In her poem “Palm Sunday,” poet Kathy Coffey writes, “We know the end, yet walk this way with song.” On Palm Sunday, Jesus and his followers enter Jerusalem—a destination where they know confrontation and death await them—with a parade . What can this story teach us today about acts of hope, joy, and defiance, even when loss feels inevitable.

Service begins at 10:30. Weather permitting, we will gather at 10:20 on the front steps (and in the Cleveland Room for those needing an accessible entrance) and process into the sanctuary together with our palms. If you have church-friendly signs from the prior day’s “No Kings” protest, feel free to process in with those as well!