Right at the crest, where MOUNT OLIVE begins its descent, the whole crowd of disciples burst into enthusiastic praise over all of the mighty works they had witnessed!! LUKE 19:34
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Rev. J. Todd Bruning, Pastor
Dolphene Davis, Minister of Music
3100 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dallas, TX 75215
(church) 214-428-2892 (cell) 972-653-0316
We Serve as a Vehicle through which the Gospel of Jesus Christ is spread.
Meeting ID: 619 327 455
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HERE HE STANDS: CRY of the WHOLE CONGREGATION - Palm Sunday
NARRATOR - Holli
JESUS - Helen
DISCIPLE - Marie
LEADER - Alicia
JUDAS - Drake
NARRATOR: Today is more than just a celebration of Palms. This is a day when the the Passion Story embraces us and becomes our own. Come; follow the Way to the cross.
JUDAS: This drama has no audience. All are actors. None are objective. All subjective. … This is the Cry of the WHOLE Congregation … The congregation, as it busies itself in reading and singing, should catch fleeting images of a dancer and feel the rhythmic beats of a drum. But you will need your own imagination for this today. For on Zoom we cannot simulate the dancer or drums easily.
LEADER: The physicality of the drums and dancer help us to unconsciously fill in the blanks in a story that we often only read and thus, don't really experience. What we give to this experience should be diverse among us and mighty indeed …
JESUS: Please note, there should be a dancer. As you imagine her, she is young and female. She does not “play” Jesus, whose words will be spoken instead by a reader. The dancer, instead, represents Jesus’ suffering and humiliation. In our broken world, it is women and children who are most often the objects of humiliation and violence, and so the dancer is young and female. …
DISCIPLE: There should also be a drummer. She teaches the congregation its rhythm, beginning very slowly and softly, but increasing speed and impact as the drama unfolds, nipping the people's heels like a sheepdog, driving them, making them restless and thumping thunder to their cries of "Crucify! Crucify!"
JUDAS: In the last passages of the cross, just before Jesus dies, his beat becomes the death march, funereal and impossibly sad. And then … a heartbeat. At death he falls silent altogether, and that silence shall be heard . . .
NARRATOR: These are some of the words written by Valparaiso University Professor Walter Wangerin, Jr. to describe this worship service he first published in 1984 in his book Ragman and Other Cries of Faith and has been shared thousands of times since then in Lutheran (and other) churches around the world!
2) Tolling of the Hour: Jesus is ALL the WORLD to ME
PASTOR: Good morning! Welcome to our worship together on this the Sunday of the Passion – also called Palm Sunday. Our service focuses on the Passion reading from Luke. I invite you to join enthusiastically in this reader’s theater experience, that we may truly journey with Christ the path toward the cross. We have two duties as a congregation. To wave green branches and cry out with a loud voice, HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST HEAVEN! whenver we can. Sometimes we will sing our HOSANNA's. Sometimes we will cry them out as both a proclamation and a confession.
Let’s practice that … Unmute and repeat after me,
“HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST HEAVEN!”
That’s good. But remember, this is the Cry of the WHOLE Congregation. Now I know that you are Lutherans, but let’s try to CRY out with great Celebration,
“HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST HEAVEN!!”
Excellent. You are ready for your part – remember, it is always listed in bold on this blog page. Now may the Passion story embrace us and become our own. Come! Follow the Way to the Cross.
3) Hosanna in the Highest, shared by Sunitha Ija: The Entry into Jerusalem (Luke 19:29-44)
NARRATOR: When Jesus drew near to Bethpage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent ahead two of his disciples, saying,
JESUS: “Go into the village opposite. There you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat; untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
NARRATOR: So those who were sent went away and found it as he had told them.
US: And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them,
“Why are you untying the colt?"
DISCIPLE: And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their garments on the colt, they set Jesus upon it.
NARRATOR: And as he rode along, they spread their garments on the road. As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen!
US: “HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST HEAVEN!”
