Palm Sunday, Year A

​10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?” 11 The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
~Matthew 21:10-11
 
It was a different kind of day. Crowds gathered. Palms and coats spread. Beautiful, frenzied chaos! Something, someone was coming and the world was literally quaking with the disruption and anticipation. Nothing would be the same by week’s end, or ever.
 
Part of the story of this Palm Sunday is connection. Jesus had a guy (or a woman) or two he knew who could source a donkey, and an upper room to use. He had developed a vast network of disciples and partners and allies who spill out of the story! The connection of relationships banded people together and created a movement for care and communion among a surprisingly diverse group of beloveds. Friendship and companionship, mutual celebration and a deep sense of belonging and completeness were the astonishing result. It turns out that relationships are what we need most to thrive—more than wealth, more than stuff, more than power—to get us through the highs and lows that are mirrored in the Holy Week that follows.
 
This, of course, is what the community at Bridge Ministries has long known. They teach it by gathering regularly around a meal and celebration, by living it out joyfully together within our communities. We will gather this Sunday along with our friends from Bridge. We find that we are both sustained physically and emotionally, bodily and spiritually with these shared gatherings over the years.
 
In order to accommodate our Bridge Ministry community siblings, this Sunday only, worship begins at 11:00am. Join us. There is a place for you here.
 
Enter into worship. *This Sunday in-person only*
 
Readings: Matthew 21:1-11 † Psalm 118 † Isaiah 50:4-9a † Psalm 31:9-16 † Philippians 2:5-11 † Matthew 27:11-54
 
About the Art: Mueller-Nelson, Gertrude. Palm Sunday Clipart. From Clip Art for Celebrations and Service. Pueblo Publishing, 1990. 

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