Easter All-Age Worship Idea On Good Friday the wood cross stands bare except for a piece of purple material draped around the cross-bar. On Easter Sunday the cross has been covered in fine ‘chicken wire’ mesh and lights at the rear have been turned on. As people come forward for communion they place a flower [...]
Easter Reflections 1. When a tree is cut through you see the ring pattern that runs right the way up and down the trunk. Good Friday is a slice through history that allows us to see the pattern of God’s love stretching forwards and backwards to infinity. 2. “Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man [...]
As Christianity spread, more familiar traditions. symbols and celebrations of spring were associated with Easter -Christ coming back to life after death. One of the oldest spring symbols is the egg. The oval shape of the egg was the same shape for a raindrop and a seed. These two were important life-giving elements. the egg [...]
Easter Craft -Empty Tomb This is a food craft to help us remember the victory of Jesus rising from death. Using chocolate Easter Eggs, biscuits and toothpicks. Simple, a bit messy and lots of fun, the empty tomb reminds us of that victory Jesus had over death. Empty Tomb Craft Other Easter resources at Max7.org
I recently put this memory verse to a well known tune. (Sung to the tune “Row, row your boat” with appropriate actions and can be sung as a round) Love, love, love the Lord Love the Lord your God. With all your heart With all your soul With all your mind and strength. (Mark 12:30) [...]
Children’s Activity on the Resurrection. Click to enlarge
At my other website at Eliab.com I have listed a page of links to original Easter puppet plays, stories chants and poems. TeacherHelp.org has a wide range of links to Easter material ( craft, plays, worksheets) suitable for Sunday School, church or a school setting. Max7.org has two short Easter videos which work well with [...]
Why We Love Children An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him: “How do you expect to get into Heaven?” The boy thought it over and said: “Well, I’ll run in and out and in and out slamming the door until St Peter says: “For Heavens sake Dylan, come in [...]
