Oconee Street UMC Online Service
Palm Sunday • April 5, 2020
Welcome:
Prelude:
Scripture — Luke 19:28-40:
Response:
Opening Hymn:
Opening Prayer:
Anthem:
Prayer for Illumination:
Proclamation of the Passion Story (with hymns):
Palm Sunday
Sermon: “In the Time of Trial”
Prayer is a practice with which many of us struggle.
It’s seems like such a waste of time to sit in nothingness. We begin to think, “Wouldn’t it be better to be more productive with that time?” Our anxieties begin to arise. Our deepest fears are unwrapped. Our saddest thoughts become present. These are the times in prayer when we … Read the rest
Sermon: Church is not a den …
When Jesus enters the temple in Matthew 21:12, he overturns tables and chairs, saying “My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you are making it a den of robbers.”
Many interpretations of this passage focus on the evil Jesus felt was happening inside the church. That’s an easy way to view this passage. We would never do … Read the rest
Sermon: The Necessary, Celebratory, Protesting, Funeral Parade
“The Necessary, Celebratory, Protesting, Funeral Parade”
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
March 29 • Palm Sunday
Sermon
Choir Anthem
Text of sermon coming soon.
Sermon: Our Place in the Crowd
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
Sunday, April 13, 2014: Palm Sunday, confirmation and return to Oconee Street
Matthew 21:1-11 and Philippians 2:3-11
This is such an important day for so many reasons. It is a day that many of us will remember for the rest of our lives. It is that important. We celebrate our return home after a … Read the rest