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ST COLUMBA’S, PONT STREET,
SUNDAY 29th March 2026 11.00 A.M.,
MORNING WORSHIP FOR PALM SUNDAY &
COMMEMORATION OF THE 70th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE LONDON SCOTTISH REGIMENTAL CHAPEL
Introit: Lift up your heads, Handel
Welcome & Call to Worship
Hymn 364 All glory Laud and honour (St Theodulph)
Gloria, laus et honor
All glory, laud, and honour,
to you, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring!
1 You are the King of Israel,
great David’s royal Son,
now in the Lord’s name coming,
the King and Blessèd One.
2 The company of angels
is praising you on high,
while we and all creation
together make reply.
3 The people of the Hebrews
with palms before you went;
our praise and prayer and anthems
before you we present.
4 To you before your Passion
they sang their hymns of praise;
to you, now high exalted,
our melody we raise.
5 Their praises you accepted;
accept the prayers we bring,
in every good delighting,
our great and gracious King:
Call to Prayer
Prayers of Approach and Lords Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power and the glory for ever, Amen.
A word from the Arukah Network, the 2026 Lent Appeal,
Dr Ted Lankester, Co-Founder and Custodian, of the Arukah Network
Anthem: Ride on Grayson Ives (b 1948)
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hark, all the tribes Hosanna cry;
Thy humble beast pursues his road
With palms and scattered garments strowed.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die,
O Christ, thy triumph now begin
O’er captive death and conquered sin.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
Look down with sad and wond’ring eyes
To see the approaching sacrifice.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh:
The Father on his sapphire throne
Awaits his own anointed Son.
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
Bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O God, thy power, and reign.
Old Testament Reading: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever!
Let Israel say,
‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’
Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvellous in our eyes.
This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
The Lord is God,
and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God, I will extol you.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures for ever.
New Testament Reading: Philippians 2:5-11
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Hymn 78 Oh, set ye open unto me Southwark) Psalm 118
1 Oh, set ye open unto me
the gates of righteousness;
then will I enter into them,
and I the Lord will bless.
2 This is the gate of God, by it
the just shall enter in.
Thee will I praise, who answered me
and hast my safety been.
3 That stone is made head corner-stone,
which builders did despise:
this is the doing of the Lord,
and wondrous in our eyes.
4 This is the day God made, in it
we’ll joy triumphantly.
Save now, I pray thee, Lord; I pray,
send now prosperity.
5 Thou art my God, I’ll thee exalt;
my God, I will thee praise.
Give thanks to God, for he is good:
his mercy lasts always.
Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:1-11
When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 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. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, “The Lord needs them.” And he will send them immediately.’ This took place to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,
‘Tell the daughter of Zion,
Look, your king is coming to you,
humble, and mounted on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’
The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,
‘Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!’
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, ‘Who is this?’ The crowds were saying, ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’
Sermon
Anthem: Hosanna to the Son of David, Weelkes (c.1575-1623)
Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosannia Thou that sittest in the highest heavens: Hosanna in excelsis Deo.
Dedication of our Offerings
{If able, please stand as the offering is brought forward and the congregation sings}
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. (CH4 807, Old 100th)
Prayer of Dedication:
Minister: Father, Son, and Spirit Holy,
we give you thanks and praise:
Congregation: We dedicate to you
our thoughts, our words, our gifts, our deeds,
the working of our hands,
the thinking of our minds,
the loving of our hearts. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving & Intercession
Hymn: 84 Now Israel may say, and that truly (Old 124th) (Psalm 124)
1 Now Israel may say, and that truly,
if that the Lord had not our cause maintained;
if that the Lord had not our right sustained,
when cruel men against us furiously
rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey;
2 Then certainly they had devoured us all,
and swallowed quick, for aught that we could deem;
such was their rage, as we might well esteem.
And as fierce floods before them all things drown,
so had they brought our soul to death quite down.
3 The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves,
had then our soul o’erwhelmèd in the deep.
But blest be God, who doth us safely keep,
and hath not given us for a living prey
unto their teeth, and bloody cruelty.
4 Even as a bird out of the fowler’s snare
escapes away, so is our soul set free:
broke are their nets, and thus escapèd we.
Therefore our help is in the Lord’s great name,
who heaven and earth by his great power did frame.
Rededication of the London Scottish Regimental Chapel for its 70th Anniversary
Intimations
Hymn 365 Ride on! ride on in majesty! (Winchester New)
1 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes ‘Hosanna!’ cry;
O Saviour meek, pursue thy road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
o’er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
the Father on his sapphire throne
awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O God, thy power, and reign.
Benediction & Choral Amen
Organ Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in A minor’ by Böhm
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