13 April 2025

WORSHIP RESOURCES

Palm Sunday

Luke 19:28-40

Courageously Walk with Jesus

 

Additional Scriptures

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Doctrine and Covenants 76:3g-h, Alma 16:219-223

 

Preparation    

A tradition in churches for Palm Sunday is to conduct a procession using palm fronds or other items. In preparation, collect/purchase fronds or long strips of green paper. These will be used for the procession and Focus Moment.

In addition, you can choose to start the service either outside the church building, in another part of the church, or in the chapel. The starting point of the service is important for the procession portion of the service. See the Palm Sunday Procession portion of the service for instructions and ideas to consider when preparing for the initial portion of the service. The Call to Worship and Opening Hymn and Opening Prayer will happen prior to the procession, so be sure to have hymn books and procession materials at the starting point of the procession route.

Announce that donations of clothing, hygiene items, and shelf-stable food will be received on Easter Sunday.

 

Prelude

Call to Worship: Psalm 118

Assign three readers prior to the service to read Psalm 118 based on the division provided.

Reader 1: read verses 1-2

Reader 2: read verses 19-24

Reader 3: read verses 25-29

 

Gathering Hymn Encourage participants to sing in a language other than their own.

            “Jesu, Tawa Pano/Jesus, We Are Here”         Repeat several times.    CCS 71

            OR “Takwaba Uwabanga Yesu!/There’s No One Like Jesus!”    CCS 121

            OR “Jésus est le rocher de ma vie/Jesus Is the Rock for You and Me”  CCS 265

Opening Prayer

Palm Sunday Procession

Preparation

1.     Gather materials

·       Palm branches or green strips of paper for each participant. Also consider bringing hymn books or photocopies of hymns.

2.     Inform the congregation

·       Announce the procession plans, including any instructions or assigned roles.

·       Encourage everyone who is able, especially families with children, to participate.

3.     Designate roles

·       Select individuals for specific roles, such as leading the procession, reading scripture, or directing the flow of people.

·       If children are involved, assign adults to help guide them.

4.     Plan the route

·       Determine the procession path, ensuring it is accessible for all, including those with mobility issues.

·       Consider planning to start outside the church building and enter through the main doors, but the procession route can start anywhere in the church building or grounds.

5.     Rehearsal

·       If feasible, hold a brief rehearsal, especially if children are involved or if the procession includes specific actions like waving palms at certain times.

 

Procession Instructions

1.     Gathering and distribution of palms

·       Meet at a designated starting point and distribute palm branches to each participant.

2.     Call to Worship, Gathering Hymn, and Opening Prayer

·       Prior to the procession, start the service with the Call to Worship, Gathering Hymn, and Opening Prayer.

3.     Initial hymn or chant

·       During the Procession consider singing CCS 467, “All Glory, Laud and Honor”

4.     Starting the procession

·       Designated individuals lead the procession. Don’t forget about children.

·       Participants should follow in an orderly manner, maintaining a steady pace.

5.     During the procession

·       Encourage participants to wave their palm branches.

6.     Entering the church

·       As the procession enters the church, it could pass through a central aisle, symbolizing Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem.

·       Have someone read the scripture: Zechariah 9:9 as the procession enters.

7.     Concluding the procession

·       Once everyone has entered and is seated, conclude the procession with a joyful prayer.

8.     Safety and accessibility

·       Ensure that ushers or designated volunteers are available to assist anyone needing help.

·       Keep the pace slow enough for everyone to keep up comfortably.

 

Focus Moment: From Palms to Crosses

            Scripture Reading: Luke 19:28-40

Folding Crosses

Ask participants to use their palm fronds from the procession. Have a few extra fronds. They will fold the fronds into the shape of a cross. Many tutorials exist online and elsewhere. For example, www.Youtube.com/watch?v=znDyR8_POCU

Be prepared to assist those who need help.

Story of Holy Week

After folding their fronds into crosses, provide a brief summary of Holy Week. Perhaps use a children’s story Bible version. Describe how today we remember Jesus coming into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Other Holy Week stories include Jesus’s overturning tables in the temple, Mary anointing Jesus’s feet, the Last Supper, and Jesus’s arrest, trial, and crucifixion. Tell as much of the Holy Week story as makes sense in your context.


