Sunday Worship
March 29, 2026 - Palm Sunday
11:00 AM
God Invites Us and Calls Us to Worship
Greeting - Romans 1.7
7 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Call to Worship - Zechariah 9.9
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.
Invocation - Presider
Song of Praise 1
Good and Gracious King
Verse 1
I approach the throne of glory
Nothing in my hands I bring
But the promise of acceptance
From a good and gracious King
Verse 2
I will give to You my burden
As You give me to Your strength
Come and fill me with Your spirit
As I sing to You this praise
Chorus 1
You deserve the greater glory
Overcome, I lift my voice
To the King in need of nothing
Empty handed I rejoice
You deserve the greater glory
Overcome, with joy I sing
By Your love I am accepted
You’re a good and gracious King
Verse 3
O what grace that You would see me
As Your child and as Your friend
Safe, secure in You forever
I pour out my praise again
Chorus 2
You deserve the greater glory
Overcome, I lift my voice
To the King in need of nothing
Empty handed I rejoice
You deserve the greater glory
Overcome, with joy I sing
By Your love I am accepted
You’re a good and gracious King
Bridge
Holy, holy, Lord Almighty
Good and gracious, good and gracious
Holy, holy, Lord Almighty
Good and gracious King
Words and Music by James Ferguson, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren. © 2016 CityAlight Music; Farren Love And War Publishing; Integrity's Alleluia! Music. Used by Permission. CCLI License #11375060.
Song of Praise 2
Crown Him (Majesty)
Verse 1
Crown Him with many crowns
The Lamb upon His throne
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns
All music but its own
Awake my soul and sing
Of Him who died for me
And hail Him as Thy matchless King
Through all eternity
Chorus
Majesty, Lord of all
Let every throne before Him fall
The King of kings, O come adore
Our God who reigns forevermore
Verse 2
Crown Him the Lord of life
Who triumphed over the grave
And rose victorious in the strife
For those He came to save
His glories now we sing
Who died and rose on high
Who died eternal life to bring
And lives that death may die
Bridge
All hail, Redeemer, hail
For He has died for me
His praise and glory shall not fail
Throughout eternity
Words and music by Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, George Job Elvey, Godfrey Thring, Matt Maher, Matthew Bridges. ©2013 Capitol CMG Paragon, S.D.G. Publishing, Thankyou Music, Twelve Lions Music, Valley Of Songs Music, Worship Together Music. Used by Permission. CCLI License #11375060.
God Purifies Us
Call to Confession - Psalm 51.1-4
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
Individual Prayer
Representative Prayer - Presider
Assurance of Pardon - Psalm 51.16-17
16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Song of Thanksgiving
Before The Throne Of God Above
Verse 1
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heav’n He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart
Verse 2
When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me
Bridge
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Praise the One, Risen Son of God
Verse 3
Behold Him there the risen Lamb
My perfect spotless righteousness
The great unchangeable I Am
The King of glory and of grace
One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God
Words and music by Charitie Lees Bancroft. Public Domain.
Confession of Faith - Westminster Larger Catechism
Presider Q46: What was the estate of Christ’s humiliation?
All: The estate of Christ’s humiliation was that low condition, wherein He for our sakes, emptying himself of his glory, took upon him the form of a servant, in his conception and birth, life, death, and after his death, until his resurrection.
Presider Q47: How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth?
All: Christ humbled himself in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, he was pleased in the fullness of time to become the son of man, made of a woman of low estate, and to be born of her; with divers circumstances of more than ordinary abasement.
Presider Q48: How did Christ humble himself in his life?
All: Christ humbled himself in his life, by subjecting himself to the law, which he perfectly fulfilled; and by conflicting with the indignities of the world, temptations of Satan, and infirmities in his flesh, whether common to the nature of man, or particularly accompanying that his low condition.
Presider Q49: How did Christ humble himself in his death?
All: Christ humbled himself in his death, in that having been betrayed by Judas, forsaken by his disciples, scorned and rejected by the world, condemned by Pilate, and tormented by his persecutors; having also conflicted with the terrors of death, and the powers of darkness, felt and borne the weight of God’s wrath, he laid down his life an offering for sin, enduring the painful, shameful, and cursed death of the cross.
