BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2770@martinluther.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20200405 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20200406 DTSTAMP:20200405T162244Z URL:https://martinluther.ca/de/events/palmsonntag-radioandacht-um-9-30-uhr -live-auf-chlo-radio-am-530-online-gottesdienst-youtube-video-mit-vikar-jo rdan-smith/ SUMMARY:PALMSONNTAG Radioandacht um 9.30 Uhr live auf CHLO Radio AM 530 +On line-Gottesdienst YouTube-Video mit Vikar Jordan Smith DESCRIPTION:5. April 2020 PALMSONNTAG \n\nRadioandacht um 9.30 Uhr live auf CHLO Radio AM 530 [PDF]: mit Vikarin Caroline Raddatz\n\n[audio mp3="http s://martinluther.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-04-05_Radioandacht_Mar tin-Luther-Kirche-Palmsonntag-Caroline-Raddatz.mp3"][/audio]\n\n[caption i d="attachment_33827" align="alignright" width="300"] Online Worship YouTub e Video on Palm Sunday April 5\, 2020 with Vicar Jordan Smith[/caption]\n\ nOnline-Gottesdienst YouTube-Video: [PDF]:\nmit Vicar Jordan Smith.\n\nWä hrend wir uns in dieser Zeit nicht persönlich versammeln können\, könne n wir uns online versammeln\, um das Wort\, das Gebet und die Reflexion zu teilen.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/gPIF1tCGp04\n\nWir beginnen unsere Reise durc h die Karwoche mit dem Palmsonntag und dem Einzug Jesu in Jerusalem.\n\nDi ese Woche gibt Vikar Jordan Smith einen Überblick über den Plan für die Karwoche in der Martin-Luther-Kirche und reflektiert\, wie Veränderungen plötzlich und überraschend auf uns zukommen können.\n\nDie Lesungen f ür den 5. April 2020 sind:\nPsalm 31: 9-16\nMatthäus 21: 1-11\n\nUnsere wöchentlichen Reflexionen werden auf unserer YouTube-Seite veröffentlich t. Alle Ressourcen unserer Karwoche finden Sie unter www.martinluther.ca\n \nTranscript [PDF]:\nMartin Luther Church Service Outline and Sermon\n\nWe lcome\n\nGrace and peace to you in the name of the Father\, the Son\, and the Holy Spirit.\n\nToday\, we enter the story of Holy Week\, a story defi nes our faith: Jesus is glorified king and also humiliated servant. Also i n the week ahead we will hear of Peter who desires to follow Christ but al so finds himself afraid and denying Christ. We will hear of Judas\, the di sciple who betrays the one he was following and comes to regret his choice s. And today\, we wave palms in celebration as Christ comes into our midst \, even if we are waving them in a different way and without a large crowd gathered.\n\nThank you to everyone who has joined our weekly online video s in English and the radio devotions offered in German. As people of all f aiths around the world prepare to celebrate their holy seasons\, we are un ited in our efforts to continue our faith practices in a way that honours our past while living in the present reality.\n\nThe leadership and pastor al team at Martin Luther are thinking of you and praying for you constantl y. In the coming week there will be more member calls happening to check i n on people\, a prayer circle will be starting up using the Zoom platform\ , we are exploring more ways to support the needs of our neighbourhood. Pl ease keep checking our website\, your emails\, and this YouTube channel fo r the latest updates and devotional materials. On YouTube\, if you hit the subscribe button just below me\, you’ll be updated as we post new mater ial throughout this week.\n\nWhile we are not gathered in body\, we are ga thered in spirit\, and in all of this\, we join together to begin the week that stands at the center of the church year\, anticipating the completio n of God’s astounding work.\n\nPrayer of the Day\nLet us pray.\nO God of mercy and might\, in the mystery of the passion of your Son you offer you r infinite life to the world. Gather us around the cross of Christ\, and p reserve us until the resurrection\, through Jesus Christ\, our Savior and Lord\, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now a nd forever. Amen.\n\nPsalm 31:9-16\n\n9Have mercy on me\, O Lord\, for I a m in trouble\;\nmy eye is consumed with sorrow\, and also my throat and my belly.\n10For my life is wasted with grief\, and my years with sighing\;\ nmy strength fails me because of affliction\, and my bones are consumed.\n 11I am the scorn of all my enemies\, a disgrace to my neighbors\,\na disma y to my acquaintances\;\nwhen they see me in the street they avoid me.\n12 Like the dead I am forgotten\, out of mind\;\nI am as useless as a broken pot.\n13For I have heard the whispering of the crowd\; fear is all around\ ;\nthey put their heads together against me\; they plot to take my life.\n 14But as for me\, I have trusted in you\, O Lord.\nI have said\, “You ar e my God.\n15My times are in your hand\;\nrescue me from the hand of my en emies\, and from those who persecute me.\n16Let your face shine up- on you r servant\;\nsave me in your steadfast love.”\n\nReadings:\n\nMatthew 21 :1-17\n\n21 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage\, at the Mount of Olives\, Jesus sent two disciples\, 2 saying to them\, “ Go into the village ahead 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\, just say this\, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he w ill send them immediately.” 