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Church of the Redeemer celebrates Palm Sunday

Parishioners gathered outside the chapel for Church of the Redeemers traditional palm procession.


  • By Anna Brugmann
  • | 10:34 a.m. April 9, 2017
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The Church of the Redeemer had an extra congregant on April 9. 

As children and parents gathered outside the church's chapel doors, a baby donkey stood patiently on the church lawn. 

Eeyore the donkey joined the Church of the Redeemer for their Palm Sunday processional. Children fed him grass as they petted his mane.

Although they had to pull themselves away from adoring Eeyore to participate in the processional, he was patiently waiting for them when they returned after the service.  

Michael Wood pets Eeyore the donkey before the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer.
Michael Wood pets Eeyore the donkey before the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer.
Ascher Latta and Sarah Shea Latta pose with their palms before the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer.
Ascher Latta and Sarah Shea Latta pose with their palms before the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer.
Maggie-Jane Wood and Camille Wilson
Maggie-Jane Wood and Camille Wilson
Eeyore the donkey was available for children to pet before and after the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer on April 9.
Eeyore the donkey was available for children to pet before and after the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer on April 9.
Evan Brown and Eilean Borome
Evan Brown and Eilean Borome
Ferris Reed and Claire Bielamowicz
Ferris Reed and Claire Bielamowicz
Jody Maxwell, Jillian Vega, Kate Kempton and Eliza Radford
Jody Maxwell, Jillian Vega, Kate Kempton and Eliza Radford
Parishioners carried palms through the chapel during the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer on April 9.
Parishioners carried palms through the chapel during the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer on April 9.
Jacki Boedecker passes out palms before the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer on April 9.
Jacki Boedecker passes out palms before the Palm Sunday processional at Church of the Redeemer on April 9.

 

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