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Services & Preacher

  • 8am: Blessing of Palms & Said Eucharist (Rite I)
  • 10am: Palm Procession & Choral Eucharist of the Passion(Rite II)
  • Fr. Matt is preacher today.

Events & Fellowship

  • 10am: Sunday School & Nursey Care
  • Coffee Hour follows both services
  • 11:45am: Johnson Baptism (Garden/Bolton)

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About Worship Today

  • The Sunday of the Passion was the Church’s first “Good Friday.”  This celebration continues to this day.  Since the fourth century the Church has also celebrated the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the Sunday before he was crucified.  In the Episcopal Church this day is known as “The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday.”  The liturgy this morning recalls both the final entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem and his death on the cross and burial.  Following the Blessing of Palms, the congregation processes into the church where the Passion is celebrated at the Holy Eucharist. The Sunday of the Passion begins Holy Week, which culminates in the Easter Triduum.  Today Christian communities begin to prepare in earnest for the celebration of Easter.  At sunset on Thursday of this week the Church concludes our season of preparation, Lent, and enters its most sacred days, the Easter Triduum (TRIH-djoo-um – “Three Days”).  The Easter Triduum, the celebration of the Lord’s Passover, is the center of the Church’s life.   

  • The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, 1979, are the regular services appointed for public worship in the Episcopal Church. At Christ Church we celebrate the Holy Eucharist every Sunday, and also on Holy Days and other occasions.

  • Today’s liturgy is from the red Book of Common Prayer 1979.  All hymns are taken from the blue Hymnal 1982 or other authorized hymnals for use in the Episcopal Church. All hymns are reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net A713125.

Music & Lectionary Notes:

  • Prelude: Bagpipes
  • Palm Gospel: Matthew 21:1-11
  • Outdoor Processional: Amazin Grace (Bagpipes)
  • Processional into the Church: Ride on, ride onin majesty, Winchester New
  • Processional to the Sanctuary: #155, All glory, laud, and honor, Valet will ich dir geben
  • Kyrie: #S-91, From Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
  • First Lesson: Isaiah 50:4-9a
  • Gradual: Psalm 31:9-16, plainchant VII.3
  • Second Lesson: Philippians 2:5-11
  • Sequence Hymn: #158, Ah, holy Jesus, Herzliebster Jesu
  • Passion: Matthew 26:14-27:66
  • Offertory Anthem: Christus factus est by Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
  • Sanctus & Benedictus: #S-114 From Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
  • Agnus Dei: #S-158 From Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
  • Communion: O vos omnes by Pablo Casals 1876-1873
  • Postcommunion Hymn: #168, O sacred head, sore wounded, Herzlich tut mich verlangen [Passion Chorale]
  • Processional Voluntary: Holy Week Procession by Bischof & Bagpipes
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