Palm Sunday Service

I'm glad you posted Palm Sunday info ... I would like to share what we did (totally forgot to post it after it happened!)

A family dressed in Bible times costumes and handed out palm fronds at the front door to all going into worship. Our rotation SS is during 1st worship, then most families go to 2nd worship service. So after SS we gathered all the kids together, had them put on Bible times costumes and get a palm frond. Our adult bell choir person let the kids use the handbells! (We had enough bells for every child -- a "God moment" for sure!)

The kids preceeded the choir, walking in from the back of the sanctuary to the front up the 2 aisles, ringing their bells and waving their palms. They stayed up front in the chancel area, continuing to ring while the choir came in and the whole congregation sang "All Glory, Laud & Honor". After the hymn, we had one 9 year old girl read a short script, standing in the middle of all the kids. The words were as if she was there when Jesus entered the city.

Then the kids went and sat with their parents until the reading of the Scripture. They came up and sat with me as I narrated part of the book "Three Easter Journeys" by Ro Willoughby. We had 4 people take the parts of Jesus and the people.

It was very interactive for the kids and very touching to the congregation. We'll repeat it!