The Road To Jerusalem
Sermon
The Roads Jesus Traveled
Sermons And Object LessonsFor Lent And Easter
Everybody loves a parade. I spent 10 of my growing up years in Savannah, Georgia, where my father was the pastor of a church. On March 17th of each year Savannah has the second largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the country. The whole city turns out for the parade. They dye the river green. Everybody wears green. They eat green grits. Some drink green - well, beverages. For several years I went to that parade and enjoyed watching it. But then when I was in the 10th grade I was in R.O.T.C., military training, and I marched in that parade. No longer was I a parade watcher, a bystander. I became a participant.
Everyone loves a parade. Anyone can be a bystander. It takes a little something extra to be a participant.
They gave Jesus a parade in Jerusalem a city filled with bystanders. There were not many who were willing to participate in Jerusalem. That parade they gave Jesus was an insult.
Today is Palm Sunday and still we are haunted by those ambiguous feelings which have to do with triumph and tragedy, victory and defeat, honor and dishonor.
Today is Palm Sunday and we remember, "Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."
Today is Palm Sunday and there's a crowd of people out there lining the street to welcome this Jesus to be King of Jews.
Today is Palm Sunday and he comes riding in on some young donkey like the old kings of Israel centuries before as they entered the Holy City.
Today is Palm Sunday and some little boy who lives out in the country is the first one to come running barefoot into town to tell us the news, "The King is coming!" Jesus is coming down the road to Jerusalem.
Today is Palm Sunday and the king is coming.
The king is coming and no one can remain neutral.
The king is coming and someone must decide.
The king is coming and you must make up your mind about him.
The king is coming and we can no longer remain the same - "something's gotta give."
Something has to change in our way of thinking.
Something has to be different about our loyalties.
Something has to be renewed about our commitment.
Something has to be chosen above all those things vying for our attention.
Palm Sunday will not let us rest, will it? It confronts us always with a choice, for always this king is coming to our city, in our place and time, for over and over again we are Jerusalem. So on this Palm Sunday, I want to remind us of what is before us today.
If we want to be bystanders parade watchers - palm waving, flag waving Christians who go home after the parade and forget it, then we can do just that. Drop in $10, pay our dues, have a good feeling, be at ease and let the world go to hell. But, let me warn you. If you are serious about this Jesus stuff, if you want to be a participant, then you had better watch out and prepare yourself and get ready because these things are before us on this Palm Sunday. As we think about Jesus coming down the road to Jerusalem would you be aware of these things.
I
This king forces a desperate decision. That is one thing. No one can remain neutral about Jesus. We have to decide. To be neutral about Jesus is to be a "quasi-Christian."
For many Christians today church membership means no more than belonging to another civic club or fraternal order. They spend their lives in the middle of the road, the front of the bus, the back of the church, the upper level, the lower profile, the outer edge of the inner group. They would rather be lukewarm than warmhearted. They would rather be contented than committed. They would rather save money than save the world. They would rather attend a Sunday brunch than a gospel feast.
On that first palm waving day, Jerusalem was full of them - those people who lived their lives in neutral gear. But we cannot live in neutral gear. No one living in neutral gear ever moved forward, or climbed a hill, or had a dream or caught a vision. There comes a time for every person to make a decision.
A boy named Gene Donaldson grew up in a little town in Texas. He was an outstanding football player. But he was having trouble deciding what college to attend. He was about ready to go to Notre Dame. Of the many football coaches who wanted him, only the coach at Kentucky went to the trouble of finding out this boy was a Catholic. That coach was Bear Bryant. He sent one of his assistants to see him and he told the assistant to dress like a priest - black suit, collar, cross around his neck. And Bear Bryant said, "I want you to tell him this, 'The Pope wants you to go to Kentucky.' "Gene Donaldson went to Kentucky and became one of Bear Bryant's first All-Americans. He made the decision.
Palm Sunday is a reminder that Jesus confronted Jerusalem with a decision. And Palm Sunday means that Jesus confronts us with that same decision today.
Some of us have a hard time deciding which crowd we want to be in - the large crowd of bystanders who watched the parade or the small crowd of participants who marched with Jesus.
Someone once asked the great Methodist evangelist Sam Jones why he came down so hard on the Methodists and why didn't he get after the Baptists. He said, "When I get through with the Methodists it's bed time."
