Trinity United Methodist Church in York, SC
With the celebration of Palm/Passion Sunday, we begin Holy Week. In our community all of the churches are invited to take part in a community-wide worship service each day at noon. During these services, area pastors take turns speaking, and area churches work together to share a lunch– from beginning to end, 12:00 noon to 1PM. This year we will meet at 1st Baptist Church. Last year it was at the Catholic Church. Christians of all denominations gather to celebrate the passion of Christ. (more…)
This Sunday will see Christians waving palm fronds and singing songs of “Hosanna” in celebration of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion. We often call this “Palm Sunday,” though in recent years we have begun to emphasize both the joyful entry with the palms and the painful events that we mark later in the week and call the day “Palm/Passion” Sunday. There is something dramatic about the way (more…)
