41. Software Ideas For Lent & Easter --from Sunday Software Every year in Sunday School we teach the important events of Jesus life, easter is early in 2005 March 27 Lent begins Ash Wednesday February 9th. http://www.sundaysoftware.com/lent.html

Sunday Software's for Lent, Holy Week Easter This Page was Updated January 2005 Visit our Pentecost and Advent Pages too! This webpage gets updated each year with new software and lesson possibilities. There is a lot here to browse! OVERVIEW Every year in Sunday School we teach the important events of Jesus' life, death and resurrection. Over the years, you'll most likely collect several different "Jesus CDs" that you can mix and match to pull off your lessons. Thus, this webpage mentions lesson ideas for many of those programs. Which one you choose will depend on what program you have, and what you need to be teaching this year. Typically, a Lenten study begins with the Baptism and Temptation of Jesus. Lent ideas for the Baptism and Temptation of Jesus are at the BOTTOM of this page . Most of the suggestions on this page have to do with Holy Week. One other good resource to consult is my Jesus Cross Reference webpage. It lists ALL the Jesus stories found in various software programs we recommend. Please note: this running list of suggestions may include references to programs that have gone out of print. We continue to mention them because many of our customers have those programs. For example: Footsteps of Jesus and Disciple's Diary CDs.

42. Easter Rhythms Music Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, Or Musical Vote For Us. @ SitesForteachers @ teachnology PREPARATION Take threeEaster Egg coloring cups and mark them with these patterns ta ta/ ti-ti ta/ http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MusicEasterRhythmsIdea12.htm

Features: Special Features: Improve Writing Efficient Reading Sylvan Learning Teaching Jobs ... Teacher Magazines Site Information: EdScope Sites: Join Newsletter: Search This Site: Vote For Us: @ SitesForTeachers @ Teach-nology Easter Rhythms Visit Other About Search Forums Newsletter ... Tell-A-Friend Printable Version for your convenience! Title - Easter Rhythms By - Rosemary Shaw Subject - Music Grade Level - 1-2 PREPARATION: Take three Easter Egg coloring cups and mark them with these patterns: ta ta/ ti-ti ta/ and ti-ti ti-ti. Make 20 or more (enough for your biggest class) Easter Eggs (I use Printshop) with a design on one side, a picture of an Easter word(s) on the other) and the word(s) written out. Laminate the eggs. EXAMPLES: Ta-ta: egg hunt, bunny, candy Ti-ti ta: jelly beans, Easter egg, daffodils Ti-ti-ti-ti: Easter basket, choc'late candy, bunny rabbit PROCEDURE: Seat kids in circle on the floor. Teacher goes first, says his/her egg's words and taps on knees, then puts his/her egg in the right cup (all cups are in the middle of the circle). Play proceeds to the child on teacher's left and around the circle. Only the child whose turn it is may speak, tap the rhythm on knees or floor. When the game is over, teacher takes each cup and has the class answer "yes" or "no" to determine correct responses in each cup. NO ONE MAY POINT OUT INDIVIDUAL ERRORS; THIS IS A CLASS EFFORT

43. Access To Catholic Social Justice Teaching The easter Letter to Oklahoma City. Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, Let theword of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish http://www.justpeace.org/okc.htm

Spirituality Index Scripture Index Home Index The Easter Letter to Oklahoma City. Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised previously through his prophets in the holy scriptures, the gospel about his Son, descended from David according to the flesh, but established as Son of God in power according to the spirit of holiness through resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him we have received the grace of apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name, among all the Gentiles, among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ; to all the beloved of God in Oklahoma City, called to be holy. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is heralded throughout the world. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in proclaiming the gospel of his Son, that I remember you constantly. I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge, as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you, so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. That is why I am eager to preach the gospel also to you in Oklahoma City.

44. Easter 6C Additional resources for easter 6C Scripture in Song . This gracious giftof your Spirit continues to teach us about Jesus and to http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/html/easter_6c.html

Back to Easter 5C LECTIONARY GENERATED LITURGY Sixth Sunday of Easter Year C Acts 16:9-15; Ps. 67; Rev. 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9 Rec text - NRSV. Hymns are from the Australian Hymn Book (AHB) or Together in Song TIS) or Sing Alleluia (SA ) unless otherwise indicated. Worship Leader - normal type. Congregational responses - bold type Permission is granted to churches to use this material in services of worship. This liturgy remains the property of Moira B Laidlaw Additional resources for Easter 6C Scripture in Song . CMC Australasia, Unit 9/147 Marshalltown Road , Grovedale, Victoria 3216; New Journeys Songbook , JBCE, the Joint Board of Christian Education, 10 Queen St., Melbourne 3000,1991; Australian Prayers Bruce D Prewer, Lutheran Publishing House, Adelaide, 1983; Jesus Our Future , Bruce D Prewer, Openbook Publishers, Adelaide, 1998.