Will Rogers once said, "Everyone wants to go to Rome to see where Saint Peter is buried, but nobody wants to live like him."
Many people would like to go to the holy land to see where Jesus lived, but so many people will not let him live in their hearts.
Almost every person in this country believes in God, but how many people really put God first in their lives?
Palm Sunday means Jesus confronts us with a choice - a desperate decision. Then something else.
II
This king requires our dedicated devotion. If we make a decision for Jesus, then we are giving him our dedicated devotion. That is what it takes to be a Christian in today's world.
It was that way from the beginning. Those 12 disciples were there with him. Jesus did not face Jerusalem alone. They were with him not as tag-a-longs, but as his loyal followers willing to face Jerusalem with him. It is true they did not understand all that was going on. It is true they would not be able to stand up under the stress of that week. They would sleep, deny, betray, hide and lose their faith. But they were there and they were devoted to Jesus. They dedicated their lives to him.
That is what Palm Sunday requires of us. It is as difficult to be a Christian today as it has ever been. The followers of Jesus have always been a minority. We are in the minority today. And there are so many things today which compete for our attention.
We are bombarded day after day with the idea that we can be happy, satisfied, forever young and beautiful and have well-adjusted children, and never have heartburn, indigestion, acne, gray hair, headaches or ring around the collar if we will just spend our money on all the right stuff. It is a lie!
We are told that our status, our value, our reputation, our worth is found in what we eat, drink, wear, drive and where we travel for fabulous vacations. It is a lie!
I think I read in the New Testament about a man who filled up his barns and then tore them down to build new ones to fill up again. Then he said to himself, "I have it made." Jesus said that man was a fool.
Jesus offers us the only alternative to the philosophy of a society gone mad over amassing things and that is a new center to our existence which puts Christ and the kingdom of God above everything else.
Jesus offered Jerusalem that choice on that first Palm waving day. That choice is before us today. We can choose to be dedicated disciples who devote all we are to Christ and the kingdom.
One Palm Sunday we had two children's choirs singing. The younger choir sang the songs, "Zacchaeus" and "The B.I.B.L.E." Then their leader said, "Now we are going to sing 'Jesus Loves Me,' "and a little three-year-old girl said, "That's my song!"
We can choose to sing the song and live the life of dedicated devotion. That choice is before us today on this Palm Sunday. Then something else.
III
This king offers a dangerous destiny. That is the third thing. If we make a decision for Jesus and give him our dedicated devotion, then we are headed for trouble.
It does not solve all our problems. It could create more. It does not make life easy. It makes some things more difficult. It does not make things simple. It makes some things more complicated. It does not bring rewards and riches. It could cost us everything. It does not assure us of anything miraculous. It leaves us to struggle with the mundane. It is dangerous to be a Christian.
Jesus had spelled out what it means - "Deny yourself, take up the cross, follow me." He had been telling the disciples all along that he was going to Jerusalem to face the cross and there would be a cross for them. As they got closer to Jerusalem, James and John came up to Jesus and asked for places of honor, on his right and on his left. He assured them they would have a place, but it would not be what they thought. They would have to drink from the same cup from which he would drink. Their destiny as disciples of Jesus was to be a dangerous one.
As Christians today, everything is not sweetness and light. We have a dangerous destiny. If we serve this king we must be willing to give ourselves, take a chance and never count the cost.
God is calling us to be his witnesses in today's world, for there is no private Christianity. He is calling us to be servants, for there is no sideline Christianity. He is calling us to be his church, for there is no uninvolved Christianity. That is before us today.
A missionary home on leave was to spend several months speaking in churches. In order to help people understand where he was serving he decided to purchase a globe of the world. He went in a store and looked at several. The clerk showed him one which had a light on the inside. And the clerk said, "Of course a lighted world costs more." The missionary answered, "Yes, I know it does. A lighted world costs everything."
Would you like to have a lighted world enough to give all you are and have, enough to join Jesus out there on the road?
When the Salvation Army first went to India, the British authorities were concerned about them, and issued an order that no open meetings and no parades were to be held. But Commissioner Tucker of the Salvation Army decided that order must be defied. One day the Salvation Army came marching down the street. They were met by soldiers. The officer in charge said, "In the name of her majesty, the Queen of England, I order you to disperse." But Tucker replied, "In the name of the King of kings, I order you to stand aside." They stood aside.