4) Procession with Palms: Ride On, King Jesus, Ride, led by the York University Gospel Choir, Toronto, Ontario
REFRAIN: Ride on King Jesus, No man cannot hinder me, Ride on King Jesus, ride on, No man cannot hinder me When I get to heaven I'm gonna wear a robe, No man cannot hinder me, Gonna see King Jesus sitting on the throne, No man cannot hinder me, Gonna walk all over the streets of gold, No man cannot hinder me, Going to a land where I'll never grow old, No man cannot hinder me
LEADER: And some of the Pharisees in the multitude cried to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples! They’re calling you the Christ. Tell them to be quiet!”
NARRATOR: Jesus answered,
JESUS: “I tell you, if these were silent the very stones themselves would cry out.”
NARRATOR: And when Jesus drew near and saw the city he wept over it, saying,
JESUS: “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. O Jerusalem! The days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
5) Hosanna in the Highest & the Message for the Young at Heart by the Bryant, Brown & Goffney ladies
The Preparation & Eating of the Last Supper (Luke 22:1-34)
NARRATOR: Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. And the Temple Priests were seeking how to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.
JUDAS: Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the Twelve; he went away and conferred with the temple priests and officers how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and engaged to give him money. So he agreed, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.
NARRATOR: Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.”
US: “But where, Lord? Where will you have us prepare it,
and what are we to do?”
NARRATOR: He said to them,
JESUS: “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters, and tell the householder, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?’ And he will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready.”
NARRATOR: And they went and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover.
Let us Break Bread Together, led by Joan Baez
NARRATOR: And when the hour came, he sat at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them,
JESUS: “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
For I tell you, I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
NARRATOR: And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks he said,
JESUS: “Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
NARRATOR: And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them saying,
JESUS: “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
NARRATOR: And likewise the cup after supper, saying,
JESUS: “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me at the table. For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined. But woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”
US: Who, Lord? Who is to betray you? Is it I? Is it I?
NARRATOR: He answered,
JESUS: “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. Oh, it would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
JUDAS: Judas, who betrayed him, said, “Is it I, Master?”
NARRATOR: Jesus said to him,
JESUS: “You have said so.”
DISCIPLE: Simon Peter was indignant. “But not I!” he said. And he declared, “Though they all fall away from you, I will never leave you!”
JESUS: “Peter, truly I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.”
DISCIPLE: Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you!”
US: And so said all of the disciples, over and over again: “I will never deny you! Never deny you! Never, EVER!”
Go to Dark Gethsemane, vs. 1 (ELW 347 - 3:37) The Agony in the Garden (Luke 22:39-53)
Go to dark Gethsemane, all who feel the tempter’s pow’r;
Your Redeemer’s conflict see. Watch with him one bitter hour;
Turn not from his griefs away; learn from Jesus Christ to pray
NARRATOR: And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place he said to them,
JESUS: “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
US: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us, deliver us.
NARRATOR: And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,
JESUS: “Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.”
US: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done. Thy will be done…Thy will be done…
NARRATOR: And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, and he said to them,
JESUS: “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
US: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, even the evil within ourselves.
DISCIPLE: While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him
NARRATOR: But Jesus said to him,
JESUS: “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
JUDAS: Judas said, “Hail, Master.”
NARRATOR: When the disciples saw what would follow, they said,
US: Lord, shall we strike with the sword?
DISCIPLE: And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.
NARRATOR: But Jesus said,
JESUS: “No more of this!”
NARRATOR: And he touched his ear and healed him
US: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
NARRATOR: Jesus said to those who had come out against him,
JESUS: “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.”
NARRATOR: Then they seized him.
Go to Dark Gethsemane, vs.2 (ELW 347 - 4:33) The Judgment (Luke 22:54-71, 23:1-25)
Follow to the judgment hall, view the Lord of life arraigned;
Oh, the wormwood and the gall! Oh, the pangs his soul sustained
Shun not suff’ring, shame, or loss; learn from him to bear the cross.
NARRATOR: Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him to the high priest’s house.
DISCIPLE: Peter followed at a distance, and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.
NARRATOR: Then a maid, seeing him sit in the light, said,
US: “This man also was with him.”
DISCIPLE: But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.”
NARRATOR: And a little later someone else saw him and said,
US: "You also are one of them.”
DISCIPLE: But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
CONG: An hour later another insisted, saying,
US: “Certainly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean.”
DISCIPLE: But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!”
NARRATOR: And immediately, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.
DISCIPLE: And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today you will deny me three times.” And he went out and he wept bitterly.