45. Easter, Cherbear's Den, Baking Easter Cookies With Your Children To Teach The Bi Jesus Lives, easter cookie recipe to teach children the true meaning ofeaster.Christian children s book author and illustrator delights kids and adults http://www.cherbearsden.com/easterolls.html

Cherbear's Den The Kid Cave The Teen Cave EASTER ROLL RECIPE! Making rolls with your children to teach the true meaning of EASTER! The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 You Need Ingredients: Crescent rolls Melted butter Large Marshmallows Cinnamon Sugar Resurrection Rolls A recipe you can do with your kids/grand kids in order for them to understand the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ . Enjoy!!!!!!! Preheat Oven to 350 degrees Give each child a triangle of crescent rolls. The crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in. Read Matthew 27: 57-61 1. Give each child a marshmallow. This represents Jesus. 2. Have him/her dip the marshmallow in melted butter. This represents the oils of embalming. 3. Now dip the buttered marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar which represents the spices used to anoint the body. 4. Then wrap up the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll (not like a typical crescent roll up.but bring the sides up and seal the marshmallow inside.) This represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death.

46. Easter Pet Safety Tips: Animal Expert Comments Diana L. Guerrero joins efforts to keep pets safe during the easter holiday!Learn more here. Discover her book, What Animals Can teach Us about Spirituality. http://www.arkanimals.com/dlg/easter_holiday_pet_safety_tips.htm

Welcome to adventure! Return to index of arkanimals.com Learn pet safety tips for Easter. Animal expert, Diana L. Guerrero shares Easter pet safety hints and alternative gifts for Easter. See the newsroom for press releases and related materials Easter Pet Safety Tips Old Press Room Index Author Diana L. Guerrero encourages pet safety during Easter celebrations. Read up on her most recent Holiday Safety Tips and Hints! Recent News Author and animal expert, Diana L. Guerrero joins efforts to conserve wildlife and protect pets through educating people about animals through her books, columns, and programs. Animal Behaviorist Offers Easter Pet Safety Tips Animal Safety Alert: Easter Pet Hazards and Humane Gift Alternatives Animal clinics and veterinary hospitals see increased visits during the spring holidays. Animal behaviorist and animal book author, Diana L. Guerrero shares tips to avoid endangering animals during Easter and other spring holiday celebrations. Pet precautions should be taken during the spring celebrations like Easter according to animal behaviorist, Diana L. Guerrero. "Pets, like kids, love to get into forbidden goodies. Unfortunately, raiding pets getting into the chocolate supply can face needless suffering-or death," she said.

47. Easter Story Cookies - Christian Site This is a great recipe to teach your Children the REAL story of easter. teach themthat the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior is not dead, but He Has Risen. http://www.fathershands.com/eastercookies/

New Pages From DeerLake Designs To be made the evening before Easter This is a great recipe to teach your Children the REAL story of Easter. Teach them that the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior is not dead, but He Has Risen. You will need: 1c. whole pecans 1c. sugar 1 tsp. vinegar tape 3 egg whites wooden spoon pinch salt zipper baggie Now grab an Apron and let's get started Bible ( Click here to for Printable Bible Verses Preheat oven to 300 (this is important-don't wait till you're half done with the recipe) Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested He was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Read John 19:1-3 Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink. Read John 19:28-30 Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life. Read John 10:10-11 Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.

48. Chapel : Sermons : Easter 6, 2004 Senior Service (easter 6). John 142329 May 15, 2004 He patiently continuesto teach them what he had been trying to get them to understand all along, http://www.valpo.edu/chapel/sermon/easter_6_051504.php

