First Look at Palm Sunday

Families from last Sunday: the Craigs

Dave and Nancy Jenkins

The Stepsisters

Church News
Easter next Sunday, April 8th
We still need a cleaning family for April
March 29 of this year declared to be Vietnam Veterans Day by Presidential Proclamation which reads in part-On January 12, 1962, United States Army pilots lifted more than 1,000 South Vietnamese service members over jungle and underbrush to capture a National Liberation Front stronghold near Saigon. Through more than a decade of conflict that tested the fabric of our Nation, the service of our men and women in uniform stood true. Fifty years after that fateful mission, we honor the more than 3 million Americans who served, we pay tribute to those we have laid to rest, and we reaffirm our dedication to showing a generation of veterans the respect and support of a grateful Nation

Sunday’s Teaching
Sunday School: Dueling Denominations
Shakers and DunkardsShakers: United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, probably originated from Quakers; teachings of Ann Lee
The 4 highest Shaker virtues were purity, communal living, confession of sin, and separation from the world (pietist movement)
Dunkards: the name from German word tunken, meaning "to dip:” method of triune immersion observed by Brethren groups

Today’s Sermon
John 18-19 The Trials of Jesus
There comes a time when prayer is over and it’s time to get down to the business of doing God’s will
The narrative of Jesus’ crucifixion are familiar words, but so meaningful when understood in the light of the theme of John – “that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ”
The actions of Jesus in His arrest, abuse and crucifixion demonstrated that He was the Messiah, the Son of God, just as much as His birth, His teachings and His miracles did
When they entered the Garden Jesus already knew their purpose omnisciently, and He displayed His power (most likely for the benefit of His disciples) in causing them to all fall down when He answered them “I am He” (an expression of His Deity as stated in John 8)
• Jesus had no sleep that night and had prayed to exhaustion, but was still powerful
• He was compassionate in the situation in seeking the release of His disciples (when John noted “that the saying might be fulfilled,” this referred to Jesus’ promise that he would not lose them (Jn. 6:39, 40, 44; 120:28; 17:12)
• He did not provoke a riot or make a show

Our worship for Easter season will include our own version of “Homecoming” singing. We celebrate what has come to be called “southern gospel or “convention music” and it will be enjoyed with the singing of “He Set Me Free,” “I Saw the Light,” “Jesus Hold My Hand” and “Just Over in the Gloryland.” Southern Gospel is sometimes called "quartet music" by fans because of the originally all-male, tenor-lead-baritone-bass quartet make-up. Southern Gospel was promoted by traveling singing school teachers, quartets, and shape note music publishing companies such as the A. J. Showalter Company (1879) and the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company.
Convention songs have contrasting “homophonic and contrapuntal sections.” In the homophonic sections, the four parts sing the same words and rhythms. In the contrapuntal sections, each group member has a unique lyric and rhythm. These songs are called "convention songs" because various conventions were organized across the United States for the purpose of getting together regularly and singing songs in this style.