Triumphal Entry
Children's sermon
... Let the Children Come
Fifty-two Object Lessons For Children In Worship
Object:
Palm frond or leaf
Good morning, boys and girls. I love a parade! Don't you? How many of you have ever been in a parade? (Response -- Let a few share.) At parades there is always such a joyful spirit. People are usually happy and there is lots of cheering and festivity.
Have you ever heard of a ticker-tape parade? Well, in New York City and in some other big cities in the world, when very famous or heroic persons are being welcomed to the city, they throw paper and streamers out of the high office windows to shower onto the parade below. It started as a very spontaneous act by some people who were very excited.
Did you know that Jesus once had a parade? He was going into Jerusalem for the Jewish Feast of Passover. When the people in the city who knew about him heard it, they decided to go out and meet him.
They were excited! They even wanted to make him their king! To show how much they honored him, they took off their coats and wraps and laid them down like a red carpet before him. They even tore branches off the palm trees and waved them in the air like flags to welcome him into the city.
That's why we call this day Palm Sunday. It was and is a day of rejoicing because the King is coming!
Would you like to have a parade today? Good! Take your palm branch and let's parade up and down the aisle of the church and shout, "Hosanna to the King. Hosanna to Jesus!" (Do it! Ask the congregation to join in. It is a good idea to pass out palms on the way in this Palm Sunday instead of the traditional way out.)
(After the parade -- a prayer proclaiming Christ the King!)
Have you ever heard of a ticker-tape parade? Well, in New York City and in some other big cities in the world, when very famous or heroic persons are being welcomed to the city, they throw paper and streamers out of the high office windows to shower onto the parade below. It started as a very spontaneous act by some people who were very excited.
Did you know that Jesus once had a parade? He was going into Jerusalem for the Jewish Feast of Passover. When the people in the city who knew about him heard it, they decided to go out and meet him.
They were excited! They even wanted to make him their king! To show how much they honored him, they took off their coats and wraps and laid them down like a red carpet before him. They even tore branches off the palm trees and waved them in the air like flags to welcome him into the city.
That's why we call this day Palm Sunday. It was and is a day of rejoicing because the King is coming!
Would you like to have a parade today? Good! Take your palm branch and let's parade up and down the aisle of the church and shout, "Hosanna to the King. Hosanna to Jesus!" (Do it! Ask the congregation to join in. It is a good idea to pass out palms on the way in this Palm Sunday instead of the traditional way out.)
(After the parade -- a prayer proclaiming Christ the King!)