NARRATOR: Now the men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him; they blindfolded him and demanded:
US: “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?”
NARRATOR: And they spoke many other words against him, reviling him. When the day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together and led him to their council.
US: And they said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.”
NARRATOR: But he said to them,
JESUS: “If I tell you, you will not believe; and if I ask you now, you will not answer. But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
US: Are you the Son of God, then?
NARRATOR: And he said to them,
JESUS: “You say that I am.”
US: And they said, “BLASPHEMY! What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips. BLASPHEMY! Oh, BLASPHEMY!”
NARRATOR: Then the whole company of them arose, and brought him before Pontius Pilate. And they began to curse him, saying:
US: “We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ the King!”
LEADER: And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
NARRATOR: And he answered him,
JESUS: “You have said so.”
LEADER: And Pilate said to the Chief Priests and the multitudes, “I find no crime in this man.”
NARRATOR: But they were urgent, saying,
US: “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout Galilee even to this place.”
LEADER: And when Pilate heard that he was a Galilean, of Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod…
NARRATOR: Where he was vehemently accused, and treated with contempt and mocked, and arrayed in gorgeous purple, and then sent back again.
LEADER: Pilate said to the rulers of the people, “You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people, and after examining him, behold, I did not find him guilty of any of the charges against him. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
NARRATOR: But they all cried out together,
US: “Away with this man! Away! Away! Release to us Barabbas.”
NARRATOR: Barabbas! – a man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and for murder.
LEADER: Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus…
CONG: But they shouted out, “CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM!"
LEADER: “Why? What evil has he done? I’ve found no crime in him deserving death. I’ll chastise him. I’ll release him.”
NARRATOR: But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
LEADER: So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted. He released the man who had been jailed for murder. But Jesus he delivered up to their will.
Go to Dark Gethsemane, vs.3 (ELW 347) - 2:30 Friday Morning: Crucifixion (Luke 23:26-49)
Calv’ry’s mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at his feet,
Mark that miracle of time, God’s own sacrifice complete.
“It is finished!” hear him cry; learn from Jesus Christ to die.
NARRATOR: Now Jesus, Pilate delivered over to the will of the congregation.
MEN: And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
WOMEN: And there followed him a great multitude of women who bewailed and lamented him.
NARRATOR: But Jesus turning (DANCER turns to congregation, extending arms) to them said,
JESUS: “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, (gesture left, then right) but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never produced milk!’ For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it dries!”
SOLO 1 - Todd: Were You There When they Crucified My Lord? ELW 353
Were You There When they Crucified My Lord? Were You There When they Crucified My Lord? oh ... oh ... oh ... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were You There When they Crucified My Lord?
NARRATOR: Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. And when they came to the place which is called the Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
Solo 2 - Carlos: Were You There When they Nailed Him to the Tree? ELW 353
Were You There When they Nailed Him to the Tree? Were You There When they Nailed Him to the Tree? oh ... oh ... oh ... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were You There When they Nailed Him to the Tree?
NARRATOR: And Jesus said,
JESUS: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
WOMEN: Forgive us our trespasses.
MEN: And they cast lots to divide his garments.
WOMEN: Forgive us our trespasses.
MEN: And the people stood by watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God!”
WOMEN: Forgive us our trespasses.
MEN: The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him vinegar.
WOMEN: There was an inscription over him: “This is the King of the Jews”
MEN: Forgive us our trespasses. Forgive us, O Lord, our trespasses!
JUDAS: One of the criminals who were hanged with him railed at him saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
DISCIPLE: But the other rebuked him saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence, and we justly? But this man has done nothing wrong.” And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
US: Forgive us our trespasses… Deliver us from evil…Thine is the kingdom …
NARRATOR: And Jesus said to him…
US: …and the power…
JESUS: “Truly, truly, I say to you…”
US: …and the glory…
JESUS: “Today you will be with me in Paradise.”
US: Forever and ever. Amen!
Solo 3 Helen: Were You There when He Cried Out at the End? ELW 353
Were You There When He Cried Out at the End? Were You There When He Cried Out at the End? oh ... oh ... oh ... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were You There When He Cried Out at the End?