God Speaks Through His Word
Pastoral Prayer
Scripture Reading
Matthew 21.1-11
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!” 10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Sermon - Jesus, the King
Rev. Jonny Chung
Song of Response
All SuffIcient Merit
Verse 1
All sufficient merit shining like the sun
A fortune I inherit
By no work I have done
My righteousness I forfeit
At my Savior’s cross
Where all sufficient merit
Did what I could not
Verse 2
In love He condescended eternal now in time
A life without a blemish
The Maker made to die
The law could never save us
Our lawlessness had won
Until the pure and spotless
Lamb had finally come
Chorus
It is done, it is finished
No more debt I owe
Paid in full, all sufficient
Merit now my own
Verse 3
I lay down my garments any empty boast
Good works now all corrupted
By the sinful host
Dressed in my Lord Jesus
A crimson robe made white
No more fear of judgement
His righteousness is mine
Verse 4
All sufficient merit firm in life and death
The joy of my salvation
Shall be my final breath
When I stand accepted
Before the throne of God
I’ll gaze upon my Jesus
And thank Him for the cross
Yes, I’ll thank You for the cross
Chorus End
It is done, it is finished
No more debt I owe
Paid in full, all sufficient
Merit now my own
Oh Your merit now my own x2
Words by Bethany Barnard, Bryan Fowler, Shane Barnard.© 2023 More Songs From Wellhouse; Songs From Wellhouse; Be Essential Songs; bryanfowlersongs. Used by Permission. CCLI License #11375060.
Thanksgiving Prayer
Chun Kim
Benediction
Rev. Jonny Chung
Announcements
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to our April birthdays: John Lee (4/4), Grace Ocampo (4/18), and Selah Chae (4/20)!
Elder Nominations
As we discussed in our member’s meeting, our session will be adding one elder from the English Ministry to serve on the session. We will take nominations at our next member’s meeting from our voting communicant members. Elders must meet the standards set by the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 3.1-7:
1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
Our bylaws also state:
After 7 years as a male member, a person who has been an ordained deacon for more than 2 years at this church, or a person who has served as a deacon assistant at this church for more than 4 years, has leadership ability, is trusted by church members, and has sincere faith and wisdom.
There are six men who meet the qualifications stated in our bylaws: Brian Chae, Michael Luo, Fabian Ocampo, Tim Tsu, Joey Wang, and Aaron Wu. Please prayerfully consider whom you would like to nominate to be a candidate for the office of elder at our church.
April Member’s Meeting
We will have our member’s meeting on April 12th to begin the elder nomination process.
Good Friday/Easter
We will have a joint Good Friday and Easter services along with our annual Easter Egg hunt.
April 17th Guest Speaker
On April 17th (Friday), there will be a special Friday night joint service with a guest speaker, Brian Kim, who is a worship leader from Korea. He is fluent in both Korean and English and we will be worshiping together with the KM. More details to come.
VBS
VBS will be 7/17-7/19. We will start to meet with volunteers shortly.
Website Volunteer
If you are interested in helping out with the church website, please let Jonny know.
Sermons
The weekly sermon will be posted on the “Sermons” tab on our website. If you’d like to watch the previous week’s livestream, it will be posted on the church’s YouTube site.
Connect With Our Pastor
Pastor Jonny would like to start meeting with our church members to get to know you and to see how he can support you in prayer and in your walk with the Lord. Don’t be surprised if you get a text or email to try and set up a time to meet for lunch or for a coffee.
Digital Giving
Give contributions to church with Zelle through your mobile banking app or through the Zelle app. Our email for Zelle is highland.giving@gmail.com.
Welcome
We are glad to be with you today! Do stick around after our worship service for lunch and fellowship!
Prayer Requests
Please pray for Josiah. Josiah has a rare genetic neurodevelopmental condition caused by a variation in the TNPO2 gene. His condition is extremely rare; only a few dozen individuals in the entire world have it. Please keep Josiah and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Pray that God would work miracles in Josiah’s life and use Josiah to show the grace and faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Congratulations to Jie, Phil, and Aurelia as they are expecting another baby girl in the family.
Connect With Our Deacons
Are you or another church member in need of help? Want to get more involved with sympathy and service in our church fellowship? Notice something in our building that needs attention? Or do you have any questions or concerns about our church overall? If so, then please don’t hesitate to connect with our deacons! Our EM deacons are Aaron, Brian, Joey, and Tim, and they are here to serve you and minister God’s compassion and care in our church. Feel free to connect with them via phone, text, or email (highlandemdeacons@gmail.com). Let’s grow together with our deacons for the glory of Christ Jesus!
Signup For Sunday Lunches
Consider supporting lunches for our church on Sundays! Every lunch we enjoy on Sundays are provided by the generous support of our church members. For 2026, members can either provide/cook/buy food on their own or give $100 to our church and have a dedicated cooking team buy/prepare/cook food on their behalf. Check out the signup sheet next to the kitchen window!