Tag: Easter
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The One About the Cross
“Teacher, when you tell stories, do you think sometimes you could tell me the one about the cross. I keep wondering what that cross is about.” I will never forget that question from a little boy who attended church and my Bible class for the first time.
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25 Ways to Teach Children About the Resurrection of Jesus
Many teachers are making plans to tell the resurrection story on Easter Sunday. Whether at Easter or any other time here are some ideas that will help you share what is the most important event in the Bible. “For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no…
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Who Took My Jesus?
In two Wednesday evening bible classes I taught a group of children about the Burial and Resurrection of Jesus. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important story a child will ever hear because it is the core of the Gospel. If it was not for the sacrificial death of Jesus and…
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The Story of the Cross
A great way to give meaning to the story Jesus is Crucified and to explain the story of the Burial and Resurrection is to tell them using a single sheet of paper. Notebook paper or typing paper is fine. You will be tearing layers of paper so I would suggest light or thin paper instead of…
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After Easter: Empty Eggs and the Empty Tomb
Sometimes it seems like the resurrection of Jesus is just mixed in with the Easter bunny and Easter eggs and that makes me uncomfortable. I remember, as a young mother, what the “after Easter slump” felt like. The children were grumpy after their sugar high. Little bits of fractured egg shell were in the carpet. I would…