I think you would say you kind of just I keep them eventually talking about the Bible and so it's a great time to Fellowship I share things together in all men are welcome to that also men's Night Out events are ongoing next one is coming out April 16th at 6:30 p.m. at Fire and Ice get in touch with Jon Olsson at Sevilla part of that are full action team is seeking donations for this year's virtual auction and I think that'll be a great opportunity to get lots of folks involved so I sauce Rachael Ortega come in wave your hand if you would if you've got such a donations for that talk with I should be glad to point you in the right direction I also a project that we began over a year ago I was updating the past roll pictures on our wall and a Henry cliche has done a lot with that since we're thankful to him those are on the wall near the chapel over there were going to do a commissioning blessing for those in a couple weeks but I feel free to check those out today he's got some pictures of the various Church buildings there to really exciting I also over cast of six seven weeks now I've had the opportunity to visit with a number of folks in what we call our faith foundations Bible course and so us some of those were folks learning again some of those for folks new to our congregation has sold who are new to our congregation I'd like to invite you to come up at this time and for a formal welcome into our congregation today so yep you just come right on up there we go yeah yeah so these are three of the folks that were in that class that come on up yep there you go very good Tina Wilson Sarah Clark Sabrina Lindsey and I were very glad you're here to become part of our search family here today so I've got a couple things I'll say and are the answers are very simple you didn't have to memorize them so dear friends and Christ Our members are very happy behind their masks they are all smiling that you are here to become part of our Christian Fellowship today Jesus bids us confessing before men with a promise that he will confess us before his father in Heaven that we may rejoice in your confession I now ask you in the presence of God of this congregation accepting confessed with the teachings of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as you've learned to know them over these past few weeks are faithful and true to the word of God is so they say I do and is a member of this church here at Zion do you intend to continue the confession of this church attend corporate worship check that box today I made diligent use of the means of Grace and lead a righteous and Godly life is so then answer I do so intent with the help of God and will you support work our gracious Lord is given this congregation with your prayers Time treasure and talent is so then answer I will with the help of God the pain this your promise I acknowledge that you are now members of our Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church I invite to receive the Lord's Supper to participate in all the other blessings of Salvation which God has given to his church and the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen and what I do now is like give you the right Obama Fellowship in the name of the Lord and welcome you to our congregation and let us welcome them with a round of applause so very good I'll say hi to Lisa Sisters in Christ he resigned after the worship service today is can return to your seats yeah one of the other great blessings we've had during this year as being able to look in and see what some of our Brothers and Sisters in Christ are doing on a weekly basis as Lutheran School on so far we've got a video that lets us look in and see what our 7th grade class is up to today drive to my home bypass tray tomorrow busy doll turn on Tuesday SpongeBob in here hey. don't cry just fine over a Jesus commands can you please call me did he retire here in the power drive invite you to rise beginning the name of the father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit let us pray Hosanna Hosanna blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord what Jesus we pray that your ears would ring with our Praises this day as we celebrate Palm Sunday and your triumphal entry into the city Jerusalem help us he needs to be reminded of the joy that came in your hearts and in the hearts of all those that received you especially the little ones who line the road shouting out there loud loud Hosanna help us to stay focused in the moment help us to not miss this opportunity to celebrate again the love that you share with each one of us to love that you have for each one of us help us to give you our thanks and praise and all that we do we invite you into our midst father son and Spirit we say join us in this place but you might receive the praise and worship that we have for you in Jesus name and Lord as we remember your triumphal entry we also remember your victory at the empty tomb and we remember the blood shed on the cross that's frees us from our sins and we also know Lord Jesus that there are times and places and ways in which we fall short and resend it so we pray that you would incline your ear your throne in heaven and hear us has in the Silence of our hearts this morning we bring forward a good confession of our sins remind you again this morning to God our Father in Heaven has heard your confession before the words were in your heart and your mind he knew each one of those and he loves you enough that he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross so that by his shed blood your sins might be forgiven I remind you again today of his grace that your sins truly are forgiven in the name of the father the Son and the Holy Spirit in you may be seated as we hear from God's word are Old Testament reading this morning comes up from the book of Zechariah Chapter 9 verses 9 through 12 Rejoice greatly o Daughter of Zion shuttle loud o daughter of Jerusalem your king is coming to you right chest and having salvation is he humble and mounted on a donkey on a Colt the foal of a donkey I will cut off The Chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem and a elbow shall be cut off and he shall