We know planning for Palm Sunday may be different and uncertain right now. Many church leaders have been sharing with us their ideas for alternative Palm Sunday worship this year during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope these ideas encourage your church as you plan in this time.

• Create a palm pick-up area outside the front of your church for your members to come pick up their palms and a short printed devotional or instructions for a self led Palm Sunday celebration at home.
• Organize a drive up pick-up for Palm Sunday supplies. A few churches we have worked with over the past few weeks have shared they plan on distributing palms and prefilled communion cups to each member in their car as they drive through.
• Keep your fresh Palm Strips and make Palm Crosses to be used in next year’s Palm Sunday worship service.
• Save your palms and burn them in the following year to create palm ashes for Ash Wednesday.