One day, one palm-waving day, Jesus marched right into Jerusalem, the Holy City, and said to everything unholy, "Stand aside." And he is calling us to join him in the parade, and to say to every form of hatred, bigotry, ignorance and apathy, "Stand aside," and when we dare to do it those things will stand aside. His kingdom will live in us, and we will help spread his rule in his world.
Would you dare to do it? Come join the parade.
Pastoral Prayer
O God, our Father, on this Palm Sunday as we come together here, enable each of us to open our hearts and lives that the king of glory would come in and may we say from the depths of our being, "Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."
Help us to open our lives to the coming of thy Son. And during this week enable us to remember all he went through. Call us to watch and pray with him.
We thank thee, Father, for all the ways thou hast blessed us, for we have received out of thy abundance far more than we ever dreamed we would have. We have seen thy hand at work in our lives to bring about good for us, to bring hope out of struggle, peace out of suffering, strength in the midst of our struggles and the light of thy love has been shining along the path we have traveled.
Grant us, Lord, some other blessings. Give us patience with those who try ours. Help us to forgive those who would utter false evils against us. And help us love even those who are difficult to love, because they are loved by thee.
Give us always the attitude of our Lord who was always bigger and better and more brave than his enemies.
Bless our sick. Touch them as only thou canst touch them and no man can. Touch their hearts for that is the healing they need.
Give us peace in the world and help us to be peacemakers, for Jesus has said in that we will be sons and daughters of thine and we pray in the name of the Prince of Peace. Amen.
Discussion Questions
Read Aloud: Mark 11:1-10
1. Have each person share experiences related to parades.
2. Let each person share the feelings of being a part of such an event.
3. What is the meaning of Palm Sunday for you today?
4. In what ways does Jesus Christ still enter our lives?
5. What are the things which could block him and prevent that entrance?
6. What kind of decisions has Christ brought about in your own life?
7. In what ways is your devotion to him expressed?
Closing: Let each person pray for a new openness to Christ and his call in our lives, with the group leader ending with a benediction.
Children's Object Lesson
Palm Sunday
Welcoming The King
Object: Palm branch
Good morning boys and girls. I am so glad to see you today. This is a very special day. Do you know what today is? It is Palm Sunday. Again this year, as we do every Palm Sunday, we asked all of you to come in behind our choir waving these palm branches. Can any of you tell us why we do this? Do you want me to tell you?
When Jesus had been preaching and teaching for about three years he and the disciples went to Jerusalem for the Passover season. This was a very important Jewish holiday. They had done this before, but this time Jesus knew there were people there who wanted to kill him.
As Jesus and the disciples came into Jerusalem he rode on a donkey. For many years long before this, the Jewish kings had come into the city this same way. So Jesus was entering the city like a king. The people there welcomed him like a king also. They waved palm branches and shouted "Hosanna! Welcome to the king!"
Most of those people did not really mean that. They did not really want Jesus to be their real king. And he knew they did not want him. He knew they really wanted him to die. They wanted to kill him. Jesus knew he was going there to face the cross.
We still remember this today. This next week is called Holy Week. All during this week we will be remembering the things Jesus did during his final week. This will help us prepare for next Sunday, which is Easter Sunday.
Now, let me tell you some things to remember about Jesus the king and how we welcome him.
He is still our king today. He is the one who rules over us. So we want to love him and serve him. And we want to do all he wants us to do.
His kingdom is inside of us. We live in his kingdom, the kingdom of God. And that kingdom lives inside of us.
What does this make of us? We are people who represent him. Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament, said "We are ambassadors of Christ." We are his people wherever we go. Remember these things on this Palm Sunday. Thank you for being here.
May we pray: Father, we thank thee for Jesus, who came to be king of all the world and of our lives. Help us to always serve him. Amen.
Order Of Worship
Organ Prelude
The Lighting Of The Candles
The Choral Call To Worship
Welcome And Attendance Registration
*The Hymn Of Praise: "Lead On, O King Eternal"
*The Affirmation Of Faith: The Apostles' Creed
*The Gloria Patri
The Children's Message: "Welcoming The King"
The Pastoral Prayer
*The Hymn Of Preparation: "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna"
*The Dedication Of Tithes And Offerings
The Offertory
*The Doxology
The Anthem
The Message: "The Road To Jerusalem" (Mark 11:1-10)
The Invitation To Christian Discipleship
*The Hymn Of Consecration: "Are Ye Able"
*The Benediction
*The Choral Response
Organ Postlude
*Congregation Standing
Everyone loves a parade. Anyone can be a bystander. It takes a little something extra to be a participant.