speak peace to the nation's his rule shall be from sea to Sea and from the river to the ends of the Earth and for you also because of the blood of my Covenant with you I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit return to your stronghold o prisoners of Hope today I declare that I will restore you to you double this is the word of the Lord epistle reading this morning comes from the book of Hebrews chapter 4 verses 1 through 6 therefore while the promise of entering his rest still stands let us fear lest any of you should seem to a fail to reach it for good news came to us just as to them but the message they heard did not benefit them because they were not United by faith with those who listened for we who have believed enter that rest as you said as I swore in my they shall not enter my rest although his Works were finished from the foundation of the world or he has somewhere spoken on this of The Seventh-Day in this way and God rested on the seventh day from all his works and again In this passage she said they shall not enter my rest since therefore it remains for some to enter it and those who formally received the good news fail to enter Because of Disobedience this is the word of the Lord invite you to rise for the reading of the Gospel the holy Gospel According to st. Matthew and the toy first chapter glory to your lord and came to Bethpage to the Mount of Olives then Jesus said to disciples saying to them go into the village in front of you and immediately you will find it he tied and the cold with her untied them and bring them to me if anyone says anything to you you shall say the Lord needs them that he will send them at once this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet saying say to the daughter of Zion behold your king is coming to you humble and mounted on a donkey and a Colt the foal of a beast of burden the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them they brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks and he sat on them most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road and the crowds that went before him and then followed him were shouting Hosanna to the son of David blessed is he who the name of the Lord hosanna in the highest and when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was stirred up saying who is this and the crowd said this is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple and they overturn the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons he said to them it is written my house shall be called a House of Prayer you make it a den of robbers and the Blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them but when the chief priests and scribes so the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple Hosanna to the David they were indignant and they said to him do you hear what these are saying and Jesus said to them yes have you never read out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have paired praise and leaving them he went out of the city to Bethany and Lodge there this is the gospel of the Lord praise to you o Christ children are invited to remain standing for the children's message the rest of you may take your seats paid so I am so thankful for Sunday school students today and for Stacy to lead them in that wonderful procession because it got you well practiced in the saying of bird that talks about Palm Sunday it's a word of Praise it's a word of Thanksgiving it's a word of request it starts with an h and ends with ozanna do you think you can say that with me again kids are you ready an older kids to can you do that you can even wave palm branches Hosanna can you do it really loud Hosanna all right I'm thinking of that today because I'm thinking of that first reading from Zechariah and God sent Zechariah to speak to people because they got it sent them back to rebuild the Temple he had freed them and they hadn't done that yet and God wanted Zechariah to encourage them in that and sure enough he prophesied and they rebuilt the temple which would be a great opportunity for us to stay that way again don't say it yet just wait hello time after Zechariah God sent Nehemiah to his people so that Nehemiah could encourage the Israelites to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem and waste a lot of opposition but sure enough after a while God help them accomplish that task in the walls were rebuilt in the people of Israel were protected which would really be cause for celebration it might make us say wait wait don't say it yet just wait all right so then a little while later in fact 400 years later I God promised that there would be a little baby born and he would grow into a little boy and he got bigger and his name was John and he went out the desert and he was preaching and people were coming to him and being baptized which was amazing which would be a great opportunity to say wait don't say it yet it's a lot of waiting isn't it like I promise that there would be another little baby who would be his son and that little baby grew bigger and that little baby was Jesus and Jesus went out and began his ministry and he was feeding people and he was helping people to get better and he was helping people to see sandwich again would be a great opportunity to say just wait just think about it you heard about it Palm Sunday Jesus is riding on a donkey he's coming into Jerusalem here is God's son coming just as God had promised he would enter Jerusalem just as Jesus said he would go up to Jerusalem and there he would suffer and be crucified and die and rise again here is Jesus coming at last the waiting is over and so you don't have to wait anymore either rejoice and celebrate say it with me really loud Hosanna Hosanna Hosanna those words be something you can remember as you celebrate and praise God today what a wonderful thing it is hosanna to God we continue with our next song I Always Love You praise the Lord it was my favorite maybe I just like being loud I don't know I'm not sure it could be just part of my personality I don't know but I always loved the praise the Lord and somebody ask me a question one day that has rattled me the car they said you would