NARRATOR: Please rise: It was now about the sixth hour – and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed…And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom … Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said,
JESUS: “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!” (abrupt silence and pause)
*****
NARRATOR: And having said this, he breathed his last. And all the multitudes who had assembled to see the sight…
MEN: … When they saw what had taken place, they returned home beating their breasts.
WOMEN: And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things.
Solo 4 Tanya: Were You There when They Laid Him in the Tomb? ELW 353 - Late Friday Afternoon: Burial (Luke 23:50-56)
Were You There When They Laid Him in the Tomb? Were You There When HThey Laid Him in the Tomb? oh ... oh ... oh ... Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were You There When They Laid Him in the Tomb?
The BURIAL (25:15), led by Ascension Lutheran Church in Savannah, Georgia
LEADER: Now there was a man named Joseph from the town of Arimathea, a good man, a righteous man, one looking for the kingdom of God. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud, and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid.
NARRATOR: It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.
WOMEN: The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments.
NARRATOR: On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
Hymn Jesus is All the World to Me led by Donnie Harper and the New Jersey Mass Choir
K) LITURGY of HOLY COMMUNION (Google Drive) This is the Feast of Victory (Dropbox) .... Led by Carlos Leggett & Tanya Browne
RETURN to the LORD & ALLE-X-X WARNING
This is the feast of victory for our God. Alle-X-X
Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God.
Power, riches and wisdom and strength, and honor and blessing and glory are his.
This is the feast of victory for our God. Alle-X-X
Sing with all the people of God and join in the hymns of all creation.
Blessing and honor and glory and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen.
This is the feast of victory for our God. For the Lamb who was slain has begun his reign. Alle-X-X, Alle-X-X
GREAT THANKSGIVING & Preface by #7
Please UNmute & RESPOND
The Lord be with you,
AND ALSO WITH YOU
Lift up your hearts
WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD!
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE OUR THANKS AND PRAISE.
It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, Holy Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who on this day overcame death and the grave and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. And so with the Church on Earth and all the hosts of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn.
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, led by Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD, Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he, who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, in the highest.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & Lord's Prayer
DISCIPLE: As the CRY of the WHOLE CONGREGATION, we have shared together the Words of Institution and the Lord’s Prayer. Now behold, the gifts of God for the people of God. Come to the Lord’s Table, for all is ready, and you are always welcome.
LEADER: Come to the banquet, for all is now almost ready. We continue this holy season by acknowledging our need for repentance and for God’s mercy. We take this time to contemplate how our forty day journey toward the cross might continue, with oil and ashes, with wine and bread, with the Body and Blood of Christ.
US: We remember that we are Dust and to Dust we shall Return. But.
The Body of Christ is Broken for Me. The Blood of Christ is Shed for Me. And God brings to life even that which once seemed dead. Amen.
1) Lamb, Of God, led by Dolphene Davis
2) Hosanna, Hosanna, led by Alfrelynn Roberts & Pastor Todd
Please MUTE & SING:
1) Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us (repeat) ... Lamb of God, you take away, the sins of the world, grant us peace ... grant us peace.
2)
JESUS: May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the gifts of his body and blood strengthen, keep and unite us, now and forever.
US: Amen.
NARRATOR: Let us pray. Compassionate God, you have fed us with the bread of heaven. Sustain us in our journey through Holy Week. Help us experience ever more clearly your grace, mercy, and forgiveness found in the gift of the cross.
JUDAS: As we pass through the painful steps of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, keep us ever mindful that you are always with us, and not even death can separate us from your eternal love, through Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord.
US: Amen.
4) BENEDICTION: Ride On, King Jesus, Ride, led by the Washington Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church Youth Choir Inauguration, Columbia, Maryland, Ride On, King Jesus, Ride, led by the Sounds of Adonai, Jamaica
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
about being a VEHICLE
that will deliver CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, and COMPANIONSHIP
to a tremendously anxious COMMUNITY,
remembering that God is our REFUGE & STRENGTH.
