A Light on the Hill
Order of Service – 29th March 2026
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Brougham Place Uniting Church
Kardlayirdi Karnungga
A Light on the Hill
March 29, 2026
Preacher: Rev Linda Driver
Palm Sunday. Purple.
Welcome to Brougham Place Uniting Church.
We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional carers of the land
on which our church is built.
As you wait for worship to begin, please turn
your phone to silent.
Welcome
Acknowledgment of Country
We care for Kaurna land,
We care for Kaurna sky.
We care for Kaurna waters,
We touch our hearts and say:
Thank you, Kaurna people.
Call to Worship
Hosanna!
Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Let the shouts ring out!
Let the parade begin!
Come with songs of joy and join the crowd.
Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!
Preparing for the Procession
Procession of Palms
We Sing: Hosanna
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
Lord, we lift up your name
With hearts full of praise.
Be exalted, O Lord, my God!
Hosanna in the highest!
Glory, glory, glory to the King of kings!
Glory, glory, glory to the King of kings!
Lord, we lift up your name
With hearts full of praise.
Be exalted, O Lord, my God!
Glory to the King of kings!
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
Lord, we lift up your name
With hearts full of praise.
Be exalted, O Lord, my God!
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna in the highest!
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Confession
God of kindness and mercy, we bring you our praise and thanks,
just as excited crowds waved palm branches
and spread out their cloaks when Jesus entered the city.
We are grateful for your presence on our life’s journey
and for times of celebration –
Thank you!
We also bring you our struggles and troubles:
Like paths with loose stones and rough patches,
life is not always easy.
Sometimes, we have stumbled or felt like giving up
and turning back;
often, we travel with hurts and scars.
Sometimes, it has been lonely;
at other times,
we find other people hard to travel with through life.
We’re sorry!
(Silence)
Words of Grace
Friends, the God of kindness and mercy knows us and understands us.
God lifts us up and points us in the right direction again.
God gives us courage and renews our lives.
So hear and believe the good news of the gospel:
We are seen.
We are heard.
We are loved.
We are forgiven.
Not a day goes by that we ever walk alone.
Hosanna in the highest! Amen.
Passing of the Peace
May the peace of our God be with you.
And also with you.
Community News and Notices
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LentEvent
Children’s Time
We sing: Jesus’ Hands were Kind Hands
Jesus’ hands were kind hands, doing good to all,
healing pain and sickness, blessing children small;
washing tired feet, and saving those who fall;
Jesus’ hands were kind hands, doing good to all.
Take my hands, Lord Jesus, let them work for you,
make them strong and gentle, kind in all I do;
let me watch you, Jesus, till I’m gentle too,
till my hands are kind hands, quick to work for you.
Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-11
When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus gave two disciples a task. He said to them, “Go into the village over there. As soon as you enter, you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that their master needs them.” He sent them off right away. Now this happened to fulfill what the prophet said, “Say to Daughter Zion, “Look, your king is coming to you, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a colt the donkey’s offspring.” The disciples went and did just as Jesus had ordered them. They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them. Then he sat on them.
Now a large crowd spread their clothes on the road. Others cut palm branches off the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds in front of him and behind him shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up. “Who is this?” they asked. The crowds answered, “It’s the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
The Gospel of Christ, Light of the world.
Thanks be to God.
Message
Response
We Sing: The King of Glory Comes
The King of glory comes
the nation rejoices,
open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.
Who is the King of glory, how shall we call him?
He is Immanuel, the promised of ages.
The King of glory comes
the nation rejoices,
open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.
In all of Galilee, in city or village,
he goes among his people curing their illness.
The King of glory comes
the nation rejoices,
open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.
Sing then of David’s son, our Saviour and brother;
in all of Galilee was never another.
The King of glory comes
the nation rejoices,
open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.
He gave his life for us, the pledge of salvation;
he took upon himself the sins of the nation.
The King of glory comes
the nation rejoices,
open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.
He conquered sin and death; he truly has risen,
and he will share with us his heavenly vision.
The King of glory comes,
the nation rejoices;
open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.
The King of glory comes,
the nation rejoices.
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer (A Primary’s School’s Version)
Our Father in heaven, you are awesome!
Show us who you are and how you want us to be.
Make earth more like heaven.
Please give us what we need to keep going each day.
Help us when we are wrong and clean us up on the inside.
Help us to let other people off and move on.
Keep us from bad stuff.
You’re in charge!
You’re strong and powerful and always there.
Forever!
Amen.
Offering
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You can place your offering in the bowl at the end of the service.
Offering Prayer
Bless these offerings we bring; money, food, time and our lives. Let
them carry a message of resistance and hope to where these voices need
to be heard.
Hosanna. Hosanna. Hosanna. Amen
Sending Forth and Benediction
As we enter Holy Week again, may it be as if for the first time.
May the story meet us anew,
challenge us,
confront us,
hearten us,
invite us closer to God.
May the Spirit meet us in the stories,
and leave us not unchanged. Amen.
The blessing of God goes with you today and always.
Amen.
We Sing: Peace and Goodwill
Peace and goodwill be with us ev’ry morning.
Peace and goodwill be with us in the afternoon.
Peace and goodwill be with us through the evening
and at night God’s peace be in us through and through.
Shalom, God’s peace be with us ev’ry morning.
Salām, God’s peace be with us in the afternoon.
Tali na nun be with us through the evening
and at night God’s peace be in us through and through.
Shalom (Hebrew), Salām (Arabic) and Tali na nun (Bari)
Please stay and enjoy each other’s company in the park. Coffee is available from The Roving Café – donations are welcome! Toilets are available in the Church basement, via the carpark.
This service has been
prepared with assistance from
The Bible Reading is from Common English Bible (CEB)
Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
L3: Liturgy, Learning, and (purposeful) Life.
Writer: Viv Whimster
Weekly Worship. Palm Sunday 2023.
Presbytery of Gippsland, Fig Tree Worship
A Primary School’s version of The Lord’s Prayer
from: Versions of the Lord’s Prayer Diocese of Winchester, Church of
England
Words for Worship
Writer: Rev Dr Sarah Agnew
© 2025, Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of South Australia
Congregation
Hymns/Songs:
Hosanna
Together in Song 724
Carl Tuttle (1985) Words and music by permission CMC Australasia.
Words used with permission
Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands
Words: Margaret Beatrice Cropper
Music: Old French Melody (Au Clair De La Lune)
arranged Compilers of Church Hymnary, 3rd edition, 1973
The King of Glory Comes
Together in Song 279
Words © W. F. Jabusch. Music by permission Celebration, Nightlight
Music, Aliquippa, PA, 15001 USA. Words used with permission under
copyright.
Peace and Goodwill
Words and music: Lyn Bray and Rosemary Nairn © 2015
