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A Children’s Sermon on Mark 11:1-11 — Palm Sunday

March 21, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

children's sermon on Mark 11:1-11

Preface for Pastors and Parents For Palm Sunday in Year B, I bring you a children’s sermon on Mark 11:1-11. That’s one of four options offered to churches in the Revised Common Lectionary, as I detailed in my Monday Meditation on this passage back in 2021. I always prefer focusing on Palm Sunday, rather than […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Palm Sunday, RCL Year B, Triumphal Entry

Palm Sunday — Mark 11:1-11

March 23, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Palm Sunday

Pietro Lorenzetti, Entry into Jerusalem (public domain) In year B the lectionary gives four different options for the Gospel reading for Palm Sunday–or “Passion Sunday” as it is called when either the third or fourth option is taken. First is Mark 11:1-11 — Palm Sunday #1 is Mark’s version of the “triumphal entry.” That fits, […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: Mark 11:1-11, Palm Sunday, RCL Year B, Triumphal Entry

A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 21:1-11 — Palm Sunday

April 3, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 5 Comments

a children's sermon on Matthew 21:1-11 -- Palm Sunday

In writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 21:1-11 — Palm Sunday — I try to emphasize both what is unique to Matthew’s version and what kids can connect with. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text through this link.) If you are a regular reader of my children’s sermons you will have […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Ministry, Worship Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Liturgy of the Palms, Matthew 21:1-11, Palm Sunday, RCL Year A, Triumphal Entry

Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 6 (Palm Sunday), Matthew 21:1-11

April 3, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Matthew 21:1-11

This Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week. Amazing, and disorienting in the season of the pandemic, when I’ve been unable to participate in public worship services through most of Lent. My lenten journey has been mostly quiet, private, and inward. The fact that you, dear reader, join me in these blog posts is a […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: Liturgy of the Palms, Matthew 21:1-11, Palm Sunday, RCL Year A, Triumphal Entry

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