Holy Week Affirmation

Ask someone to offer a testimony of a time they experienced walking courageously with Jesus.

Prayer for Peace

Light the peace candle.

Peace Prayer

 

Gracious and Loving God,

As we lay palms at your feet we pray for peace. Peace that triumphs over darkness. Peace that ebbs and flows in the lives of all those who see and receive it. Peace that makes all people shout in jubilation, like the people who saw you on a donkey and shouted, “Hosanna!” Peace that rests in stones that would shout if the people did not. Let that peace spread as people hear our shouts and see our reactions to you. As we enter Holy Week, walk with us, God, so that we may take time this week to share peace with the world. Amen.

 

Palm Sunday Hymn

“Filled with Excitement/Mantos y palmas”    CCS 465

            Encourage participants to sing in a language other than their own.

OR “No Tramp of Soldier’s Marching Feet”    CCS 466

OR “Sanna, Sannanina”         Sing twice.      CCS 469

If this song is unfamiliar, consider singing along with the vocal recording on Community of Christ Sings Audio Recordings, which is available from Herald House.

Sermon

Based on Luke 19:28-40

Disciples’ Generous Response

Scripture Reading

Humble yourselves, and continue in prayer to God… cry to God in your houses, and over all your household, morning, midday, and evening… Do not suppose that this is all; for after you have done all these things, if you turn away the needy and the naked, and visit not the sick and afflicted, and impart not of your substance if you have, to those who stand in need, behold your prayer is vain, and avails you nothing.

—Alma 16: 219-223, adapted

Statement

What shall we give to the triumphant Jesus entering Jerusalem? Shall we place our coats on the road as Jesus passes by, or should we praise and shout for joy as others did on that day? God calls us today to not only cry unto God for deliverance and to repent, but then to go outside of our homes to God’s people to bless them and be with them as he once was.

God’s astonishing compassion and love in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate example of generosity. God loves us abundantly and unconditionally. As we open our hearts to courageously and generously share by placing money in the offering plates or through eTithing, we reflect the movement of God’s astonishing love and compassion for the world.

 

If you have participants joining the worship online, remind them that they can give through www.CofChrist.org/give or through eTithing at www.eTithing.org (consider displaying these URLs).

            Blessing and Receiving of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes

 

Closing Hymn                                     Sing several times.

            “Halle, Halle, Hallelujah”    CCS 86

            OR “Amen, Siakudumisa!/Amen, Sing Praises to the Lord!”  CCS 109

            Encourage participants to sing in languages other than their own.

            OR “Alleluia”     CCS 103

 

Sending Forth: Doctrine and Covenants 76:3g-h

Postlude

 

 

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WORSHIP RESOURCES

Passion Sunday

Philippians 2:5-11

Let This Mind Be in You

 

Additional Scriptures

Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Luke 22:14-—23:56;

Moroni 7:47-48, Mosiah 8:28-35

Preparation

Passion Sunday is a period in Lent, usually in the last two weeks before Easter, where we begin the final part of Lent in the lead-up to the Passion and crucifixion of Jesus. In this service, we will read the story of the passion of Jesus from the Last Supper to his burial, which we will soon experience during Holy Week. The intention of this worship service is to prepare for Easter and dig deeper into the nature of Jesus within the Trinity and the purpose of Jesus’s sacrifice. Feel free to move around portions or split the service into parts.

Announce that donations of clothing, hygiene items, and shelf-stable food will be received on Easter Sunday.

 

Prelude

Welcome

I welcome each of you today into Christian community as we gather during our journey through the season of Lent.

Lent is a time of reflection, introspection, and penitence. It is a forty-day period mirroring Jesus’s forty days of fasting and temptation in the desert. We embark on this spiritual journey together as a community, tracing the path from the ashes of Ash Wednesday to the glory of Easter Sunday.