I) THIS THURSDAY, April 1 is MAUNDY THURSDAY at 7 PM
When My Lament Becomes Praise
HERE I STAND/When Powers Assail Me
Being Treated As LESS THAN Another
has helped me remember how God's Grace is MORE THAN sufficient
HEBREW SEDER MEAL where Jesus Washed the Feet of the Disciples
Meeting ID: 619 327 455
OPENING BLESSING
1) FOOT Washing Scripture & Blessing
2) CANDLE Lighting Scripture & Blessing
3) HAND Washing Scripture & Blessing
4) Cup of WINE Scripture & Blessing
5) Matzah BREAD Scripture & Blessing
6) MOROR (Horseradish) Scripture & Blessing
7) CHAROSET (Apple Sauce or Apple Salad) Scripture & Blessing
8) BITTER TEARS (Salt Water & Parsley) Scripture & Blessing
9) 10 PLAGUES Scripture & Blessing
10) AFIKOMEN (Communion) Scripture & Blessing
CLOSING BLESSING
II) THIS FRIDAY, April 2 is GOOD FRIDAY, live at NOON at https://southdallasconcertchoir.org/
7 PM Post Worship Conversation & Prayer Vigil
Meeting ID: 619 327 455
Wednesday, February 17 was ASH WEDNESDAY
Today, March 28 is the FIRST DAY of HOLY WEEK
1) Wednesday, February 24 ... Like Stephen (Todd)
2) Wednesday, March 3 ... Like Tamar in Genesis (Lakeesha)
3) Wednesday, March 10 ... Like Rahab in Joshua (Holli)
4) Wednesday, March 17 ... Like Ruth (Yarlette)
5) Wednesday, March 24 ... Like Bathsheba in 2 Samuel (Tanya)
6) Maundy Thursday, April 1 ... Pastor Todd leads Seder Meal
Good Friday, April 2 ... Led by South Dallas Concert Choir on
https://southdallasconcertchoir.org/
Sunday, April 4 is EASTER Sunday ... Pastor Jermine Alberty preaching
II) Reports from the EZEKIEL 44:5 EXPERIMENT
EVERYONE is a part of one Project or the Other:
A) Clean HANDS Project ... Pantry Snack Pack Distribution updates
Meet at 9 AM on Wednesdays for 11 AM Distribution
Meet at 10 AM on Saturdays for 11 AM Distribution
B) Clean HEART Project ... 73rd Anniversary Musical Celebration Report
ANNIVERSARY MUSICAL on Sunday, September 12, 19, or 26
Meeting on Sunday, April 11 after Church
HERE WE STAND theme?
73 Years in South Dallas; 60 in our current Fair Park location on Forest (now MLK)
With 73 Guests INVITED from the PAST (important in our HISTORICAL MINISTRY)
With 73 Guests INVITED from the PRESENT South Dallas Community (important to our FUTURE MINISTRY in Fair Park)
https://dallasmlkcenter.com/author/dallasmlkcenter/
The Fierce Urgency of Now- Part One (February 12, 2021 @ 12 PM) 39:00
The Fierce Urgency of Now- Part Two (February 19, 2021 @ 12 PM) 39:00
We will need to explore how to start inviting folks to our September Musical NOW.
O) SENDING: Led by led by #7
What is the mission of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church?
TO SERVE as a VEHICLE through which the Gospel is Spread!!!
Go in Peace and Serve the Lord!
Thanks be to God!! And WE WILL!!
COMPANIONSHIP is a ministry of PRESENCE, a relationship responding to isolation and suffering and supportive of healing and recovery.
COMPANIONSHIP welcomes the stranger, building a CIRCLE of CARE with individuals who are facing emotional and mental health challenges.
COMPANIONSHIP is rooted in our natural capacities as human beings to be sensitive, compassionate and concerned.
POSTLUDE 1: Hosanna, led by Taya Gaukrodger on a Hillsong United tour of Israel, Live from the Steps on the Temple Mount
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest
I see the King of Glory, Coming on the clouds with fire The whole earth shakes, The whole earth shakes, yeah
I see His love and mercy, Washing over all our sin The people sing, The people sing
I see a generation, Rising up to take their place With selfless faith, With selfless faith
I see a near revival, Stirring as we pray and seek We're on our knees, We're on our knees
Heal my heart and make it clean, Open up my eyes to the things unseen Show me how to love like You have loved me, Break my heart for what breaks Yours, Everything I am for Your kingdom's cause, As I walk from earth into eternity
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest
Join us for worship this Holy Week:
Maundy Thursday – 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday – 7:00 p.m.