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Interactive Holy Week for Children

These sensory and interactive elements help them to truly view themselves as part of the story and as people of God. Our …

Use this simple liturgy to make Ash Wednesday accessible to people of all ages. We wanted to make Ash Wednesday, a day …

As you work to envision new ways of inviting people to enter into Holy Week, here are three teaching points to spark your …

'Maundy' comes from the word mandate, as it is at the Last Supper that Jesus tells his followers, "A new command I give you: love …

Editors Note We know the timing of this post means you can't use the idea in your church this Holy Week. But it's just SO good we …

You might pray that the person stays healthy and well fed during Holy Week. Then brainstorm what items you could include in the …

"Tonight we wash one another’s hands in a deep spirit of love, preparing one another to enter into the service of God who came …

"Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all." -Isaac Watts, 1707 When I Survey the …

"Holy Week is a remarkably powerful spiritual week. Provide time and space for young people to be immersed in a quiet Sabbath time …

"We talk about Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion, and death and how the sky turned dark and the earth stopped breathing. But the children …

"Once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light – for the fruit of the light is found in all …

"Guilt and responsibility are mutually exclusive. Guilt holds onto the wound and so prevents it from healing. Responsibility is …