This season is a call to fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. We are reminded of our humanity, our fragility, and our shared reliance on God’s grace. It is a time to confront our weaknesses, confess our sins, and seek reconciliation with God and one another.

Though we observe the solemnity of the season, each Sunday of Lent is also a celebration, a mini-Easter, reminding us of the hope and resurrection that lies beyond the cross. Each Sunday, we pause to gather strength and inspiration as we continue our Lenten journey.

Today, we worship on Passion Sunday, a day when we rehearse the Holy Week story of Jesus’s journey. This service will recount the story of Holy Week and consider the significance of Jesus’s death and resurrection as we mark the end of Lent and anticipate Easter.

 

Call to Worship – Cries of Distress

Psalm 31:9-10, 14-16

Opening Prayer

Hymn of Grieving

“What Comfort Can Our Worship Bring” CCS 199

OR “How Long, O God, How Long?”  CCS 455

OR “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”    CCS 463

 

Readings on the Passion of Jesus

This part of the service will contain readings from Luke chapters 22-23, which focus on the final hours of Jesus’s life and ministry, from the Last Supper to Jesus’s death and burial. The goal is to remind the congregation of Jesus’s passion during Holy Week. The homily or sermon should emphasize the significance of Jesus’s sacrifice and atonement. Encourage the person giving the sermon to consider the nature of the Trinity and Christ’s sacrifice.

Ask a participant, including children, to read the scriptures, so that all can participate in the retelling of the story of Jesus’s passion. There will not be a Focus Moment as part of this service, so please consider including children in the storytelling, reading, and listening.

The Preparation of the Passover: Luke 22:7-13

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”     Stanza 1       CCS 470

The Institution of the Lord’s Supper: Luke 22:14-23

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”    Stanza 2        CCS 470

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives: Luke 22:39-46

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”     Stanza 3       CCS 470

The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus: Luke 22:47-53

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”   Stanza 4       CCS 470

Peter’s Denial of Jesus: Luke 22:31-34, 54-62

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”   Stanza 5      CCS 470

Jesus is Questioned by Religious and Political Leaders: Luke 22:66-71, 23:1-11

Hymn of Reflection

“O Carpenter, Why Leave the Bench”  CCS 25

OR “Look at This Man, Born of God”  CCS 26

OR “Ah, Holy Jesus”    CCS 461

Prayer for Peace

Light the peace candle.

Peace Prayer

God of new life,

Our journey through a Lenten wilderness nears its end, and we are reminded that you promised a path in the wilderness to the Israelites, whom you love. Now, you walk the path to death still in the name of love. Still for your people. How did you look to such a future with hope?

 

Our journey through wilderness toward peace may often feel like a circle. Famine, depression, inequality, unfairness, and sickness have us wandering in a desert of despair. The path ahead often looks bleak, and we yearn for peaceful moments from our past. Yet there is a river in this wilderness—a river you provide! 

 

Grant us the courage to be prophetic people, speaking hope to the despondent, sharing love with the discouraged, and standing beside the dispirited. We must look to the light and reflect the light if we are to pursue peace! Strengthen us not to run from this wilderness but to cultivate life and peace with that river, right where we are.

 

In the name of Jesus, the hopeful One, Amen.

 

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”    Stanza 6                CCS 470

Homily/Sermon

Based on Philippians 2:5-11.

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”   Stanza 7               CCS 470

Jesus Sentenced to Death: Luke 24:13-25

Ministry of Music

“Shadows Lengthen into Night”  Stanza 8              CCS 470

The Crucifixion of Jesus: Luke 24:26-43

Hymn of Jesus’s Crucifixion

“Beneath the Cross of Jesus” CCS 206

OR “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”  CCS 457

OR “Were You There”    CCS 458

 

The Death of Jesus: Luke 24:44-56

The Nature and Atonement of Jesus

This Book of Mormon passage does not replace the witness of the Bible or improve on it but confirms its message that Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God.

