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[Jaebius]

Need some inspiration for a children's time for Palm Sunday service. Any thoughts?

Free palm branches for all the kids. Live donkey.

 

[Graeme Decarie]

re children and Palm Sunday - have a contest to see who can down a half litre of beer first.

 

[Jaebius]

re children and Palm Sunday - have a contest to see who can down a half litre of beer first.

How is beer for kids Palmsundayerrific?

 

[BethAnne]

LAST

 

[Tabitha]

@Redbaron Talk about donkeys-bring one in if possible! then talk about how many folks expected jesus to be high and mighty on a horse but he chose a donkey instead.....
Let the adults chug beer

 

[BethAnne]

Plan a big parade

 

[You just never know]

Wear a Santa Claus suit and an Easter Bunny head mask. Kids like being confused almost as much as I like being last.

 

[Jaebius]

Free Palm Pilots for everybody.

 

[ChemGal]

Up late, maybe LAST. Slept for a while this evening, will probably be up for a little bit yet.

 

[Luce NDs]

Refer to the root beer-ng process of truth buried in Aesterous ... a fertile period in time!

 

[BethAnne]

LAST

 

[Luce NDs]

Got note today that the wrong palms were delivered ... I am concerned Canadian Florists substituted hack-ma-tacks ... and thus the significant larch-ng ... you can't control birds off in the trees!

 

[Tabitha]

last as I go for a dental cleaning

 

[crazyheart]

Need some inspiration for a children's time for Palm Sunday service. Any thoughts?

Bring a lounger and have the kids feed you grapes as you recline

 

[Redbaron]

Can I have them peel the grapes first?

 

[Jaebius]

Can I have them peel the grapes first?

You'd have them do work on a Sunday? :O

 

[Graeme Decarie]

I don't understand the riding-on-a-donkey simplicity stuff. So far as I know, horses of the roman empire at that time did not have backs strong enough to take riders. That's why the military used chariots. If one was going to ride on an animal, a donkey was the only choice. It was the barbarians from the Russian plains who introduced cavalry.

The striking feature of the entry into Jerusalem is not that Jesus was humble. It was his awareness that this was the last act. I don't see a way (or a need) to avoid the seriousness of that. Children need to think - and enjoy it, as well as to have fun. Without getting macabre, one could divide the Sunday School into two or three groups by age. Teachers could tell them very briefly what the entry into Jerusalem meant for Jesus. Then let the children discuss what they would do if there was one thing they could do for the whole world (or their families, or their communities).

Let them briefly report their ideas from the pulpit - either through spokespeople or individually (depending on the size of the SS.)

They will love being up front. And the parents will get a big kick out of it. And you could get some very insightful answers.

Incidentally, it's possible that horses originated in North America, but became extinct here.

 

[paradox3]

Not thinking about horses or donkeys right now. Just thinking about being LAST.

 

[Graeme Decarie]

Good dog. go on thinking about it.

 

[Jaebius]

This Sunday in church , I will be speaking on the story of the donkey Jesus rode into Jerusalem on. I will be calling my message, "Palm Sunday Lessons from an Ass."