The First Presbyterian Church in Cazenovia will celebrate a Palm Sunday worship service at 10 a.m. on April 9.
Vincent Guarneiri, director of music, has planned a significant service of music. The Caz Pres Bell Ringers will start the service with “When the Saints Go Marching” in by Tammy Waldrop. The Senior Choir will sing the anthem “Prepare the Way of the Lord” by Anna Laura Page. The organ postlude will be “Praeludium in E Minor by Nicholas Bruhns (1665-1697).
The Reverend Tom Oak will deliver the message “Who Is This?” with scripture from Matthew 21:1-11.
The children from the Sunday School will distribute Palms that have been made into crosses.
Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, is the Sunday before Easter. Palm Sunday remembers Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem near the end his public ministry. When Jesus entered the city with his entourage, people laid palm branches in the road before him and greeted him as the long-awaited Messiah.
After the Palm Sunday service there will be a brunch at 11:30 a.m. in the church’s Meeting House. The event is free and open to anyone wanting good food and good fellowship.
For more information contact the church at 315-655-3191 or visit our website at cazpres.org.
