Palm/Passion Sunday

Please note – The YouTube recording will be updated at approximately noon following the in-person service.

 Welcome to our Sunday Morning Online Worship at the Congregational Church of Amherst, UCC!
No matter WHO you are, or WHERE you are on life’s journey, YOU are welcome here!

April 13, 2025     Palm/Passion Sunday    10:00 a.m.

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS SERVICE:
Rev. Maureen R. Frescott, Senior Pastor
Rev. Charlotte E. Y. Bell, Associate Pastor
Shellie Brook, Student Pastor
Sara Phelps, Director of Music
Michael Havay, Organist/Accompanist
Steve Boczenowski, Deacon in Charge
Eric Davis, Pheobe Handwerk, Ella Normandin, Stella Theriault, Senior Youth Group Readers
Andrea Cyr, Videographer

MUSIC:
Prelude: Ellacombe (Hosanna, Loud Hosanna), J. Wayne Kerr, ©1998 Augsburg Fortress from Augsburg Organ Library: Lent
Anthem:  The Palms, Jean-Baptiste Faure; Chancel Choir
Offertory: Saw Ye My Savior? Ellen Jane Lorenz, ©1971 Lorenz Publishing Co. from Mar/Apr 2019 issue of The Sacred Organ Journal
Music for Reflection #1: Cantabile Sacra 51 (“He was despised and rejected of men”), Paul F. Page (paulpage.org), ©2018 CynMar Publications, written permission granted by composer for performance/recording
Music for Reflection #2: Cantabile Sacra 93 (“Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me”), Paul F. Page (paulpage.org), ©2020 CynMar Publications, written permission granted by composer for performance/recording
Postlude: Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160, Dietrich Buxtehude, public domain

HYMNS:
All Glory, Laud, and Honor #88
What Wondrous Love Is This #85
The hymns are from Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, ©1990 Westminster/John Knox Press.

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-731944.

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