They gave Jesus a parade in Jerusalem a city filled with bystanders. There were not many who were willing to participate in Jerusalem. That parade they gave Jesus was an insult.
Today is Palm Sunday and still we are haunted by those ambiguous feelings which have to do with triumph and tragedy, victory and defeat, honor and dishonor.
Today is Palm Sunday and we remember, "Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."
Today is Palm Sunday and there's a crowd of people out there lining the street to welcome this Jesus to be King of Jews.
Today is Palm Sunday and he comes riding in on some young donkey like the old kings of Israel centuries before as they entered the Holy City.
Today is Palm Sunday and some little boy who lives out in the country is the first one to come running barefoot into town to tell us the news, "The King is coming!" Jesus is coming down the road to Jerusalem.
Today is Palm Sunday and the king is coming.
The king is coming and no one can remain neutral.
The king is coming and someone must decide.
The king is coming and you must make up your mind about him.
The king is coming and we can no longer remain the same - "something's gotta give."
Something has to change in our way of thinking.
Something has to be different about our loyalties.
Something has to be renewed about our commitment.
Something has to be chosen above all those things vying for our attention.
Palm Sunday will not let us rest, will it? It confronts us always with a choice, for always this king is coming to our city, in our place and time, for over and over again we are Jerusalem. So on this Palm Sunday, I want to remind us of what is before us today.
If we want to be bystanders parade watchers - palm waving, flag waving Christians who go home after the parade and forget it, then we can do just that. Drop in $10, pay our dues, have a good feeling, be at ease and let the world go to hell. But, let me warn you. If you are serious about this Jesus stuff, if you want to be a participant, then you had better watch out and prepare yourself and get ready because these things are before us on this Palm Sunday. As we think about Jesus coming down the road to Jerusalem would you be aware of these things.
I
This king forces a desperate decision. That is one thing. No one can remain neutral about Jesus. We have to decide. To be neutral about Jesus is to be a "quasi-Christian."
For many Christians today church membership means no more than belonging to another civic club or fraternal order. They spend their lives in the middle of the road, the front of the bus, the back of the church, the upper level, the lower profile, the outer edge of the inner group. They would rather be lukewarm than warmhearted. They would rather be contented than committed. They would rather save money than save the world. They would rather attend a Sunday brunch than a gospel feast.
On that first palm waving day, Jerusalem was full of them - those people who lived their lives in neutral gear. But we cannot live in neutral gear. No one living in neutral gear ever moved forward, or climbed a hill, or had a dream or caught a vision. There comes a time for every person to make a decision.
A boy named Gene Donaldson grew up in a little town in Texas. He was an outstanding football player. But he was having trouble deciding what college to attend. He was about ready to go to Notre Dame. Of the many football coaches who wanted him, only the coach at Kentucky went to the trouble of finding out this boy was a Catholic. That coach was Bear Bryant. He sent one of his assistants to see him and he told the assistant to dress like a priest - black suit, collar, cross around his neck. And Bear Bryant said, "I want you to tell him this, 'The Pope wants you to go to Kentucky.' "Gene Donaldson went to Kentucky and became one of Bear Bryant's first All-Americans. He made the decision.
Palm Sunday is a reminder that Jesus confronted Jerusalem with a decision. And Palm Sunday means that Jesus confronts us with that same decision today.
Some of us have a hard time deciding which crowd we want to be in - the large crowd of bystanders who watched the parade or the small crowd of participants who marched with Jesus.
Someone once asked the great Methodist evangelist Sam Jones why he came down so hard on the Methodists and why didn't he get after the Baptists. He said, "When I get through with the Methodists it's bed time."
Will Rogers once said, "Everyone wants to go to Rome to see where Saint Peter is buried, but nobody wants to live like him."
Many people would like to go to the holy land to see where Jesus lived, but so many people will not let him live in their hearts.
Almost every person in this country believes in God, but how many people really put God first in their lives?
