Sermon
A Joyful Celebration
Recommended Age:
Theme:
Praising Jesus on Palm Sunday
Object:
Pom poms - one per child
Scripture:
Mark 11:1-11
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Before we start, every time you hear "celebrate" you get to cheer and shake your hands up high!
Do you like parties? (demonstrate) Yes! Parties are fun! We celebrate (demonstrate) birthdays with cake! We celebrate (demonstrate) Christmas with presents! When we celebrate (demonstrate), we are happy and we make noise!
Let's celebrate (demonstrate) Jesus today! Let's say "Yay Jesus!" three times. Ready? "Yay Jesus! Yay Jesus! Yay Jesus!" Good job!
Today is Palm Sunday. That's a special day when we remember Jesus riding on a donkey. Let me tell you the story.
Jesus wanted to ride into the big city. He told his friends,...
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Preschool object lessons are designed for 2-4 year olds. They provide a simplified version with shorter sentences, more repetition, basic vocabulary, and extra fun examples to engage littles."Go get me a baby donkey." So his friends went and found a little donkey. They brought it back to Jesus.
Jesus got on the donkey. Clip-clop, clip-clop went the donkey's feet! Jesus rode the donkey into the city.
All the people were so happy to see Jesus! They waved big green leaves called palm branches. They shouted, "Hooray for Jesus!" They were having a big celebration (demonstrate) for Jesus!
The people loved Jesus so much. They cheered and clapped and waved their palm branches. What a happy celebration (demonstrate)!
We can celebrate (demonstrate) Jesus too! We love Jesus! Let's wave our hands like palm branches and say "We love Jesus!" Ready? "We love Jesus!"
Dear God, we celebrate (demonstrate) Jesus today just like those people did long ago. We love Jesus! Amen.
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