Riverside Presbyterian Staff Ministers: All God’s People Pastor: The Rev. Michael Hafele Interim Music Director: Cheryl Kaye Office Manager: Heather Landers Treasurer: Doug Kasimier Sexton: Chuck Torgler Nursery Care: Cecilia Quist Audio Visual Leader: Jeff Janowich

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April 9, 2017 CELEBRATION OF HOLY WEEK AT RIVERSIDE Worship at 9AM & 11AM Sunday 4/9: PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP Family Promise Families Arrive 9:00 AM Worship with the Band - Sanctuary 9:00 AM SERVICE OF WORSHIP 10:15 AM Sunday School for All Ages - See Opposite Page PROCESSIONAL 11:00 AM Worship with the Choir - Sanctuary Welcome to 3:30 PM Holy Week Concert - Sanctuary Riverside “Lift Up Your Heads” - RPC Youth Chorus Presbyterian GATHERING Monday 4/10: 7:00 PM NA Meeting - Pfeiffer Church! “Give Thanks” - Instrumental Tuesday 4/11: 9:30 AM Senior Fitness - Fellowship WELCOME 9:30 AM Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Knox Parlor Please take a 7:00 PM Deacons - Knox Parlor *PASSING OF THE PEACE few minutes to calm your PRAISE THROUGH SONG Wednesday 4/12: 7:30 AM Men’s Bible Study - Knox Parlor *Marvelous Light 10:00 AM Prayer Circle - Knox Parlor heart, mind, *Fields Of Grace and spirit for Deep As It Is Wide (Confession) Thursday 4/13: MAUNDY THURSDAY the worship Cry Out To Jesus (Offering) 7:00 PM Communion & Foot Washing Service - Fellowship and celebration RPC YOUTH CHOIR Choir Practice Immediately Following Service - Chapel of Jesus Christ. “Children, Get Ready” “Look Who’s Coming” Friday 4/14: GOOD FRIDAY 1:00 PM Sanctuary Open for Quiet Reflection (until 3 PM) If you are THE WORD OF GOD 5:00 PM Sanctuary Open for Quiet Reflection (until 7 PM) Matthew 21:1-11 interested in Which Messiah? being a member Saturday 4/15: No Events Scheduled here at RPC, RESPONDING TO THE WORD The Lord’s Prayer Sunday 4/16: EASTER SUNDAY please see 6:45 AM Community Sunrise Service - Fischer Park Pastor Mike TAKING OUR FAITH INTO THE WORLD 9:00 AM Worship with the Band - Sanctuary Down By The Riverside following 10:15 AM EASTER EGG HUNT 11:00 AM Worship with the Choir - Sanctuary worship! *BENEDICTION *Please rise in body or in spirit

FOR APRIL & BEYOND… 11:00AM WORSHIP If you haven’t already heard we will be having one Sunday PALM SUNDAY service at 10:00 AM from Memorial Day through Labor PRELUDE Come Thou, Almighty King Stellhotn/Unfried Day. This will be a time for us to worship together and get to know our whole congregation. Pastor Mike has planned a THE CHURCH BELLS RING

participatory worship service incorporating music, the arts, the *PROCESSIONAL Lift Up Your Heads

