Donkey, choirs to enliven Palm Sunday celebration

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 24, 2012

~~<p>A beloved custom more than 20 years old at Central Union Church — involving a donkey coming down the main aisle of the sanctuary and a procession of singing children — will be re-enacted once again for Palm Sunday.</p>
<p>"It's a fun tradition; everyone loves to see children and a donkey. It's always been a very winsome little donkey," said the Rev. Nancy Lockwood, the church's associate minister. Children will wave palm branches to recall the way Jesus' followers welcomed him as their savior into Jerusalem, "to remind us that, like children, we should receive the message with childlike eyes and open to possibility," Lockwood said.</p>
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A beloved custom more than 20 years old at Central Union Church — involving a donkey coming down the main aisle of the sanctuary and a procession of singing children — will be re-enacted once again for Palm Sunday.

"It's a fun tradition; everyone loves to see children and a donkey. It's always been a very winsome little donkey," said the Rev. Nancy Lockwood, the church's associate minister. Children will wave palm branches to recall the way Jesus' followers welcomed him as their savior into Jerusalem, "to remind us that, like children, we should receive the message with childlike eyes and open to possibility," Lockwood said. Login for more...