Palm Sunday means Jesus confronts us with a choice - a desperate decision. Then something else.
II
This king requires our dedicated devotion. If we make a decision for Jesus, then we are giving him our dedicated devotion. That is what it takes to be a Christian in today's world.
It was that way from the beginning. Those 12 disciples were there with him. Jesus did not face Jerusalem alone. They were with him not as tag-a-longs, but as his loyal followers willing to face Jerusalem with him. It is true they did not understand all that was going on. It is true they would not be able to stand up under the stress of that week. They would sleep, deny, betray, hide and lose their faith. But they were there and they were devoted to Jesus. They dedicated their lives to him.
That is what Palm Sunday requires of us. It is as difficult to be a Christian today as it has ever been. The followers of Jesus have always been a minority. We are in the minority today. And there are so many things today which compete for our attention.
We are bombarded day after day with the idea that we can be happy, satisfied, forever young and beautiful and have well-adjusted children, and never have heartburn, indigestion, acne, gray hair, headaches or ring around the collar if we will just spend our money on all the right stuff. It is a lie!
We are told that our status, our value, our reputation, our worth is found in what we eat, drink, wear, drive and where we travel for fabulous vacations. It is a lie!
I think I read in the New Testament about a man who filled up his barns and then tore them down to build new ones to fill up again. Then he said to himself, "I have it made." Jesus said that man was a fool.
Jesus offers us the only alternative to the philosophy of a society gone mad over amassing things and that is a new center to our existence which puts Christ and the kingdom of God above everything else.
Jesus offered Jerusalem that choice on that first Palm waving day. That choice is before us today. We can choose to be dedicated disciples who devote all we are to Christ and the kingdom.
One Palm Sunday we had two children's choirs singing. The younger choir sang the songs, "Zacchaeus" and "The B.I.B.L.E." Then their leader said, "Now we are going to sing 'Jesus Loves Me,' "and a little three-year-old girl said, "That's my song!"
We can choose to sing the song and live the life of dedicated devotion. That choice is before us today on this Palm Sunday. Then something else.
III
This king offers a dangerous destiny. That is the third thing. If we make a decision for Jesus and give him our dedicated devotion, then we are headed for trouble.
It does not solve all our problems. It could create more. It does not make life easy. It makes some things more difficult. It does not make things simple. It makes some things more complicated. It does not bring rewards and riches. It could cost us everything. It does not assure us of anything miraculous. It leaves us to struggle with the mundane. It is dangerous to be a Christian.
Jesus had spelled out what it means - "Deny yourself, take up the cross, follow me." He had been telling the disciples all along that he was going to Jerusalem to face the cross and there would be a cross for them. As they got closer to Jerusalem, James and John came up to Jesus and asked for places of honor, on his right and on his left. He assured them they would have a place, but it would not be what they thought. They would have to drink from the same cup from which he would drink. Their destiny as disciples of Jesus was to be a dangerous one.
As Christians today, everything is not sweetness and light. We have a dangerous destiny. If we serve this king we must be willing to give ourselves, take a chance and never count the cost.
God is calling us to be his witnesses in today's world, for there is no private Christianity. He is calling us to be servants, for there is no sideline Christianity. He is calling us to be his church, for there is no uninvolved Christianity. That is before us today.
A missionary home on leave was to spend several months speaking in churches. In order to help people understand where he was serving he decided to purchase a globe of the world. He went in a store and looked at several. The clerk showed him one which had a light on the inside. And the clerk said, "Of course a lighted world costs more." The missionary answered, "Yes, I know it does. A lighted world costs everything."
Would you like to have a lighted world enough to give all you are and have, enough to join Jesus out there on the road?
When the Salvation Army first went to India, the British authorities were concerned about them, and issued an order that no open meetings and no parades were to be held. But Commissioner Tucker of the Salvation Army decided that order must be defied. One day the Salvation Army came marching down the street. They were met by soldiers. The officer in charge said, "In the name of her majesty, the Queen of England, I order you to disperse." But Tucker replied, "In the name of the King of kings, I order you to stand aside." They stood aside.
One day, one palm-waving day, Jesus marched right into Jerusalem, the Holy City, and said to everything unholy, "Stand aside." And he is calling us to join him in the parade, and to say to every form of hatred, bigotry, ignorance and apathy, "Stand aside," and when we dare to do it those things will stand aside. His kingdom will live in us, and we will help spread his rule in his world.
