St John
Baptist Danbury
News 2010
Jesus rides into church - on a donkey!
It certainly added a new dimension to the sermon by
Canon Graham Blyth, reflecting on the meaning of Palm Sunday from an
adult perspective.
The service
was a splendid start to Holy Week, which continued with services of
Compline on three evenings, two Eucharists on Maundy Thursday, and, on
Good Friday, Hot Cross Buns in the meeting room followed by a service in
church, and then the ecumenical Act of Witness at Eves Corner, Danbury.
PALM SUNDAY, 28 March 2010
The
children of Sunday Experience brought their own version of the meaning
of Palm Sunday to the 10am service. With a little help from their
friends, they had made a beautiful grey donkey that glided down the
aisle with ” Jesus” on his back. As some children guided the donkey,
others waved their home-made palm leaves and laid them in his path,
shouting 'Hosanna!'. 
The
children showed great enthusiasm for their short drama, but the day
undoubtedly belonged to the donkey. After the service the 'actors' and
donkey posed for photographs - which probably didn't happen on the first
Palm Sunday.....
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