I would that you should understand that God shall come down among the children of earth, and shall redeem God’s people. Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father. And thus God breaks the bands of death, having gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of earth—Having ascended into heaven, full of mercy; being filled with compassion toward the children of earth; standing between them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.                                                                           

—Mosiah 8:28,-34-36, adapted

Hymn of Christ’s Divinity and Role

“Sing of God Made Manifest”    CCS 446

OR “Crown Him with Many Crowns”   CCS 39

            Encourage participants to sing in languages other than their own.

OR “Christ Be in Your Senses”     CCS 579

 

Disciples’ Generous Response

            Statement

As we’ve read the story of Holy Week from the Last Supper to Jesus’s burial, we see clearly Jesus’s enormous generosity and love for us expressed at each moment even in extreme suffering, pain and humiliation. As we consider Jesus’s love and generosity, we consider how we can reflect that generosity in our own lives.

God’s astonishing compassion and love in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate example of generosity. God loves us abundantly and unconditionally. As we open our hearts to courageously and generously share by placing money in the offering plates or through eTithing, we reflect the movement of God’s astonishing love and compassion for the world.

If you have participants joining the worship online, remind them that they can give through www.CofChrist.org/give or through eTithing at www.eTithing.org (consider displaying these URLs).                                                                                                                                                                                 

            Blessing and Receiving of Local and Worldwide Mission Tithes

 

Hymn of Hope and Resurrection

“Hope of the World”   CCS 29

OR “O Risen Christ, Still Wounded”      CCS 41

OR “God’s Love Made Visible!”   CCS 411

Sending Forth with Hope

And what is it that you hope for? Behold I say to you that you shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised into life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise. Wherefore, if someone has faith they must have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope.        

—Mosiah 7:47-48, adapted

 

May the peace of Jesus Christ be with us as we move through Holy Week.

Postlude

 

 

 

SERMON AND CLASS HELPS

Year C—Letters
Passion Sunday

 

Philippians 2:5–11

 

Exploring the Scripture

Scholars believe today’s text was a hymn that may have been used in early Christian worship. The text represents an early reflection on the nature of Christ. Hymns can teach important principles of belief and spiritual formation. They also can help deepen an understanding of the nature and invitation of Christ.

Note the background of this hymn. Paul wrote this letter from jail and chose a hymn with communal resonance to share important messages about life in the Christian community. You might imagine early Christian communities engaging in some early forms of worship. They gathered, using this text, bowing, and singing to a vision of Christ still fresh, relevant, dangerous, and costly.

The poetic line at the beginning of the text has become a familiar invitation to Christian conversion and transformation, “let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” What might it be like to let the mind of Christ become the way we think about daily life? Paul delves into what this simple, yet profound, statement implies. He shares a litany of reflections on the nature of Christ, stressing humility and servanthood.

Christ chose “the way of downward mobility” (from theologian Henri Nouwen) and “emptied himself.” The Greek word for empty is kenosis, a central characteristic of gospel life. The self-emptying Christ is a powerful counter-cultural image for the context of the Philippians and for the contexts in which many disciples find themselves today. In cultures of accumulation and excess, where people are bombarded with messages of more, more, more, what is self-emptying Christ’s calling?

Yet, Christ’s emptying nature goes beyond material wants to a deeper invitation of the soul. Personally and communally, disciples can consider what crowds their inward spaces, limiting their capacity to receive and sense God’s movement and call today. What self-emptying is required to live the Christ life today? An emptying of ego? An emptying of resentments? An emptying of cultural expectations of success and upward mobility to embrace the humility of the cross?

Liberation and feminist theologians raise concern over the language of “servanthood” often found in biblical texts. For communities that historically and systematically have been oppressed (including women), the call to servanthood’s deep humility can be problematic.

When interpreting the text today, imagine wide invitations to the kenosis (self-emptying) of Christ that offer possibilities beyond a servant image. Beware scenarios in which humility and obedience may be misinterpreted as self-diminishment or submission to oppression. Such is not the gospel invitation. The gospel is always about life abundant in Christ, honoring every person’s full worth.

The deepest intent of humility is awe and a willingness to see one’s life in the greater web of relationality to one another, the cosmos, and the holy. The end of today’s text proclaims a message of universality and connection, “every knee... every tongue” (v. 10–11).