Index Contact Home : Chapel of the Resurrection : Sermons Chapel Sermons and Homilies Senior Service (Easter 6) John 14:23-29 May 15, 2004 Dr. Lorraine S. Brugh Tonight we meet Jesus at a threshold. This is the last time Jesus will be able to talk openly with his disciples before his death. This passage has been traditionally called the farewell discourse in John's gospel. Jesus knows it is time to begin the goodbye: the disciples are slower to understand what is already happening. Sound familiar? The lessons tonight mark our crossing the threshold into the 6th week of Easter and also speak of thresholds. Jesus continues to prepare his disciples for that final threshold between them in which Jesus will be removed forever from their sight. And what does he do in the mean time? He patiently continues to teach them what he had been trying to get them to understand all along, and he is probably fully aware that they grasp what he is saying partially at best. Seniors, did you notice as you crossed the threshold into the chapel tonight that this is that last time you'll be crossing into this place before your college graduation day? Do you understand that? We all find ourselves standing at several thresholds tonight. You can name many of them. Besides the chapel tonight, most of you seniors will walk across the stage in the ARC tomorrow, crossing the threshold of college graduation. Others will watch as your child, sister or friend crosses. Thresholds abound on a night like this; think of the number of times most of you will enter this chapel in comparison with the last 4 years. There are the thresholds of your advisor's office door, your best friends' dorm room, the door you walked out after your last exam, never mind Passtimes. As you crossed the threshold of the chapel's doors this evening, you were already crossing into a passage that will send many of you away from this place.

49. Carpe Datum: Random Easter Stuff I will say, though, that easter today worked out pretty well. First questionon the agenda was why do I not teach more upper division classes. http://www.ithadtobeyou.net/carpe/archives/001556.html

Carpe Datum Main March 27, 2005 Random Easter Stuff Too much depressing news today, and I'm too tired to dig for the links, but these stories are easy to find at the first few blogs in my sidebar. Let's see, turns out torture and abuse were (are?) more or less routine in Iraqi prisons, and the ok for that came down from on high. Nothing new there, but since there won't be any hearings, etc., then there's nothing making easy-to-broadcast news, so the networks revert to Michael Jackson, etc. Turns out most of the Republicans making fanatic pro-life stands on the Shiavo case have a whole bunch of hypocrisy on that issue in their backgrounds (including Bush, Frist and DeLay). Again, nothing new there, Republicans are hypocrites on nearly everything, it seems, but about the only time it is reported, it gets the "but Democrats are just as bad" treatment. As if. There's just so much, on some days, I'm just too overwhelmed to post about any one thing. That's just two of about ten stories I read about today that drained my energy and reminded me just how much the ConservaBorg are fucking up America. Bleh. I will say, though, that Easter today worked out pretty well. Poor Michelle was not feeling well this morning (after being the Easter trooper last night and getting everything done for them while I was falling asleep), but she rebounded by about midday, and we got to see my dad and stepmom. They had some fun things set up for the kids, and the kids ended up with a lot of candy, a little money, and a few cool gifts today. They even behaved well pretty much the whole day, except for Cody throwing an empty laundry basket that hit Daniel accidentally, but no harm done, and he got the clean up the backyard for his trouble, which needed doing anyway.

50. USCCB - (USCCB Publishing) - How Do I Use... Use Prayers for the Lenten and easter Seasons to teach various prayers of Lentand easter to elementary and middle school children. http://www.usccb.org/publishing/howtitle.shtml

Catalogs English (order form) Topical Index (English) Topical Index (Spanish) PDF (Spanish) ... PDF (Spanish Supplement) To Order Order Form Order Information About Our Titles New Titles Best Sellers "How Do I Use..." To Teach ... Permissions Requests Parish Resources Bulletin Inserts Prayer Cards About Us Contact Us To Request Desk Copies To Request Review Copies Publishing Home How Do I Use... Organized Alphabetically by Title "How Do I Use..." By Age By Title By Ministry ... W B Book of Mary Give copies of the Book of Mary to the homebound. Pray one prayer each week from the Book of Mary during morning announcements. Start or end the May, October, or December faculty or school board meetings with one of the "Prayers in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary" or one of the litanies in the Book of Mary Use the prayer on page 19 of the Book of Mary as a way to pray for the welfare of the children in your school. Teach students prayers and devotions to Mary during the month of May and Advent using the Book of Mary Built of Living Stones Plan how to implement the rites all year round including during the seasons of Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter and especially regarding the use of art in the worship space. C Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium Gather with the neophytes during the weeks of Easter and reflect on discipleship and the four calls of the laity using the text and questions in Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium Called to Faithful Citizenship Use the questions in Called to Faithful Citizenship to identify the top ten behaviors that a faithful citizen must have in order to bear witness to the Gospel in your community.

