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Hundreds of Christians from more than Two Dozen Denominations Walked Together on Palm Sunday - and Pledged to Keep Going
Palm Sunday Path Michigan drew more than 800 marchers to Lansing; over 100 people across 28 counties sign the Palm Sunday Promise within 24 hours
LANSING, Mich. — On Palm Sunday, hundreds of Michiganders from nearly 30 Christians denominations and no formal affiliation at all walked together through the streets of Lansing in a public witness for the values at the heart of their shared faith: feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger.
The procession which stretched nearly two city blocks from Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ to the Michigan State Capitol, brought together marchers from every generation united by a commitment to the call of Jesus in Matthew 25. Palm Sunday Path Michigan was not a protest. It was a witness defined not by what participants oppose, but by what they stand for.
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More Than 1,000 Michigan Christians Will Unite Across Denominations in Public Witness at State Capitol This Palm Sunday
Coalition of Christians of different traditions to process through downtown Lansing affirming Matthew 25 values: feeding the hungry, healing the sick, welcoming the stranger
LANSING, Mich. — On Palm Sunday, March 29, more than 1,000 Christians from across Michigan will gather in the state’s capital for a mile-long ecumenical procession from Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ to the Michigan State Capitol. Clergy and lay people from across a broad spectrum of denominations will walk together carrying palm branches in a public witness to the values Jesus calls his followers to in Matthew 25: feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger.
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Michigan Christians to Unite Across Denominations in Public Witness at State Capitol on Palm Sunday
Ecumenical Procession Will Lift Up Matthew 25 Values: Feeding the Hungry, Healing the Sick, Welcoming the Stranger
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Palm Sunday Path Michigan is an ecumenical procession and public witness uniting Christians from across the spectrum of denominations in a peaceful, visible affirmation of the values Jesus calls us to in Matthew 25: feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. This is not a protest. It is a witness to what faith communities stand for together.Following the procession, a gathering on the east lawn of the Michigan State Capitol will include a 90+ person choir and speakers from different denominations.
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Media Coverage
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On Palm Sunday, after churches participated in the annual practice of waving palms within church sanctuaries, the Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ invited people to continue their palm parade out into the streets.
As part of Michigan’s Palm Sunday Path on March 29, over 500 people came from across the state to march, beginning at Pilgrim Congregational UCC and walking a mile-long procession to the State Capitol.
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LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Hundreds of Christians representing denominations from across the faith walked side by side for a mile-long procession in Lansing in honor of Palm Sunday and the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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More than 1,000 Michiganders are expected to walk together through downtown Lansing on March 29, 2026, in an ecumenical procession that organizers say will affirm shared values of healing, welcome, and care for vulnerable people.
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More than 1,000 Christians from across Michigan are expected to participate in an ecumenical procession through downtown Lansing on March 29, 2026, carrying palm branches and signs to affirm values of healing, welcome, and care for vulnerable people. The one-mile Palm Sunday Path will begin at Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ and end at the Michigan State Capitol, where a program with speakers, a choir, and a symbolic laying down of palms will take place.
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The Diocese of the Great Lakes is part of an ecumenical team organizing a Palm Sunday procession that is expected to bring more than 1,000 Christians from across Michigan to the state Capitol in Lansing on March 29 in public witness to Jesus’ command to feed the hungry, heal the sick and welcome the stranger.
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