The mission of Living Branch Church is to glorify God and enjoy him forever as we

make disciples of all nations.

We believe the Bible is the story of God’s love reaching into our lives!

We believe we were created to Worship God and be in relationship with Him!

We believe in Community.Our lives are fuller when lived together!

We believe we are to Love Our Neighborbecause God has first loved us!

470 Lakeview Dr Noblesville, IN

46060

Sundays @ 10am Legacy Christian

School

March 25, 2018 Worship - 10AM

www.livingbranch.net

Order o f Worsh ip OPENING SONG

He Reigns 1. It’s the song of the redeemed Rising from the African plain It's the song of the forgiven Drowning out the Amazon rain The song of Asian believers Filled with God's holy fire It's every tribe every tongue every nation A love song born of a grateful choir

Chorus It's all God's children singing Glory glory hallelujah He reigns He reigns It's all God's children singing Glory glory hallelujah He reigns (He reigns)

2. Let it rise above the four winds Caught up in the heavenly sound Let praises echo from the towers of cathedrals To the faithful gathered underground Of all the songs sung from the dawn of creation Some were meant to persist Of all the bells rung from a thousand steeples None rings truer than this

(Bridge) And all the powers of darkness tremble at what they've just heard 'Cause all the powers of darkness can't drown out a single word

WELCOME AND OPENING PRAYER

CALL TO WORSHIP - PSALM 118:1, 24-26

All: Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love

endures forever! This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice

and be glad in it. Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us

success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless

you from the house of the Lord.

Call to Worship - Every week we are reminded that God gets the ‘first’ word in our worship. He calls His people to worship Him. We enter into His presence because he loves us - not because we are worthy. That’s good news for us!

Living Branch Church is a work of Crossroads Community Church in Fishers, Indiana. We will be a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a national denomination with historic roots in classical biblical Christianity. For more information please visit:

www.livingbranch.net www.pcamna.org www.crossroadspca.org www.pcanet.org www.centralindianapresbytery.org

Church Planter: Keith Doane - kdoane@livingbranch.net Elder: Bob Doane - bob.doane@live.com

Director of Worship: Glenn Seland - gseland@livingbranch.net Pastoral Apprentice: Cody Brobst - cbrobst@livingbranch.net

Mailing Address Living Branch Church

14885 Southeastern Parkway Fishers, IN 46037

*All songs are used by permission - CCLI License # 11287064 For copyright information, please visit www.songselect.ccli.com

SONGS OF PRAISE Today Is The Day 1. I’m casting my cares aside I'm leaving my past behind I'm setting my heart and mind on You Jesus I'm reaching my hands to Yours Believing there's so much more Knowing that all You have in store for me is good It's good

Chorus Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it And I won't worry about tomorrow I'm trusting in what You say Today is the day today is the day

2. I’m putting my fears aside I'm leaving my doubts behind I'm giving my hopes and dreams to You Jesus I'm reaching my hands to Yours Believing there's so much more Knowing that all You have in store for me is good It's good

Bridge I will stand upon Your truth - (I will stand upon Your truth) And all my days I'll live for You - (All my days I'll live for You) And I will stand upon Your truth - (I will stand upon Your truth) And all my days I'll live for You - (All my days I'll live)

Chorus Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it And I won't worry about tomorrow I'm giving You my fears and sorrows Where You lead me I will follow I'm trusting in what You say Today is the day (5X)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Community Groups 1. Bubp/Howell Group: Meeting every other Friday. The topic is The Gospel of Mark. Contact Brad (howellb@hepl.lib.in.us) or Ken (klbubp@gmail.com) for info or to sign up.

2. Bob Doane/Giddings Group: Meeting every other Sunday. Contact Bob (bob.doane@live.com) or Greg (greggiddings@gmail.com) for more info or to sign up.

3. Keith/Susan Doane Group: Meeting every other Sunday. The topic is The Gospel of Mark. Contact Keith (kdoane@livingbranch.net) for more info or to sign up.

Sunday Morning Ministries We have a lot of opportunities to serve on Sunday mornings. To sign up, please see the Living Branch Newsletter or e-mail kdoane@livingbranch.net

Women’s Ministry Living Branch woman meet throughout the week for fireside chats - informal conversations with one another centered around the book, None Like Him by Jen Wilkins. For more information, please contact Susan Doane at susan@doanes.net.