like to worship because you think if you say nice things to your God he'll do stuff for you I kind of took me aback but really the reason I worship Him is first off he's worthy and second when I worship Him it does more for me than it does for him what it does is it reminds me of what a great guy he is it reminds me of how much he loves me and scientists will tell you that when you pray and worship it literally causes chemical reactions in your brain God knows us so well so I'm going to sing about worship and I want you to kind of settle into that space of worshipping God from the depths of your heart Jesus said to stand the Jesus we worship you with those those in the name of Jesus whom we worship and praise whose words we hear this day whose Praises we sing As we sing hosanna in the name of Jesus Amen hope you're listening just a few moments ago when we read Matthew chapter 21 that story of Jesus coming into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday but I have a little bit of a nap allergy to share with you as I think about that reading going all the way up through chapter 21 verse 17 because my apology is this what we have in those 17 vs is actually two days all rolled into one two days kind of glued together there in those 17 versus as we read the book of Mark we see that the entry into Jerusalem where Jesus rode on the donkey and and they sang those Praises her planet of the son of David and they cut off the palm branches and they wave them in the air and they put their clocks on the ground that happened on Sunday today Palm Sunday and then that next part where it talks about Jesus cleansing the Temple Church turn over the tables and driving out the money changers in the pigeons flying all over the place that took place on Monday so little bit of apology cuz those are two days stuck together but then again Matthew fix them right there next to each other he says this is what happened on Sunday and then Jesus went into the Temple and so Matthew has done that in fact he stuck those two things there together he's put those two days so close to one another that you have to look closely to pull them apart and what it allows us to do in fact just to see the stark contrast between Palm Sunday and the day that followed so Palm Sunday there's the triumph call entry of Jesus and then on Monday There's the well the destructive entry of Jesus if you will Jesus riding into Jerusalem celebration Jesus on money overturning the tables and also healing the lame and the blind in the temple courts it also would Matthew allows us to do is see that the impact of Palm Sunday did not just stay contain send that 24 hour. In fact is influence extended well into the next day and it had a great influence on the littlest and the smallest the kids no fast because the children who run around in the temple courts are crying out exactly those same words that they heard on the day before they're shouting they're running around they're singing Hosanna to the son of David it is remarkable I think how drink and remember significant events that took place in their first few years for instance when I was 4 years old my dad was able to get tickets to go see Sesame Street Live and that was play cool for me because well big bird is Big when you see him in person he's a lot bigger than the 2 in tall on the TV screen and I remember as we drove to Sesame Street Live at the old Denver Coliseum the highway goes up on a Viaduct there's another road that goes underneath and so the way that they fit the road together when they were building it there's the seams in the road in the car would go cook cook long cook over those seams on the road and every time we would go that way afterwards when we would go over that part of the highway could clunk clunk clunk I think this is where we saw Sesame Street Live it was that important to me I think even if I were to go out to Denver and drive on that stretch of I-70 and the car would do that I'd think of well Big Bird 7 ft tall it's memorable right here's the children in the temple courts do they remember what have they witnessed well in the immediate sense the overturning of the tables for sure but well you know if they had been there on Sunday it was no different than the chaos that was going in the temple the day before except well here it's dispersed a little bits and there's some coins on the floor and some more pigeons flying in the air but what happens for these children is then when they look around in the midst of it all in the midst of those are turn tables on the coins on the floor in the flocking pigeons and the Blind and the lame who are coming to be healed they look into the midst of it all and there they see someone they recognize Fierce Jesus the very same Jesus that they saw yesterday and that wonderful parade like they never experienced before there was the same Jesus who had been there in the midst of the crowd super so smiling and shoes there is Jesus who saw them wave their palm branches and looked upon them and loving and smiled maybe even at each and every one of them as they put their cloaks on the road this is the same Jesus to whom they shall the day before Hosanna to the son of David oh yes they remember yesterday they remember this day Palm Sunday in on Monday they still remember the joy and so they shout and they sing our hearts are glad and filled with praise for him Matthew tells us that the chief priests and scribes remember to and they were indignant indignus kind of a Bible e word it means angry or rather unhappy and Matthew tells us that the chief priests and scribes were indignant about the wonderful things that Jesus dad I kind of wonder if that again is a little bit of a editorial Flare from Matthew because after all who defines what things are wonderful things I mean for Matthew it is wonderful on today is master was hailed by the crowds was the are the son of David who was to come on Monday he set things straight in the temple and the Blind and the lame are flocking to him to be healed search for Matthew these are wonderful not so much for those Chief priests and scribes who are indignant for them it's an assault on their Authority after all they are