4 This took place to fulfill what had been s poken through the prophet\, saying\,\n5 “Tell the daughter of Zion\,\nLo ok\, your king is coming to you\,\nhumble\, and mounted on a donkey\,\nand on a colt\, the foal of a donkey.”\n6 The disciples went and did as Jes us had directed them\; 7 they brought the donkey and the colt\, and put th eir cloaks on them\, and he sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road\, and others cut branches from the trees and spread th em on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting\,\n“Hosanna to the Son of David!\nBlessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!\nHosanna in the highest heaven!”\n10 When he e ntered Jerusalem\, the whole city was in turmoil\, asking\, “Who is this ?” 11 The crowds were saying\, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazaret h in Galilee.”\n12 Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who w ere selling and buying in the temple\, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 He said to them\ , “It is written\,\n‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’\;\n but you are making it a den of robbers.”\n14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple\, and he cured them. 15 But when the chief priests a nd the scribes saw the amazing things that he did\, and heard the children crying out in the temple\, “Hosanna to the Son of David\,” they becam e angry 16 and said to him\, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesu s said to them\, “Yes\; have you never read\,\n‘Out of the mouths of i nfants and nursing babies\nyou have prepared praise for yourself’?”\n1 7 He left them\, went out of the city to Bethany\, and spent the night the re.\n\nSermon:\n\nBlessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Ho sanna in the highest heaven.\n\nIt sure feels like an odd time to be celeb rating. I’m thinking of all the celebrations that usually happen at this time of year\, or birthdays that are falling into this season\, that are feeling different. Parties cancelled\, maybe a cupcake shared over a facet ime call\, likely not what was planned.\n\nThe people who at the time of J esus’ procession\, who have gathered in Jerusalem for Passover were expe cting a religious celebration\, but they probably weren’t expecting this . A man\, sitting on a donkey\, being led into the city by a large crowd t hat is cheering wildly.\n\nThe normal day\, the normal life\, changed by t he announcement that someone important was coming. That this could be the messiah\, here and now. And as they shouted their praises and cries\, more and more people joined in.\n\nIf we think back to three weeks ago\, in th e middle of our Lenten journey\, we probably weren’t expecting this. Una ble to have our own parade. Unable to partake in the normal acts of day to day life.\n\nI’ve been reading online over the past week or so that as things have changed\, as most of us have come together to support each oth er\, as governmental aid and financial support looks to reach as many peop le as possible\, that as all of this has changed\, we can’t go back to t he old normal. In our old normal\, where people were being left behind\, m ental health and grief were dismissed\, work from home arrangements were b arely considered\, the economic system that couldn’t be changed even as we face a global climate crisis – During this time\, maybe we heard from leaders or advocates that things needed to change\, to save our world\, t o save each other\, but there was little indication that society as a whol e could make that change.\n\nAnd then\, in a matter of days\, things did c hange. We were forced to accept a new normal that seemed impossible. And p eople are reaching out again. Community groups are figuring out what their true strengths are. Churches are reaching out to members more than ever. We are taking time at home to be with our loved ones. Like the people in J erusalem who planned to recognize Passover but were surprised by calls of Hosanna\, called to recognize that something is different\, we have also b een surprised and called to recognize that something is different.\n\nThe cry of the people\, Hosanna\, seems pretty appropriate for today. It is an Aramaic phrase meaning “help I pray\, or save I pray” and over the ce nturies has come to be understood as a phrase of praise or adoration. And maybe that mixed usage\, that mixed meaning\, is what we need to hear toda y. We cry out hosanna – save us I pray. We cry out hosanna – help us I pray. We cry out hosanna – praising the messiah as he enters Jerusalem\ , entering in glory as he prepares to face his death. We can cry out hosan na as a call to be saved\, to be helped\, in the midst of knowing what has already been done through Christ.