I’m a big believer in giving the children’s sermon as much thought as I do any other part of worship. Creating A Children's …
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 …
Three Teaching Points for Easter
"Consider taking time this Easter season to sit with this mystery, to feel the discomfort of uncertainty and to rest in God’s …
Three Teaching Points for Holy Week
As you work to envision new ways of inviting people to enter into Holy Week, here are three teaching points to spark your …
Maundy Thursday Agape Meal Activity
'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 …
Holy Week Passports
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 …
Maundy Thursday Hand Washing
"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 …
On Good Friday: A Word from Isaac Watts
"Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all." -Isaac Watts, 1707 When I Survey the …
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Holy Week Through the Eyes of Youth
"Holy Week is a remarkably powerful spiritual week. Provide time and space for young people to be immersed in a quiet Sabbath time …
Palms, Supper, Tomb: A Children’s Service for Holy Week
"We talk about Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion, and death and how the sky turned dark and the earth stopped breathing. But the children …
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Books & Music for Lent from Paraclete Press
"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 …
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Easter Craft: Resurrection Butterflies
"A fun tradition is to make them during Holy Week. You can then hide the butterfly chrysalises, to be revealed on Easter …
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