the ones who were supposed to oversee Jerusalem in the temple courts and it's prescribed rituals and practices their Authority is being challenged here and well they are not happy about it they're indignant in fact on Tuesday when Jesus returns to the temple courts they're going to run right up to him and say Jesus by what Authority are you doing these things and who gave you this Authority because it was an and even more than that you've got to wonder if there's an internal dialogue going on in the chief priests in the scribes as they see the crowds flocking to Jesus day after day after day the question in their minds that they're asking themselves is if this is what is happening today what's going to happen next is this what's happening what happens next what happens next that's a question sometimes we ask ourselves for instance a year and two weeks ago we started broadcasting online worship services and even then as we were getting together a US Pastor Steve Mesa gin Miss Keating and doing those things in the back of our mind there was the question what happens next a week from this Sunday is Easter Sunday and a year ago we had our first outdoor worship service on Easter Sunday the trailer was out on the corner people came driving in just like will happen next Sunday we hope and in the back remind me a year ago we were saying okay we're planning this this will work what happens next at the start of June last year we reopened to regular worship Services what has snacks to all of these things are just little things taking place within the life of a single congregation in Marengo Illinois what about the lens of The Wider World The Wider pandemic world or the Civic Turbo Well that took place or a national election or vaccines coming to distribution what happens next so you don't have to be a medical professional or a pastor or a government to Ulta begin playing out each and every scenario in your mind if this is what happens then maybe this is what will happen or if that doesn't happen maybe this will happen next or if this then that if then if then if an on and on and on I don't know about you you little bit exhausted yet of living that way living life planning for a thousand contingent cease the whole Holy Week is ahead of us and for the chief priests and scribes well they're already well into that if then thing if we continue to allow this thing of Jesus preaching in the temple courts if all the crowns continue to go to him day after day where will that leave us so they've already move to the van they say if that's what's going to happen then we will plot to kill him and that's exactly what they do yes then can get pretty exhausting we've done a lot of that in the last year but truly that's the way that all of our Lives could be lived if we think about him that way if then if I married that person if I took that job if I move to city of my kids did this or didn't do that if I invested or didn't invest in the stock market on and on and on and on May I make a suggestion. you on this Palm Sunday let us live in this day this is the day the Lord has made Palm Sunday let us rejoice and be glad in it let us live in this moment in this hour and recall the works in the ways of the Lord poured out for us on Palm Sunday you see the children they remember him from the day before they were call him they were called The Joy hope that fill their hearts they remember the words of the crowd is so they're glad to cry out Hosanna to the son of David for them it doesn't matter what's coming next day CG Jose the immediate context of our worship life together today this little our live in the joy of Palm Sunday today the praise the Sun Thanksgiving the worship the celebration Hosanna again and again yes Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and the day after are coming Jesus suffering and death cross and his burial in the grave yes Easter Sunday is there on the horizon 2 but 40 days later Jesus is going to go up into heaven from that mountain and Galilee I'll be gone from the way he was in this world and if you play out every if then scenario we can ring a cloudy day out of any Silver Lining if we keep poking at something good long and hard enough rejoice in the Lord today and yes I won't deny the last year has been hard if you are still here by the grace of God and yes as you look back to all of your life that is passed by you may have faced great suffering on accounts of well things that people have done to you or on account of things that you have done that you still face the consequence fast forward your life today down to this very moment today live us the children do sing praises to Jesus who has conquered all on your behalf sing praises to Him like this through many dangers toils and snares I have already come and Grace has brought me safe thus far and his grace will lead me home yes there are troubles indeed in our tomorrows to I can promise you that just doesn't yet return as he promised he will someday I mean even Jesus himself moved from Triumph to trouble in just a few short days he knew what was coming for him he knows what is ahead for us it's a long ago we sat on the Mountainside and he looked at his disciples and he looked out to you and the intervening ages and he told us this let tomorrow worry about itself today has enough trouble of its own he said will not your heavenly father provide for you exactly as you have need he can and he doesn't he will got to hear our prayers and he can answer them often and ways which we can scarcely imagine or expect that Palm Sunday word Hosanna it's an old Hebrew word means save us now save us now that's what the children were crying Hosanna save us now Hosanna Jesus save us now they were crying out a prayer and they didn't even know it's in yet their prayer came true not in the way that they could have foreseen or anticipated but in the winding wearying winnowing ways of Holy Week their prayers save us now was fulfilled just as God headed to Cadence that's his son Jesus and deeds suffered and bore your sins to the Cross there he removed their guilt and stain from you forever yes three days later indeed Heroes for you in anticipation and proclamation