Wednesday, April 04, 2007

A Grand Entrance

This past sunday, I had the best Palm Sunday service ever. At Church Under the Bridge we remembered Palm Sunday by having Jesus enter the church on a donkey. It was an incredibly moving experience.


Jesus was played by a homeless man named Evan. It was so real and beautiful watching Evan become Jesus. In fact...Jesus was a homeless man himself. Jesus was a pedestrian god. He was a walking man. And, the one time that he "splurged" on transportation, he took a donkey!



We all lined up in the back of the church, everyone holding palm leaves. And, we waved them, sang, and celebrated as Jesus rode through on the donkey. It was such a human experience. Jesus was waving, smiling, laughing, telling kids to be careful, kinda tipping off the donkey. I thought he was gonna fall off the animal one time! It was very human.
A motorcycle in the back of the church...after Jesus rode on the donkey, he rode the motorcycle back and forth! How beautiful.


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On Palm Sunday, we also did a feet washing ceremoy. Micheal, the man in the orange hat above, washed my feet, and I in turn washed Robert's (the man kneeling in the white shirt). Robert then washed Morgan's (a college friend) feet. It was so humbly to have Micheal wash my feet. He took so much care and detail in the process.

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Two women, Freddie and her friend, listening to the sermon and songs.

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Two people praying during the service with their dog.

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Singing and dancing to music after church!

Man, I love this church!

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