We are emptied that we may be filled. We take on the mind of Christ to be transformed, so we can see the world in ways that honor the full worth and potential of all. When we begin to see through this Christ lens and resist the cultural temptations suggesting we are “less than,” we embody the humility and self-emptying love at the heart of the gospel invitation. That is the invitation sung through the ages from the earliest Christian communities.

 

Central Themes

1.     Today’s text probably was a hymn sung by the earliest Christian communities to guide one another in the life of Christ.

2.     The self-emptying Christ is a powerful counter-cultural image of the Philippians’ environment and the surroundings where many disciples find themselves today. In cultures of accumulation and excess, where people are bombarded with messages of more, more, more, what is the call of the self-emptying Christ?

3.     Interpreted today, “servanthood” and “obedience” can be problematic for oppressed communities. Use generous and creative interpretation to reimagine these important ideas in ways that uphold the Worth of All Persons and the deeper intent of their meaning.

4.     We take on the mind of Christ to be transformed so we can see the world in ways that honor the full worth and potential of all.

 

Questions for the Speaker

1.     What might it be like to let the mind of Christ become the way we think and sense in daily life?

2.     In cultures of accumulation and excess, where people are bombarded with messages of more, more, more, what is the self-emptying Christ’s call?

3.     What self-emptying is required to live the Christ life today?

4.     How does your congregation uphold and honor the Worth of All Persons?

 


 

 

SACRED SPACE: A RESOURCE FOR SMALL-GROUP MINISTRY

Year C, Letters

Passion Sunday

 

Philippians 2:5–11

 

Gathering

Welcome

On Palm Sunday we focus on the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Jesus enters the city astride a donkey as a symbol of the unexpected nature of God’s reign.

 

Prayer for Peace

Ring a bell or chime three times slowly.

Light the peace candle.

Gracious and loving God, as we lay palms at your feet, we pray for peace. Peace that triumphs over darkness. Peace that ebbs and flows in the lives of all those who see and receive it. Peace that makes all people shout in jubilation, like the people who saw you on a donkey and shouted, “Hosanna!” Peace that rests in stones that would shout if the people did not. Let that peace spread as people hear our shouts and see our reactions to you. As we enter Holy Week, walk with us, God, so that we may take time this week to share peace with the world. Amen.

Spiritual Practice

Prayer of Examen

Today’s spiritual practice is called Prayer of Examen. This prayer form was developed by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556). It may be used anytime as a way of reviewing the day with God. The intent is to recognize where we need forgiveness and healing, reconciliation, and recommitment. It helps us walk in humility with Christ. The following is an adapted Prayer of Examen.

Lead the group through the prayer line by line. Take your time, inviting people to pray and meditate with each statement.

Thank you, God, for the gifts of life and this day.

Allow us to see the day as we have lived it and in light of your will.

Let us reflect on the events, interactions, and emotions of the day.

Give us insight into the ways our responses were good, life-giving, or healing.

Give us insight into the ways our responses may have been insensitive, unloving, or damaging to others, creation, or self.

In your grace and mercy, may we find forgiveness, healing, reconciliation, and release.

God, we give our tomorrow to you. May we be present in our thoughts, actions, and relationships as we move on to live a new day in the presence of Christ.

Close the prayer with “Amen.”

Invite people to share their thoughts and feelings as they experienced Prayer of Examen.

 

Sharing Around the Table

Philippians 2:5–11 NRSVue

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,

who, though he existed in the form of God,
    did not regard equality with God
    as something to be grasped,
but emptied himself,
    taking the form of a slave,
    assuming human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a human,
     he humbled himself
    and became obedient to the point of death—
    even death on a cross.

Therefore God exalted him even more highly
    and gave him the name
    that is above every other name,
so that at the name given to 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.

The poetic line at the beginning of the text has become a familiar invitation to Christian conversion and transformation, “let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” What might it be like to let the mind of Christ become the way we think about daily life? Paul delves into what this simple, yet profound, statement implies. He shares a litany of reflections on the nature of Christ that stress humility and servanthood.

