A Christ Centered Easter -Day 1- Palm Sunday

Day 1 - Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter)

Focus: The Triumphal Entry

Songs: (If doing a devotional, I suggest you chose one for your opening song and one for a closing song.)

We'll Sing All Hail to Jesus' Name, (Its harder than you think to upload an mp3 file, so you get this lovely video with sign language)

1. 1. We'll sing all hail to Jesus' name,
   And praise and honor give
   To him who bled on Calvary's hill
   And died that we might live.
2. 2. He passed the portals of the grave;
   Salvation was his song;
   He called upon the sin-bound soul
   To join the heav'nly throng.
3. 3. He seized the keys of death and hell
   And bruised the serpent's head;
   He bid the prison doors unfold,
   The grave yield up her dead.
4. 4. The bread and water represent
   His sacrifice for sin;
   Ye Saints, partake and testify
   Ye do remember him.
5. Text: Richard Alldridge, 1815-1896
   Music: Joseph Coslett, 1850-1910

Hosanna (sorry, no video... click through for music)

1. Hosanna! Let our voices ring
   With praises to our heav'nly King;
   Let ev'ry living creature sing
   To Him who life did bring!
   Hosanna! (echo) Hosanna! (echo)
   All hail, triumphant King!
2. Ding, dong, ding!
   Ding, dong, ding!
   Ding, dong, ding!
   Ding, dong, ding!
   (echo)
   Hosanna! Hosanna!
   All hail, triumphant King!

Pictures:  Triumphal Entry

Scriptures: Mark 11:1-10

1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,

 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

 4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

 7 And they brought the ^acolt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.

 8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

 9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; ^aBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

 10 ^aBlessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Videos: The Lord's Triumphal Entry

Discussions:

• Discuss the symbolism of using palm branches to usher the Lord into Jerusalem. ("Palms for the Lord", Friend, March 1996)
• Discuss the meaning of the word Hosanna and why we shout it, even today, at temple dedications and other solemn occasions.
• See Reflections on the Savior's Last Week for section on The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem.
• Other resources as needed for children (all from The Friend)
• Why is Jesus Christ so important to us?