The Palm Sunday Worship Service at Thorndale United Methodist Church will be Sunday March 24, 2024 at 9:15am in the Worship Center.

What is Palm Sunday?

The name “Palm Sunday” comes from a story in the Bible in which Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem. Prior to this event, Jesus and his friends went through the countryside teaching and performing miracles, gaining a lot of recognition. The people of Jerusalem were super-excited that Jesus was coming to their city to celebrate a big religious festival (Passover). In their excitement, the people grabbed palm branches to wave around and threw their cloaks before Jesus on the road.

Today, we still commemorate Palm Sunday. It starts off a week of remembrance for Christians, often referred to as Holy Week. The week ends with the celebration of Easter, and throughout this week we mark the different events that led to Jesus’ Resurrection and Easter.