of your own Victory one day over the power of death and the grave he has it all in his hands and so let us stay here in the moment today and think of Palm Sunday think of Jesus think of the praise and thanksgiving and honor that are due to him let us speak as children of God did and should Hosanna save us now can you say that word again with me you can even wave your palm branch Hosanna Hosanna hosanna in his way and in his time he can and does Honeywell you know there's things that I remember sometimes I remember the things that I say sometimes I remember the things that I hear but I got to tell you I far more remember the things from childhood that were song to me there's this old Sunday school song that causes me to remember the works and ways of the Lord from creation to Salvation to New Creation all in and through his son Jesus Christ what I'm hoping you know it's called He's Got The Whole World in His Hands nod your head if you know that song so let's sing that together He's Got The Whole World in His Hands He's Got The Whole World in His Hands He's Got The Whole World in His Hands He's Got The Whole World in His Hands Jose a great son of David you have the whole world all of us and your hands today and always in the name of Jesus Amen invite you now to Ryan since we go before the Lord in prayer one of the folks we prayed for last week was Pastor bohart as he approached open heart surgery and I am glad to report that instead of a triple bypass you receive quadruple bypass but that went very well he is I'll be in the hospital five or six days and then move on to Rehabilitation so we give thanks to the Lord for that and we go before him now in prayer Heavenly father's day come before you this day we shout and sing Hosanna Hosanna to the son of David indeed you sent your son Jesus into this world to ride on that donkey into Jerusalem in to receive the Praises and acclimation of the crowds we pray to that on this Palm Sunday we might Sing and Shout with them those words of Praise Hosanna indeed that word means save us now and so indeed you accomplished our Salvation through your son Jesus by his suffering death and Rising again he accomplished not for us and for the world we so we pray that many would hear that good news during this Holy Week especially in our own church and Community we pray that you would draw many to worship you during this Holy Week on Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Vigil Easter Sunday to be strengthened in the walls and hope that you have for them in your son Jesus Christ we lift up before you this day all those who are ill recovering from surgery or preparing for it I pray that you would be with Pastor Bo Hearts enjoy Stackhouse what's Samantha Touhy and Jacqueline Linder with Karen Finke Winston Ron Snyder and Lorna Heuser we pray that you would strengthen these your servants cramping of healing and peace according to your will also give you thanks for your gift feeling bestowed upon toddler sure we pray that you continue to Grant him continued strength day by day we also give you thanks for that gift of Life which you give to all people especially we give you thanks this weekend with Elaine 50 as she saw it's for 90th birthday thank you for the many blessings you have poured out on her continue to bless her in years to come now so give you thanks for the gift of wedded life especially for Sandy Duncan Ted oberg United in marriage about a week ago now we pray that you would continue to bless them and their life together we also give you thanks for that blessing of eternal life you be so in and through the waters of holy baptism and so we give you thanks with a Shirley hablo and Robert Santos Ava at their baptism yesterday strengthen them each day and the Hope and Faith you a place in your in their hearts through your son Jesus Christ Heavenly Father three Lookout on this world we know that there are many dangers toils and snares amongst them are those faced by those who serve in our nation's armed forces day by day watch over them and Grant them protection and peace and bring them safely home again all these things we lay before you Heavenly Father this day in and through the work of your son Jesus Christ Our Lord whom we call save your brother and friend and so now we pray together the prayer that he has taught us to pray 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 can't stop us and lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever receive now the bend action of Our Lord the Lord bless you and keep you the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you the Lord look upon you with favor and give you his peace man invites you to remain standing for a closing song worth you sacrificed your life so I could be free so I could be home PewDiePie Because I Got High so you came and changed my life you thought I was worth do you clean me up inside you thought I was just can you play because I am free because I am home you came and changed my life you thought I was worth do you clean me up you thought I was just who sacrificed your life so I could be free so I could be home you may be seated for just a moment so today is you live in this Palm Sunday Rejoice of the day which the Lord has made for you shout and sing Hosanna to him be thankful to him for all that he has done for you and make some plans already to be part of our Holy Week of life together here on the back of your bulletin sheet that we've got a variety of worship opportunities coming up this week we separated those into in-person worship invitations non-contact service invitations upcoming service series and we had those three ladies come up and say hey we're going to be part of your life together I'll support them to come out sometime this week say we are here I'm not just to receive the gifts that God has given us but to share in the gift of being together with Brothers and Sisters in Christ being strengthened and the wife we share together with Jesus great opportunities coming up Maundy Thursday Good Friday even Easter Saturday Easter Sunday look forward to seeing you all until we meet again may God bless you this day

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