For communities (including women) that historically and systematically have been oppressed, the call to servanthood’s deep obedience can be problematic. When interpreting the text today, liberation and feminist theologians remind us to remember the spirit of Jesus’s mission and the context in which Paul lived and wrote. Yes, Jesus was humble—yet, in the Gospel of Luke 19:28–40 (NRSVue), Jesus refuses to tell his disciples to stop praising him, saying, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”

So, we must be careful to not equate Jesus’s call to servanthood and humility with our modern ideas of humility and oppression. Instead, let us imagine wide invitations to the kenosis (self-emptying) of Christ that offer possibilities beyond a servant image. Such is not the gospel invitation. The gospel is always about life abundant in Christ and honors every person’s full worth.

Instead of the narrow interpretation of self-emptying, consider expansive views that align with the gospel. Christ chose “the way of downward mobility” (from theologian Henri Nouwen) and “emptied himself.” The Greek for empty is kenosis, a central characteristic of gospel life. The self-emptying Christ is a powerful counter-cultural image for the context of the Philippians and for the contexts in which many disciples find themselves today. In cultures of accumulation and excess, where people are bombarded with messages of more, what is the calling of a self-emptying Christ?

Yet, Christ’s emptying nature goes beyond the material to a deeper invitation of the soul. Personally and communally, we can consider what crowds our inward spaces and might limit our capacity to receive and sense God’s movement and call. What self-emptying would enable us to hear better the invitation of the Divine today?

The deepest intent of humility is awe and a willingness to see one’s life in the greater web of relationality to one another, the cosmos, and the holy. We take on the mind of Christ to be transformed, so we can see the world in ways that honor the full worth and potential of all.

 

Questions

1.     What crowds or numbs your mind and soul? What messages and “shoulds” distract you from the mission of Jesus? 

2.     What fills you with awe? How do you see your life connected to your community, your country, the world, the cosmos, and the holy? How can these things fill our mind and soul to be like the mind of Christ?

3.     When we calm the distractions, we make space for the transformation of our soul, and the soul becomes clearer to us. What might your soul be yearning for? How does your soul’s transformation align with Community of Christ’s mission statement, “We proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy, hope, love, and peace”?

 

Sending

Generosity Statement

Faithful disciples respond to an increasing awareness of the abundant generosity of God by sharing according to the desires of their hearts; not by commandment or constraint.

—Doctrine and Covenants 163:9

The offering basket is available if you would like to support ongoing, small-group ministries as part of your generous response. You also may give at CofChrist.org/give.

This offering prayer is adapted from A Disciple’s Generous Response.

God of rejoicing, we share with joy-filled hearts in response to the presence of your Son. May the offerings we share bring joy, hope, love, and peace into the lives of others that they might experience your mercy and grace. Amen.

Invitation to Next Meeting

 

Closing Hymn

Community of Christ Sings 38, “Who Is This Jesus”

 

Closing Prayer

 

Optional Additions Depending on Group

  • Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
  • Thoughts for Children

 

 

 

 

 

Thoughts for Children

Materials:

·       small palm leaves or fronds

Have you ever had to prepare to do something special, like go to a party or visit someone special? What kinds of things would we do? We would dress up in extra-special clothes and we might bring flowers or a present. We would want to show we were doing something special.

Palm Sunday is when we remember the story of Jesus coming into the city of Jerusalem. It was a special day, and Jesus planned very carefully how he would arrive. He decided not to ride a big, fancy horse, like kings did. He would ride on a donkey or very small horse. Jesus was trying to show the people of Jerusalem that he was devoted to peace, not power.

What are some ways we can show people that we are committed to peace?

Affirm the children as they respond.

We could sing about peace. We can treat each other respectfully. We can offer prayers for peace.

These all are ways we can show that peace is important to us. As Jesus rode into Jerusalem to show he was coming in peace, the people around him put branches from a palm tree on the ground to make a special carpet for him. That is why we call this day Palm Sunday.

Hand out the small palm fronds or leaves.

These leaves can help you remember that Jesus comes into our lives to remind us to work for peace.


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