Palm Sunday Processional

ELPC is hosting a special outdoor Palm Sunday Processional. You may pick up palm branches at the church and then process around our building—wearing masks and maintaining a safe distance. You can also process in your vehicle! Make banners and bring instruments to sing Hosanna and praise God!

If you would like to participate in a Palm Sunday celebration from the comfort of your own home, please let Pastor Heather or Ms. Sara know. You can call ahead to pick up Palm Branches or make Palm branches from construction paper at home.

Schedule and Notes

Please arrive between 1 pm and 1:40 pm to pick up your palm branches.

• Those joining the processional on foot are invited to go to one of the corners of the sidewalk around the church, get their palm branches, and pick a spot on some chalk art on the sidewalk. The chalk art will measure out 6 feet of distance, as we ask you (and anyone in your family) to remain 6 feet away from anyone outside of your bubble.
• Those driving up to pick up a palm branch without exiting your car, please pull into the Highland Avenue Turn-around to get your palm branch.

Brass Roots Tympanist, Abby, will be playing, starting at 1 pm.

• Bring your drums, maracas, bells, shakers, pots and pans…and join her in making a joyful noise unto our Lord!
• We will have TWO different processionals around the church. One will start at 1:15 pm, and the second will start at 1:45 pm. Abby will lead the line, beginning at the corner of Highland and Penn, as we circle the building 3 times.  Feel Free to march along in the procession, or move to the side and shout Hosanna from one spot. Drop by for one of the processionals, or stay for the whole hour.

Make an Instrument of Your Own
If you’d like to make an instrument of your own to bring along, here are the instructions for a “tambouracca”

• You will need two paper plates (of any size, as long as they are the SAME size); dried beans or rice; stapler
• Place a 1 tablespoon of beans or rice in the center of a paper plate.
• Place the second plate on top of the first, with the center of the plates facing each other.
• Staple along the outside to seal the instrument

Make a Banner
Using posterboard, fabric, felt, or paper, make a banner to celebrate Palm Sunday. Write words like “Praise God!” or “Hosanna”—or words of your choice—as we remember Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem.