We have several books for younger children that we go through at Easter time. They are Benjamin's Box, The Legend of the Three Trees, and The Easter Lily. They can probably all be found at CBD or your local Christian bookstore. We also watch all of our Easter videos such as Donut Man's Resurrection Celebration, Nest's He Is Risen, the Book of Matthew and others that show or tell the story. I shouldn't say, "story" because we want our children to know that this was not just a story, but true History. An actual fact at an actual time. No doubt about it.

Another thing we do is a yearly Seder celebration. It is taking the jewish passover celebration and explaining the meanings in Christian terms. For example, we break the matzah and explain Jesus body being broken for us. The matzah is striped and pierced just as Jesus body was striped and pierced for us. We go over the entire exodus out of Egypt, etc. and connect it to our exodus from the world. The kids love this because we get to eat matzah and drink grape juice and taste bitter herbs and sweet cheroseth (diced apples, raisins and nuts) and go over the spiritual significance of them all. I think what they really like is the tradition of it. All children love tradition, no matter what it is.

At church this Sunday I was reminded of three very important "P's" surrounding Jesus death and resurrection. Because of Christ's work on the cross, we are FREE from the Power of sin, we are FREE from the Penalty of sin, and when we die, we will be free from the Presence of sin. Although there are a million reasons to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, just these three are worth celebrating and having your children memorize this year.

What will you be doing this week to teach your children about the resurrection of Christ? I'd love to hear from you!

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Posted by ByHisGraceInColorado

hope to re-do our resurrections eggs this week! we have some homemade ones, but they are getting a bit worn out.

mainly, wanted to come by here and tell you thanks for stepping into my world today and blessing me.....even though you didn't know you did!

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love you,
Nancy

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Posted by betterfullthanempty

I posted a jelly bean cookie recipe that I make for easter. Otherwise I don't do much out of the ordinary.

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Posted by HeartForHome

Hi,

We also had a Seder this year. It was really fun making some of the traditional Passover foods. We also related it to the story of Easter. Another idea we tried this year (found it on the web) was making an Easter mantle which closely resembles an advent wreath. We took a pretty container and filled it with floral foam, then positioned three white candles and one purple candle in it and covered the foam with moss. Then we wrote praises on smooth rocks and placed them around the candles. We also filled empty plastic Easter eggs with sins we had committed written on slips of paper and surrounded the container with them. On each day leading up to Easter we blew out one of the white candles (one for Jesus' betrayal and denial, one for His suffering under Pilate, and one for His crucifixion) finally on Easter we lit the purple one to celebrate His resurrection, and burned the pieces of paper with our sins and scattered the ashes. It was really neat.

Blessings,
Courtney

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