Palm Sunday Services 8:30am and 11am

Name: Palm Sunday Services 8:30am and 11am
Start: 2026-03-29T08:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-29T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Church of the Messiah, Episcopal

Schedule

Sun Mar 29 2026 at 08:30 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Church of the Messiah, Episcopal | Fredericksburg, VA

8:30 AM (Rite I) & 11 AM (Rite II)
The Blessing of the Palms (in Narthex)
Procession into the Church
The Reading of the Passion Holy Communion
This day begins as a triumphant day of public devotion to Jesus. In heart and mind we join the great crowd that gathered at Jerusalem to honor Jesus as King. We do this by carrying and waving Palm branches, a sign of victory and triumph. At the same time, as we welcome Jesus into Jerusalem, we are confronted with the truth that Jesus, our Messiah and King, is something different and something more than we ever expected Him to be. This gets fleshed out as we hear the Passion narrative (the account of His betrayal, trial, suffering and death), the mood changes, and we begin to look forward to the events of Good Friday.