Object: A palm branch, if available

Good morning, boys and girls. What do you think when you see a Palm branch? That's right Palm Sunday. What else? Where do Palm trees grow? They grow where it is warm, don't they? We associate Palm trees with places like Florida and Hawaii. We may think of sand and beaches and sunshine and the ocean.

Palm branches grew in the land where Jesus lived. Israel is on the Mediterranean Sea. There you will find sun and sand as well. …