It’s Palm Sunday – the Sunday before Easter and it begins what we know as Holy Week. We remember the day that the crowds celebrated Jesus riding into Jerusalem as the longed-for Saviour and King. As Jesus was carried by a donkey, a large crowd laid palm branches and their cloaks across the road, giving him a royal welcome. The people shouted, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!”
John 12:13 (quoting from Psalm 118:25-26).
10:00 Sunday church video meeting
Southcrest Online is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Southcrest Church – Sunday @ 10:00am (online call)
Time: 28th March 2021, 10:00 a.m.
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The meeting will be followed by a 10-15 minute chat.
10:30 a.m. A local online service?
- Woodgreen Evangelical Church at Worcester weekly online service can be found at their YouTube site.
- Manor Park Church at Worcester also have an online service. You’ll find it at their YouTube site.
(Don’t worry if you are late for either of these, as you can catch up on the YouTube links above.)
11:00 a.m. Hillsong UK online service
https://online.hillsong.com/room/uk
6:00 p.m. Café Service
Sung praise: Hosanna (Praise is Rising)
Singer and song writer: Paul Baloche
'Hosanna (Praise is Rising' lyrics
Praise is rising, eyes are turning to You, we turn to You Hope is stirring, hearts are yearning for You, we long for You 'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day In Your Presence all our fears are washed away, washed away Hosanna, hosanna You are the God Who saves us, worthy of all our praises Hosanna, hosanna Come have Your way among us We welcome You here, Lord Jesus Hear the sound of hearts returning to You, we turn to You In Your Kingdom broken lives are made new, You make us new 'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day In Your Presence all our fears are washed away, washed away Hosanna, hosanna You are the God Who saves us, worthy of all our praises Hosanna, hosanna Come have Your way among us We welcome You here, Lord Jesus 'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day In Your Presence all our fears are washed away 'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day In Your Presence all our fears are washed away, washed away Hosanna, hosanna You are the God Who saves us, worthy of all our praises Hosanna, hosanna Come have Your way among us We welcome You here, Lord Jesus [Repeat] Hosanna, hosanna Hosanna, hosanna
A couple of links for younger ones…
Daily devotionals
Max Lucado’s daily page with brief encouraging talks.
- Max’s page is here – words of help and comfort, daily devotionals
- Here in this video message, Max tells us of a time when he had the ‘wrong’ clothes…
Life Connect daily page from Counties on a channel called Counties Connect.
This week on Counties Connect, Martin Erwin worked his way through the book of Jonah, noting how the Lord is God of the Second Chance.
On Thursday and Friday he reached chapter 4 – here’s Thursday’s talk, where we see why Jonah ran away:
Find the others in this week’s series here.
Angus Buchan daily devotional thoughts. He’s a no-nonsense Christian from South Africa; you may enjoy his direct presentation (or not), but he always gives a strong message from a verse or two from the Bible.
- His daily thought audios are posted here.
- Angus posts his short video thoughts here.
In his 5-minute episode, here, Angus uses the example of Joseph to talk about how we need to be sensitive to one another and give God the glory when he blesses us.
Angus reads: Genesis 37:4-8
Phone and pray
Pick up the phone again and cheer up someone by sharing how the Lord has blessed you both this week.
Do one better and have a video chat: you can do that with WhatsApp, Skype, or Zoom, etc.
Continue to pray for those who are struggling with poor health, loneliness, despair, or stress in their current situation. Pray that we all will learn to ‘look to the Lord’ in every situation and that the Lord will grant us his peace.
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Notice
Join SAT-7’s Easter Family Celebration
(4-5 p.m., Saturday 3rd April on Zoom)
SAT-7 broadcast Christian television programmes throughout the Middle East and North Africa, producing dramas, game shows, sitcoms, documentaries and educational material.
SAT-7 says “We are inviting families (of all ages shapes and sizes – pre and primary school, early high school, parents and grandparents) to join us on Saturday 3rd April for our Easter Family Celebration“.
Click the poster above or here for more information and to get the Zoom link.
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