Easter at First Dallas
Celebrate Palm Sunday & Easter with First Baptist Dallas on Sundays, March 24 & 31!
First Baptist Dallas is home for your entire family this Easter! Celebrate the good news of our risen Savior with us on Palm Sunday, March 24, and Easter Sunday, March 31.
We have exciting events for everyone in your family, including powerful worship with our Choir & Orchestra, First Dallas Band, and award-winning musical guest, Matthew West, transformative and biblical messages from Dr. Robert Jeffress, and fun and interactive experiences for your children.
Scroll down below for a full list of everything we will be doing this season to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at First Dallas!
Let Us Know You’re Visiting Us This Palm Sunday & Easter!
Events & Schedule
Palm Sunday Morning
Sunday, March 24 | 9:15 & 11am | Worship Center & Historic Sanctuary
Join us for powerful worship by GRAMMY nominee and highly esteemed award-winner, Matthew West, as he leads worship alongside the First Dallas Choir & Orchestra and First Dallas Band. You will also hear an encouraging, biblical message from Dr. Robert Jeffress.
There are few more compelling storytellers in any genre of music than Matthew West. A five-time GRAMMY nominee, multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner, and 2018 Dove Award Songwriter of the Year (Artist) recipient, Matthew West has also received an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, a K-LOVE Fan Award, and been named Billboard’s Hot Christian Songwriter of the Year. He has been awarded a RIAA Gold certification for his single “Hello, My Name Is” and RIAA Platinum certification for the song “The Motions.” In 2022, West was the first Christian artist in over 20 years to win the coveted Nashville Songwriter Association International’s Songwriter-Artist of the Year. His demonstrable talent has served a powerful avenue for ministry, allowing him to share the gospel and lead many to faith in Christ.
See Matthew West’s music here.
Lord’s Supper Service
Sunday, March 24 | 6pm | Worship Center
Celebrate the good news of our risen Savior with an unforgettable Palm Sunday evening. Together as a church family, we will remember the cross by observing the Lord’s Supper and celebrate the resurrection with a special time of worship with Matthew West and our Choir & Orchestra.
March for Eternal Life
Sunday, March 24
After our Palm Sunday evening service, join the March for Eternal Life as we carry a large, illuminated cross down the streets of Downtown Dallas to Klyde Warren Park in bold proclamation of the gospel.
Palm Sunday Worship in the Park
Sunday, March 24 | 7pm | Klyde Warren Park
Lift high the name of Jesus in the heart of our city with a special outdoor worship concert featuring the legendary Matthew West!
Easter Sunday
Sunday, March 31 | 9:15 & 11am | Worship Center & Historic Sanctuary
Spend the most important Sunday of the year with your family at First Dallas! Together, we will celebrate the good news of Jesus Christ—that by His death we are forgiven and that by His resurrection we have new and everlasting life—with powerful worship from our Choir & Orchestra in the Worship Center and First Dallas Band in the Historic Sanctuary. Then, Dr. Jeffress will share a life-changing Easter message.
Pascua en First Dallas en Español
Domingo 31 de Marzo | 11am | CenterStage
¡Ven y celebremos la Pascua en First Dallas en Español el domingo 31 de Marzo a las 11am en CenterStage! Tendremos música especial y un mensaje que inspirará tu vida donde el pastor Dr. Humberto González construirá una cruz grande en vivo. Invita a tus familiares, amistades, vecinos, y compañeros de trabajo y escuela. ¡Cristo Vive!
Triumphal Entry for Children
Sunday, March 24 | 9:15 & 11am | Horner Family Center
On Palm Sunday, March 24, children will enjoy an interactive experience of the triumphal entry featuring live donkeys and real palm branches!
10th Anniversary of Resurrection Road & Preschool Praise for Children
Sunday, March 31 | 9:15 & 11am | Horner Family Center
Children will get to experience Easter in a whole new way at First Dallas! On Easter Sunday, March 31, preschoolers will have a special time of interactive and engaging worship, and other children will get to see the Bible stories brought to life at our 10th Anniversary of Resurrection Road!
Additional Events
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Friday, March 22–Sunday, March 31
Easter Devotional
Beginning Thursday, March 21, journey with our First Dallas staff members through Old Jerusalem as we trace the footsteps of Jesus along the Via Dolorosa in our Easter Devotional series, “Footprints of Redemption.” Together, step by step, we’ll reflect on the events leading to His crucifixion, reminding us of our Savior’s enduring sacrifice and the hope His resurrection brings.
Read beginning March 21
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Coming soon!
Spring Training
Spring Training is a churchwide, five-week study through select psalms that will equip us with “Five Prayers for a Transformed Heart.” We’ll provide you with a journal, a t-shirt, and plenty of encouragement along the way, so gather your family and community and let the heart renovations begin!