Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week. You may want to read the United Church’s 2020 Lenten devotional, Faithfully Yours, during Lent 2020 for your own time of reflection.
Worship Ideas
2020 Palm Sunday Worship Resources (40.63 KB): Written by Murray Pruden, Indigenous Minister for Pacific Mountain Region, these resources remind us that even in these pandemic times, in God’s eyes we matter every moment and breath of our daily life.
Gathering Lectionary for Lent/Easter, February 17‒May 16, 2021 (500.37 KB): Suggested readings, hymns, worship spark, children's time idea, sermon starter, etc.
Gathering Lectionary for Lent/Easter, February 26‒May 24, 2020 (487.78 KB): Includes suggested readings, hymns, worship spark, children's time idea, sermon starter, etc
Lenten Lament: Seeking Right Relations (33.19 KB): For the 150th year of Confederation, an invitation to acknowledge the damage done to the First Peoples of this land and seek reconciliation in worship and through next steps. From Gathering, Lent/Easter 2017.
Related Material
Moderator's Lent Message 2020: Moderator Richard Bott ushers in the season of Lent with a reflection on Ash Wednesday as a celebration of hope and life.
Moderator's Lent Message 2020: Transcript (30.58 KB): Transcript of Moderator Richard Bott's Lent Message 2020.
Worship Blog
Moderator's Online Worship - April 5, 2020
For Sunday, April 5, 2020, Moderator Richard Bott shares reflection on Matthew 21:1-11, the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, and urges us to keep our eyes on hope as we begin Holy Week.
Where Were You?
In this excerpt from the new Lenten devotional "Faithfully Yours: Letters for the Wondering," Bri-anne Swan reflects on the perennial question, “God, where were you?”
Drawn toward New Life
In this Palm Sunday reflection, Rev. Stephen Fetter writes that, while the road to freedom offered by Jesus is hardly easy, it's worth working for.