\n\nWe cry out hosanna\, in recognition of what the crowd has witnessed. The crowd who has accompanied Jesus from Jericho to Jerusalem\, the crowd who recognizes their king is walking with them\, not a king of the empire\, but a king of their salvation. And whil e we hear in this passage that some people aren’t ready to hear this of joy\, the religious leaders question what is happening\, while they are re jecting the healing that is happening in their midst\, the crowds and the children celebrate. The children are reacting. Hosanna! May that be the sh out we can all make today\, knowing that Jesus’ entry into the city mark s a new life\, a new beginning for the world\, a world freed from sin\n\nT he leadership team at Martin Luther has been working hard to provide resou rces for the journey through Holy Week. For the next week we will be dwell ing in Matthew’s narrative of the passion story. I would encourage you t o check out our website\, www.martinluther.ca\, where you will find the li nk to our Holy Week Blog post. On this post you will find all our resource s\, videos\, and links that you can use. Monday to Wednesday will have sho rt videos hosted by myself and Vicar Adam that focus on the two great comm ands of Jesus\, Judas’ story\, and Peter’s story. On Maundy Thursday V icars Caroline and Silke will be hosting an agape meal on zoom. For those that can’t join the live dinner there will be an outline for how to do t he dinner on your own. On Good Friday we will be posting a contemplative v ideo where we read through the arrest of Jesus to his being laid in the to mb. And on Easter Sunday there will be a video posted that helps us celebr ate the good news of Jesus’ resurrection. All of this is outlined on the website along with links to other sources to full services for worship at home if that is something you would like to take advantage of.\n\nThis is our week to live into this story. To hear it with fresh ears and to spend time reflecting. On each day there will be a call to action\, or an activ ity that you can participate in. For today\, as we celebrate palm Sunday\, take time to go outside and cut a branch off of one of your trees or bush es and wave it around while saying Hosanna. Tape it to your front door or window so that people walking by can see it. If you don’t have a branch available we have a printable palm leaf linked on our Holy Week page of th e website. As you do this\, take a picture and connect with the church thr ough email or social media – post a picture or video with you and your p alms to Facebook or twitter or Instagram. Let’s create a virtual palm pr ocession where together we can say Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest heaven. \n\nPrayers:\nIn our separate homes but gathered together in the Spirit\, we pray for the church\, the earth\, the world\, and all in need\, respond ing to each petition with the words\, “O Lord\, save us.”\n\nO triune God\, God of majesty\, mercy and might\, hear and heed our fervent prayers :\nfor the church around the world\, that the faithful be nourished by you r presence in the word\;\nfor pastors and bishops\, that they be strengthe ned for their tasks of ministry\;\nfor all those who are assisting the dig ital sharing of worship materials\;\nfor guidance in keeping this Holy Wee k in devout prayer and praise\;\nO holy God\, we pray to you: O Lord\, sav e us.\n\nFor our distraught world facing the coronavirus\;\nfor countries hardest hit\, especially China\, Italy\, Spain\, and the United States\;\n for those who grieve their dead\;\nfor the sick and their families\;\nfor those fearful of an unknown future\;\nfor the millions of unemployed\;\nfo r children at home\, that they be safe from abuse\;\nfor those who have be en led to rely on empty remedies\;\nfor hospitals\, in their desperate nee d for supplies\;\nfor all elected leaders\, that they see our crisis right ly and make judgments wisely\;\nfor wisdom in distributing governmental ec onomic aid\;\nO compassionate God\, we pray to you: O Lord\, save us.\n\nF or those whose needs we know\, for those whose needs are hidden\;\nfor tho se with prior illnesses whose treatments are now postponed\;\nfor all who today will die\;\nfor those who are homeless\;\nfor all who are sick\; esp ecially Wanda\, and her family\nO benevolent God\, we pray to you: O Lord\ , save us.\n\nWith thanks for those who celebrate their birthdays this wee k\, that they can find joy in a world filled with worry. We pray especiall y for Anita\, Natalie\, Elfriede\, and Emilia.\nO God of life\, we pray to you: O Lord\, save us.\n\nAnd finally\, for ourselves:\nWith thanks for t he technology by which we stay connected\;\nwith thanks for enough food\;\ nwith thanks for the support of our community of faith\;\nwith thanks for the saints who struggled through life and died in you\,\nespecially those Christian artists whose work has enriched our faith\,\nwe praise your salv ation now and unto our end.\nO eternal God\, we pray to you: O Lord\, save us.\n\nInto your hands\, gracious God\, we commend all for whom we pray\, \ntrusting in your mercy\, through the merits of Jesus Christ\, our Savior and Lord.\nAmen.\n\nBlessing\nMay the grace of Christ attend us\,\nand th e love of God surround us\,\nand the Holy Spirit Keep us\,\nnow and ever.\ nAmen.\n\nDismissal\nGo in peace. Share the good news.\nThanks be to God. 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