Would you dare to do it? Come join the parade.
Pastoral Prayer
O God, our Father, on this Palm Sunday as we come together here, enable each of us to open our hearts and lives that the king of glory would come in and may we say from the depths of our being, "Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."
Help us to open our lives to the coming of thy Son. And during this week enable us to remember all he went through. Call us to watch and pray with him.
We thank thee, Father, for all the ways thou hast blessed us, for we have received out of thy abundance far more than we ever dreamed we would have. We have seen thy hand at work in our lives to bring about good for us, to bring hope out of struggle, peace out of suffering, strength in the midst of our struggles and the light of thy love has been shining along the path we have traveled.
Grant us, Lord, some other blessings. Give us patience with those who try ours. Help us to forgive those who would utter false evils against us. And help us love even those who are difficult to love, because they are loved by thee.
Give us always the attitude of our Lord who was always bigger and better and more brave than his enemies.
Bless our sick. Touch them as only thou canst touch them and no man can. Touch their hearts for that is the healing they need.
Give us peace in the world and help us to be peacemakers, for Jesus has said in that we will be sons and daughters of thine and we pray in the name of the Prince of Peace. Amen.
Discussion Questions
Read Aloud: Mark 11:1-10
1. Have each person share experiences related to parades.
2. Let each person share the feelings of being a part of such an event.
3. What is the meaning of Palm Sunday for you today?
4. In what ways does Jesus Christ still enter our lives?
5. What are the things which could block him and prevent that entrance?
6. What kind of decisions has Christ brought about in your own life?
7. In what ways is your devotion to him expressed?
Closing: Let each person pray for a new openness to Christ and his call in our lives, with the group leader ending with a benediction.
Children's Object Lesson
Palm Sunday
Welcoming The King
Object: Palm branch
Good morning boys and girls. I am so glad to see you today. This is a very special day. Do you know what today is? It is Palm Sunday. Again this year, as we do every Palm Sunday, we asked all of you to come in behind our choir waving these palm branches. Can any of you tell us why we do this? Do you want me to tell you?
When Jesus had been preaching and teaching for about three years he and the disciples went to Jerusalem for the Passover season. This was a very important Jewish holiday. They had done this before, but this time Jesus knew there were people there who wanted to kill him.
As Jesus and the disciples came into Jerusalem he rode on a donkey. For many years long before this, the Jewish kings had come into the city this same way. So Jesus was entering the city like a king. The people there welcomed him like a king also. They waved palm branches and shouted "Hosanna! Welcome to the king!"
Most of those people did not really mean that. They did not really want Jesus to be their real king. And he knew they did not want him. He knew they really wanted him to die. They wanted to kill him. Jesus knew he was going there to face the cross.
We still remember this today. This next week is called Holy Week. All during this week we will be remembering the things Jesus did during his final week. This will help us prepare for next Sunday, which is Easter Sunday.
Now, let me tell you some things to remember about Jesus the king and how we welcome him.
He is still our king today. He is the one who rules over us. So we want to love him and serve him. And we want to do all he wants us to do.
His kingdom is inside of us. We live in his kingdom, the kingdom of God. And that kingdom lives inside of us.
What does this make of us? We are people who represent him. Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament, said "We are ambassadors of Christ." We are his people wherever we go. Remember these things on this Palm Sunday. Thank you for being here.
May we pray: Father, we thank thee for Jesus, who came to be king of all the world and of our lives. Help us to always serve him. Amen.
Order Of Worship
Organ Prelude
The Lighting Of The Candles
The Choral Call To Worship
Welcome And Attendance Registration
*The Hymn Of Praise: "Lead On, O King Eternal"
*The Affirmation Of Faith: The Apostles' Creed
*The Gloria Patri
The Children's Message: "Welcoming The King"
The Pastoral Prayer
*The Hymn Of Preparation: "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna"
*The Dedication Of Tithes And Offerings
The Offertory
*The Doxology
The Anthem
The Message: "The Road To Jerusalem" (Mark 11:1-10)
The Invitation To Christian Discipleship
*The Hymn Of Consecration: "Are Ye Able"
*The Benediction
*The Choral Response
Organ Postlude
*Congregation Standing
