Trinity and Iron Creek UMC to host Palm Sunday parade

Kids lined up to feed Charming the donkey. —photo submitted

The Trinity and Iron Creek United Methodist Churches are combining to host a parade event on Palm Sunday, April 10 at 10:00 a.m.  All are welcome to the fun!  The event includes parading from Trinity United Methodist Church parking lot (105 S. Holly Avenue, Elk Mound) up Holly Avenue and then onto Menomonie Street in Elk Mound.  Those in the parade will be able to:  feed a live donkey, receive palm branches to wave, use musical instruments, and enjoy ice cream bars.

The parade is to celebrate the New Testament Biblical account of Jesus triumphally entering Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish Passover.  He rode a donkey as the prophets foretold.  The excited crowds lined the route cheering Him, waving palm branches, and even laying their coats on the path to make a makeshift royal carpet for the King of kings!

After the parade, all are invited to the combined worship service at Trinity United Methodist Church in Elk Mound, which will include a procession with waving of the palm branches, special music by the chime choir, and a special number by the choir.

For more information, please call Rev. Joel Certa-Werner at 715-947-7914.