Holy Week – Easter Morning
Holy Week is the week from Palm Sunday to Easter – the week Christians celebrate each year to remind us of God’s amazing Gift of Salvation through His Son, Jesus. Create daily conversations to celebrate Easter with your family.
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Purchase Resurrection Eggs or create your own with empty plastic eggs numbered 1-12. Each egg should contain an item to prompt a retelling of a part of the Easter story. Use the following suggestions as a guide:
- Egg #1 – A small leaf symbolic of a palm branch in Matthew 21:1–11
- Egg #2 – A small cloth sprayed with perfume to symbolize the scene in John 12:2–8
- Egg #3 – A piece of cereal to illustrate the Last supper in Matthew 26:17–19
- Egg #4 – Three dimes to symbolize Judas’ betrayal of Christ in Matthew 27:3
- Egg #5 – Toothpicks glued in the shape of a cross to remind us of Jesus carrying His cross from John 19:17
- Egg #6 – A small thorny branch or single thorn as a reminder of Jesus’ crown in John 19:2
- Egg #7 – Small dice reflecting how soldiers gambled for Jesus’ clothes as explained in John 19:23–24
- Egg #8 – A tiny nail or straight pin to illustrate the nails used on the cross in John 19:18, 37 and 20:25–29
- Egg #9 – A small sponge to discuss Matthew 27:34
- Egg #10 – Several whole cloves or other spice to reflect Jesus’ burial described in John 19:40
- Egg #11 – A small rock to represent the stone that covered the tomb in John 20:1
- Egg #12 – Leave this egg empty to show that the tomb was empty on Easter morning! John 20:6–7
Pray
Lord Jesus, thank you for the empty tomb! Thank you for that first Easter morning that we continue to celebrate every day. Help us, individually and as a family, to share this story of Good News with others. Amen.