co-mission, and the Community. Please join us during the Chancel Choir & Youth Summer months for worship, fellowship and a time to get To Quote: *WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS reacquainted as a congregation. Sanctuary SPECIAL MUSIC Children Get Ready Bailey-Mayo Flowers Our church library is now ready for visitors! If you are Joy is the rarest Look Who’s Coming M. Bedford and most looking for books, videos, DVDs and CDs and much more. RPC Youth & Children; Holland Weaver, trumpet infrequent thing The sanctuary Located in Knox Hall (Galilee). Check out is by the honor in the world. *CALL TO WORSHIP Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! flowers are system and books may be returned to the bottom shelf just to We already have the right of the reception room door. Also, if you have enough Out of my distress I called on God; and God answered me and set me free given to the appropriate materials to enhance our library, these may also be fanatical seriousness, Give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord is good. glory of dropped off here. See you in the library! God’s steadfast love endures forever. God by ______enthusiasm, and humorless zeal Let those who trust in God say, Judy & Bob “God’s steadfast love endures forever.” SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES AT 10:15 AM in the world. But Howard in joy? This shows Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say, “rejoice!” Come, let us worship God! memory of One Room School House (K-4th graders) us that the Pfeiffer Room perception of the *HYMN 196 All Glory, Laud, and Honor Judy's mother, living God is Can We Talk? (5th-8th graders) UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION rare. When we Leona Weaver. Fellowship Hall Stage Loving God, who calls us to follow the way of Jesus Christ, we have found God approach this procession of palms that leads us into a Kerygma Discovering the Bible our Savior – or solemnity of Holy Week. As the Lord endured betrayal, arrest, Galilee (Knox Hall) when God has denial, torture, and crucifixion, grant us the courage to walk Thoughtful Christian Café found us – we with Him. Grant us humility to face the sin and frailty in our will rejoice in own lives. By Your grace move us through these somber days Fellowship Hall God. and nights into the joyful celebration of the Resurrection! Tuning into God’s Message This we pray in the name of Christ our Lord. Amen. Knox Parlor -Karl Barth Silent prayer Study in Ephesians, Paul’s Guidelines to the Church ASSURANCE OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS Computer Room, Calvin * Please stand in body and/or in spirit

*SUNG RESPONSE Gloria Patri No. 579 in the hymnal We Depart to Serve *THE PASSING OF THE PEACE *HYMN 198 Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. And also with you.. All may exchange signs and words of peace. *BENEDICTION

*HYMN 197 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna POSTLUDE Lord’s Prayer Prayer for PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION ______

Illumination Our Father, who ANNOUNCEMENTS The Word art in heaven, THE BIBLE Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29 TODAY... hallowed be thy Lord, open our Matthew 21:1-11 Family Promise families arrive TODAY and will be here name. Thy hearts and minds SERMON Which Messiah? Rev. Michael Hafele through April 15th (leaving early morning on the 16th). Thank kingdom come, by the power of you to everyone that has volunteered to help. *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed thy will be done Your Holy Spirit, I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of on earth as it is Upper Room Devotionals: Reserved copies of the Upper that as the heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our in heaven. Give us Room Devotionals for May and June, 2017 are available for pick Scriptures are Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the this day our daily up. There are some unreserved copies available. If you would read andYour virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell. The bread, and forgive like to reserve a copy, please contact Sonja Buckley at Word is third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended us our debts as we 321-452-8569. proclaimed, we into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the forgive our may hear with Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the debtors, and lead THIS WEEK... joy what You say quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the one, us not into Grandparents Raising Grandchildren meets April 11th at to us holy, catholic, and apostolic church; the communion of temptation but 9:30 AM in Knox Parlor. Please join us for coffee and donuts! today. This we saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the Call church office for more information. body; and the life everlasting. Amen. deliver us from pray in the name evil. For Thine is of the Father, and Choir will have a short rehearsal this week immediately after *the term ‘catholic’, in the Creed, means the ‘universal’ church: all believers in Jesus Christ. the kingdom and of the Son, and of the Maundy Thursday service. the power and the the Holy Spirit. Thanksgiving glory forever. Kids, gather your Easter baskets and get ready for the Amen. THE OFFERING Amen. annual Easter Egg Hunt at Riverside Presbyterian Church on OFFERTORY Easter Sunday, April 16th. We will meet in Fellowship Hall at *DOXOLOGY No. 592 in the hymnal 10:15 AM for a short devotional. Toddlers and children through PRAYER OF DEDICATION, PASTORAL and THE LORD’S PRAYER elementary school age, are welcome to participate All children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews are invited. Grab those

baskets and let’s go hunt some EGGS !!!