CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Glorious and most wonderful God we are grateful for your patient and enduring presence in our lives. On this Palm Sunday we join in the triumphant song of the disciples and revelers as they shout their loud Hosannas to the Son of David. Truly this is a day of your making and we shall rejoice and be glad in it. We confess our desire, however, to leap beyond Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, arriving again on Sunday 7 days from today. You call us to remember Christ’s willing sacrifice for the sake of us all. Help us to fully comprehend Your love for us in the sacrifice of Your one and only beloved Son. Help us surrender the time we devote to deadlines, and errands and this-worldly busyness, making time to be a part of Your story lived and told for our sake. For, it is, in these days, that Christ’s indelible mark is left upon us and we are forever changed. Help us, Lord, to lift up and carry the cross of discipleship. Humble us for service and empower us for mission as we carry on in Christ’s name. Amen.
UNISON OFFERTORY PRAYER
Glorious God in whom we live and breathe and have our being, accept our offerings in token of our thanks and as a sign of our indebtedness to you. Help us in this Lenten season to remember that all we possess is temporarily ours. Keep us mindful that all of our accumulated treasures, unless shared, do little to care for those in need or help creation. Bless these tithes and tokens of our love, to carry on the work Jesus began. Hear our prayer most Gracious Lord, as we pray in the name Jesus Christ. Amen.
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