First Lutheran Church Palm Sunday
PO Box 153 - 240 Elm Street West April 13, 2025
Amery, WI 715-268-7135 www.flcamery.org
Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. Jn. 17
PO Box 153 - 240 Elm Street West April 13, 2025
Amery, WI 715-268-7135 www.flcamery.org
Our mission is to know Jesus and to make Jesus known. Jn. 17
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HYMN: Praise to the Lord…….GREEN 543
Luke 19:28-40 [N] Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples:
[J] "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it.' "
[N] So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" They said,
[C] "The Lord needs it."
[N] Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. As he was now approach-ing the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying,
[C] "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!"
HYMN: All Glory, Laud and Honor……………………………………………GREEN 108
OFFERING: YOUTH HAND BELLS: “Jubilee”
Luke 22:7-23:49 [N] Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John:
[J] "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it."
[C] "Where do you want us to make preparations for it?"
[J] "Listen, when you have entered the city… the owner of the house.. will show you a large room upstairs, already furnished. Make preparations for us there."
[N] So they went and found everything as he had told them; & they prepared the Passover meal.
[J] "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."
[L] In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
[J] Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.
[L] Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying:
[J] This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”….
SERMON
Children Come Forward: SONG: Lord I Lift Your Name on High
[J] The one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table. For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!"
[L] Then they began to ask one another, which one of them it could be who would do this.
[N] A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
YOUTH HAND BELLS: Let There Be Peace
[J] "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves... I am among you as one who serves... "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
[N] And he said to him,
[L] "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!"
[J] I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow, until you have denied 3 times that you know me
HYMN: Go to Dark Gethsemane………………………………………………GREEN 109
[N] He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them,
[J] "Pray that you may not come into the time of trial."
[N] Then he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed,
[J] "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done."
[N] Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength. In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief, he said,
[J] "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not come into the time of trial."
[N] While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him,
[J] "Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man?"
[N] When those who were around him saw what was coming, they asked,
[L] "Lord, should we strike with the sword?"
[N] Then one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said,
[J] "No more of this!"
[N] And he touched his ear and healed him. Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple police, and the elders who had come for him,
[J] "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit? When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness!"
[N] Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance. When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat with them. Then a servant-girl, seeing him in the firelight, stared at him and said,
[L] This man also was with him."
[N] But he denied it, saying,
[Men] "Woman, I do not know him."
[N] A little later someone else, on seeing him, said,
[L] "You also are one of them."
[N] Peter said,
[Women] "I am not!"
[N] Then about an hour later still another kept insisting, "Surely this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean." But Peter said,
[C] "I do not know what you are talking about!"
[N] At that moment, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him,
[J] "Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times."
[N] And he went out and wept bitterly.
HYMN: I Lay My Sins ……………………………………………………...….GREEN 305
Now the men who were holding Jesus began to mock him and beat him; they also blindfolded him and kept asking him,
[L] "Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?"
[N] They kept heaping many other insults on him. When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council. They said,
[C] "If you are the Messiah, tell us."
[J] "If I tell you, you will not believe; and if I question you, you will not answer. But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."
[N] All of them asked,
[C] "Are you, then, the Son of God?"
[J] "You say that I am."
[N] Then they said,
[C] What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”
[N] Then the assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king." Then Pilate asked him,
[L] "Are you the king of the Jews?"
[J] "You say so."
[N] Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,
[L] "I find no basis for an accusation against this man."
[N] But they were insistent and said, "He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee..." When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. And when he learned that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod... When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some sign. He questioned him at some length, but Jesus gave him no answer. The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then he put an elegant robe on him, and sent him back to Pilate. That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; before this they had been enemies. Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, and said to them,
[L] "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him. Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death. I will therefore have him flogged and release him."
[N] Then they all shouted out together,
[C] "Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!"
[N] (This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again; but they kept shouting,
[C] "Crucify, crucify him!"
[N] A third time he said to them,
[P] "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him."
[N] But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed. So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted. He released the man they asked for, the one who had been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over as they wished. As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. But Jesus turned to them,
[J] "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves…”
[N] Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said,
[J] "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing."
[N] They cast lots to divide his clothing. The people stood by, but the leaders scoffed at him, saying,
[C] "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!"
[N] The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying,
[L] "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
[N] There was also an inscription over him,
[L] "This is the King of the Jews."
[N] One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying,
[L] "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" [N] But the other rebuked him, saying,
[C] "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
[J] "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
[N] It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, while the sun's light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said,
[J] "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."
[N] Having said this, he breathed his last. When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said,
[C] "Certainly this man was innocent."
[N] And when all the crowds who had gathered there for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they returned home, beating their breasts. But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
PRAYERS
LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN: Were You There- Verses 1-3………………………………………….GREEN 92
BENEDICTION
HYMN: Praise to the Lord…….GREEN 543
Luke 19:28-40 [N] Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples:
[J] "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it.' "
[N] So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" They said,
[C] "The Lord needs it."
[N] Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. As he was now approach-ing the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying,
[C] "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!"
HYMN: All Glory, Laud and Honor……………………………………………GREEN 108
OFFERING: YOUTH HAND BELLS: “Jubilee”
Luke 22:7-23:49 [N] Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John:
[J] "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it."
[C] "Where do you want us to make preparations for it?"
[J] "Listen, when you have entered the city… the owner of the house.. will show you a large room upstairs, already furnished. Make preparations for us there."
[N] So they went and found everything as he had told them; & they prepared the Passover meal.
[J] "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."
[L] In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
[J] Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.
[L] Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying:
[J] This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”….
SERMON
Children Come Forward: SONG: Lord I Lift Your Name on High
[J] The one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table. For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!"
[L] Then they began to ask one another, which one of them it could be who would do this.
[N] A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
YOUTH HAND BELLS: Let There Be Peace
[J] "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves... I am among you as one who serves... "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
[N] And he said to him,
[L] "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!"
[J] I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow, until you have denied 3 times that you know me
HYMN: Go to Dark Gethsemane………………………………………………GREEN 109
[N] He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place, he said to them,
[J] "Pray that you may not come into the time of trial."
[N] Then he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed,
[J] "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done."
[N] Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength. In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping because of grief, he said,
[J] "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not come into the time of trial."
[N] While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him,
[J] "Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man?"
[N] When those who were around him saw what was coming, they asked,
[L] "Lord, should we strike with the sword?"
[N] Then one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said,
[J] "No more of this!"
[N] And he touched his ear and healed him. Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple police, and the elders who had come for him,
[J] "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit? When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness!"
[N] Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance. When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat with them. Then a servant-girl, seeing him in the firelight, stared at him and said,
[L] This man also was with him."
[N] But he denied it, saying,
[Men] "Woman, I do not know him."
[N] A little later someone else, on seeing him, said,
[L] "You also are one of them."
[N] Peter said,
[Women] "I am not!"
[N] Then about an hour later still another kept insisting, "Surely this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean." But Peter said,
[C] "I do not know what you are talking about!"
[N] At that moment, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him,
[J] "Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times."
[N] And he went out and wept bitterly.
HYMN: I Lay My Sins ……………………………………………………...….GREEN 305
Now the men who were holding Jesus began to mock him and beat him; they also blindfolded him and kept asking him,
[L] "Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?"
[N] They kept heaping many other insults on him. When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council. They said,
[C] "If you are the Messiah, tell us."
[J] "If I tell you, you will not believe; and if I question you, you will not answer. But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."
[N] All of them asked,
[C] "Are you, then, the Son of God?"
[J] "You say that I am."
[N] Then they said,
[C] What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”
[N] Then the assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king." Then Pilate asked him,
[L] "Are you the king of the Jews?"
[J] "You say so."
[N] Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,
[L] "I find no basis for an accusation against this man."
[N] But they were insistent and said, "He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee..." When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. And when he learned that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod... When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some sign. He questioned him at some length, but Jesus gave him no answer. The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then he put an elegant robe on him, and sent him back to Pilate. That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; before this they had been enemies. Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, and said to them,
[L] "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him. Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death. I will therefore have him flogged and release him."
[N] Then they all shouted out together,
[C] "Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!"
[N] (This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again; but they kept shouting,
[C] "Crucify, crucify him!"
[N] A third time he said to them,
[P] "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him."
[N] But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed. So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted. He released the man they asked for, the one who had been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over as they wished. As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. But Jesus turned to them,
[J] "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves…”
[N] Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said,
[J] "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing."
[N] They cast lots to divide his clothing. The people stood by, but the leaders scoffed at him, saying,
[C] "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!"
[N] The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying,
[L] "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
[N] There was also an inscription over him,
[L] "This is the King of the Jews."
[N] One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying,
[L] "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" [N] But the other rebuked him, saying,
[C] "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
[J] "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
[N] It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, while the sun's light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said,
[J] "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."
[N] Having said this, he breathed his last. When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said,
[C] "Certainly this man was innocent."
[N] And when all the crowds who had gathered there for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they returned home, beating their breasts. But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
PRAYERS
LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN: Were You There- Verses 1-3………………………………………….GREEN 92
BENEDICTION
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