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Worship Resources
Easter Explorer
This worship service is a celebration of the Good News of Jesus' resurrection. It provides an opportunity for people to explore what they believe and it encourages interaction between children and older people. The service can be used in large or small congregations, and can be easily adapted for home use.
 Easter Explorer (277.41 kB)
Love Lives
Easter is about Love. Easter is about Life.
The Love Lives! packet contains an assortment of special intergenerational elements that you can incorporate into your regular service order or a special celebration format to celebrate that Love Lives at Easter!
Love lives (104.64 kB)
In God’s Name
This All-Age Worship Resource could be used for Trinity Sunday or Christ the King Sunday, or any Sunday when you want to explore the nature of God and the names we give God:
In God's Name - All-age Worship (114.99 kB)
Easter Worship Ideas
The Cross (118.57 kB)
Family Activities
Living in God's Fatherly Love
Lent is a special time for living in God's fatherly love. Here is a resource that can help families concentrate on the wonder of God's love during lent.
There are seven themes - one for each week of Lent plus one for the week of Easter. For each theme there is a key Bible passage and a number of possible activities revolving around the passage, the family's life, and the love-heart symbol. Families can make an optional heart mobile as a visual focus for the study.
Family leaflet Lent leaflet
Mobile pattern, to photocopy on red/pink card Lent mobile (322.61 kB)
Living for Others . . . and Loving It
A program for use in homes during Lent. It develops two of The Child in Our Hands' key activities for developing faith families: Family Devotions and Family Service.
Written by Mary Jo Zwar (RCCFM).
Living for others (90.82 kB)
Teardrops for Lent: An activity for your whole family
A series of one-a-week activities for families to do at home during Lent, with Bible readings, discussion points and a teardrop craft. The theme focuses on times when we cry and is an A5 booklet that may be photocopied for each family. Written by Mary Jo Zwar (RCCFM).
Tear drops (60.94 kB)
Holy Week Table Mat
Holy week table mat (48.13 kB)
Easter Resource Pages for Parents
A resource page for parents: Parents Page - Celebrating Milestones (113.36 kB)
Creative Easter Resources
Crafts: Easter crafts - roosters and chicks (90 kB)
Good Friday activities for playgroup or kids club: Five brown Buns (81.35 kB)
Drama: Jesus in the Temple (41.69 kB)
Stained Glass Window Biscuit & Picture: Stained glass Easter Crafts (179.26 kB)
New life craft: Easter Butterflies (368.45 kB)
Easter Cards: Easter Card Crafts (637.66 kB)
Easter Diaramas: Easter Diaramas (1.32 MB)
Chocolate Tomb & 3D Cross: Easter Crafts Tomb and Cross (383.67 kB)
Palm Leaf Cross: Palm Leaf Cross (117.64 kB)
Other Resources
Barnabas (UK)
Lent and Easter ideas to use at home
Countdown to Easter
Palms for Holy Week
Sounds of Holy Week
Easter - the foot-washing story - a dramatic presentation
The Max 7 Easter Section
The Vic/Tas Synod has some fantastic Lent and Easter resources. They are definately worth a look! Check out their Seasonal Resources here. Especically
The NSW and ACT Synod have also set up this website for Children's Ministry http://www.childrensministry.org.
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