At First Christian Church Scottsdale we will mark the beginning of Holy Week with a Palm/Passion Sunday.
We will begin the service with the story of Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem from Mark 11:1-11. There will be a palm procession, loud shouts of "Hosanna" and a victorious chorus from the Chancel Choir.
From there excerpts from the Passion Narrative have been woven into our regular order of worship. Throughout the service we will hear once more and all over again about Christ's betrayal by Judas, his restless night of the soul in Gethsemane, his sham of a trial, and his death on the cross...all with the promise that the story does not end here.
The story does not end with Christ's death or with the darknes of the tomb. Oh no. As a people of faith we know that death does not get the final word. We know that the joy of new life and the power Christ's resurrection is waiting just around the corner on Easter Sunday. But we also know that in order to get to Easter's joy we need to first follow Christ all the way to the cross. So on Palm/Passion Sunday we do just that.
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