Contributions Checks can be made payable to ‘Living Branch Church’. Online giving can be set up at livingbranch.net

THE NEW CITY CATECHISM - QUESTION 12

Leader: What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?

All: Ninth, that we do not lie or deceive, but speak the truth in love. Tenth,

that we are content, not envying anyone or resenting what God has

given them or us.

Be Thou My Vision 1. Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Naught be all else to me save that Thou art Thou my best thought by day or by night Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

2. Be Thou my wisdom, be Thou my true Word I ever with Thee and Thou with me Lord Thou my great Father, I Thy true son Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one

3. Be Thou my shield and my sword for the fight Be Thou my dignity, be Thou my might Thou my soul's shelter and Thou my high tow'r Raise Thou me heav’nward, O pow'r of my pow'r

4. Riches I heed not nor man's empty praise Thou mine inheritance, now and always Thou and Thou only be first in my heart High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art

5. High King of heaven when vict'ry is won May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun Heart of my own heart, whatever befall Still be my vision, O Ruler of all

King of the Ages

Chorus King of the ages History's pages point to You Ancient of days All of Your ways Show Your wonders Jehovah Jireh our awesome provider and healer Author of time be glorified as we worship All You have done Tells of Your greatness Tells of Your worth The works of Your hands Display Your majesty Yes all You have done Shows us Your goodness Shows us Your abundance The works of Your hands Reveal Your glory Father to nations Forever patient and faithful To each generation You show compassion and mercy Jehovah Nissi Our sovereign protector and fortress Lord of all life Be glorified as we worship

BENEDICTION - PHILIPPIANS 4:19-20 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Benediction - Every week we are reminded that God gets the ‘last’ word in our worship. The Benediction is not a prayer, but a blessing that is given to us. The Lord will do these things!

Crowns

1. There is a hill I cherish Where stood a precious tree The emblem of salvation The gift of Calvary

2. How is it I should profit While He is crucified Yet as His life was taken So I was granted mine

Chorus (And all) My wealth is in the cross There's nothing more I want Than just to know His love My heart is set on Christ And I will count all else as loss The greatest of my crowns Means nothing to me now For I counted up the cost And all my wealth is in the cross (Yes all my wealth is in the cross)

3. I will not boast in riches I have no pride in gold But I will boast in Jesus And in His Name alone

4. And when I stand in glory My crowns before the Lord Let this be my confession My wealth is in the cross

And all my wealth is in the cross My wealth is in the cross And all my wealth is in the cross

PASTORAL PRAYER

OFFERING

CONFESSION OF SIN (Based on prayers by Rev. Steven Plymale and from ‘The Book of Common Prayer)

O God, you know us well. We are quick to speak of faith, but slow to live it fully. We shout "hosanna" as Jesus approaches, but we do not want him to come too close. We are quick to claim faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior; but, like the throng who greeted his entry into Jerusalem, we are fickle, slow to live fully and everywhere as faithful disciples.

O Lord Jesus Christ, who on this day received the worship of those who hailed you as their King: Accept our praise and adoration, our worship and love; grant that we, who now confess you with our lips, may never fail to give you the service of our lives, for the honor of your holy name. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS - ZEPHANIAH 3:15

The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil.

SERMON TEXT - ZECHARIAH 9:9-17, MT 21:1-9, LK 23:39-47 Zechariah 9:9   Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. 11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double. 13 For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior’s sword.

14   Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south. 15 The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.

16 On that day the Lord their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.

Matthew 21:1   Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

5   “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

6   The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Lk 23:39   One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” 44   It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. 47 Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!”

THE TIME HAS COME ZECHARIAH 9:9-17, MT 21:1-9, LK 23:39-47

Theme: Palm Sunday reveals that Jesus is gathering His people.

#1 Jesus Is The Coming King A. Behold, your king is coming to you (Zechariah 9:9)

B. Crowds: Hosanna to the Son of David! (Matthew 21:9)

#2 Jesus Has Set Us Free A. I will set your prisoners free (Zechariah 9:11)

B. Thief: Jesus, remember me… (Luke 23:42)

#3 Jesus Saves His People A. On that day the Lord their God will save them (Zechariah 9:16)

B. Centurion: Certainly this man was innocent!” (Luke 23:47)

Other Passages

Zechariah 1:8 “I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. 9 Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ The angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’

Psalm 137:1   By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4   How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

Ephesian 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.