51. Open Book: A Blessed Easter A blessed easter to all of you, especially those of you who have been At anyrate, if you want to teach during Mass, you have to be very careful. http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2005/03/a_blessed_easte.html

hostName = '.typepad.com'; open book Saint of the Day About Amy Welborn "She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick" Have Amy Come Speak In Between Naps Michael's Homepage Favorite Links ... About Me My Books Articles Articles at Catholic Exchange Book Reviews Life Issues Catholic Writers ... Spirituality Holy Blogs of Obligation After Abortion Annunciations Bettnet CT Weblog ... The Revealer now listening to Vatican Radio WMNF WDVX Syndicate this site (XML) var site="sm4openbook" Powered by TypePad Site Credits Clip Art from Hermanoleon Left Rail Quote: From "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" by Flannery O'Connor Banner Art: "Chop Suey" by Edward Hopper Main March 27, 2005 A blessed Easter A blessed Easter to all of you, especially those of you who have been baptized or made professions of faith this year. Because of the Little Child factor, I haven't been to an Easter Vigil in a few years, which is too bad, but that's just the way it goes. As a DRE, I used to help run the things for several years, and was deeply immersed in the catechumenate, but that was then, this is now. The most memorable Easter Vigil of recent years was the one which Michael and I attended at St Meinrad Archabbey a few years ago. It began in the dark of night, down in a courtyard, where the fire was sparked and the Paschal Candle lit. The liturgy progressed, back up in the church, through all of the readings, the homily and then....

52. Mary Page Marian Prayers Of Consecration In the brilliant light of easter, teach us, too, that nothing is impossible withGod. All our struggles with self and others, http://www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/consec01.html

Easter Acts of Consecration To be prayed at the beginning of each prayer below: Leader: Let us commend ourselves and all people to the love and protection of the Mother of God. All: Holy Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, intercede for us with the Lord our God. Leader: God who is mighty has done great things for us. All: And holy is God's name. Leader: Let us pray: Sunday Mary, On this, the Lord's Day, We celebrate with joy the fulfillment of the miracle God began in your womb. He became what we are So that we might become what he is. He is Risen, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. He reigns as Lord and God forever. In your marveling at the great things the Mighty One worked in you, We find our own awe at being chosen sons (and daughters) of God, Of being empowered to become a nation of saints, Of being commissioned to bear Christ to the world. With you as our companion and model, May God bring this good work to completion And may our dedication to you of all that we have and are Bring us to share in your blessedness. Amen.

53. No Passion For Easter Bunny At Church Show - - MSNBC.com Parents and children became upset when a church trying to teach about Jesus’ an easter show with actors whipping the easter bunny and breaking eggs. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4693430/

Skip navigation Entertainment Reality TV Television ... Most Popular NBC NEWS MSNBC TV Today Show Nightly News Meet the Press ... Entertainment No passion for Easter Bunny at church show Children in audience watch as actor in rabbit costume whipped GLASSPORT, Pa. - First, the Passion of the Christ. Now, the torment of the Easter Bunny? It may not have been as gruesome as Mel Gibson's movie, but many parents and children got upset when a church trying to teach about Jesus' crucifixion performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs. People who attended Saturday's show at Glassport's memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, "There is no Easter bunny," and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified. Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. "He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped," Salzmann said. Patty Bickerton, the youth minister at Glassport Assembly of God, said the performance wasn't meant to be offensive. Bickerton portrayed the Easter rabbit and said she tried to act with a tone of irreverence. "The program was for all ages, not just the kids. We wanted to convey that Easter is not just about the Easter bunny, it is about Jesus Christ," Bickerton said.

54. Easter (The Biblical story of easter is told in these chapters Matthew chapters 26 28 This is not something that anyone can teach you to do with your power. http://applesaucekids.com/Lessons/Easter.html

55. Chapter 1 - Time For Adventure And Easter Sunday We teach them the right way to do it and give them lots of exercises. should we teach them the way I taught you the ten steps to easter? http://mumnet.tripod.com/thoughts/thought008.htm

setAdGroup('67.18.104.18'); var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Search: Lycos Tripod Dating Search Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site ... Next Mum Mathematical Ulterior Motives - the mother of all ulterior sites - thoughts What is Mathematics? A novel with more questions than answers. Chapter 1 Time for adventure and Easter Sunday The plane from Miami to Santo Domingo had been air born for half an hour. It was packed. It seemed that everybody was going home for Easter. The man next to me was filling out the immigration card. He had a Dominican Republic passport. One of the questions was, "How long will you stay in the Dominican Republic (not to be filled out by residents)?" He wrote in capital letters PARA SIEMPRE, or FOREVER. On my other side sat Ana. She had come from Spain to join me exploring the Dominican Republic for eleven days. Knowing Ana rather well, I knew we were going to explore a lot more than what meets the eye of a normal tourist. Ana was never a distant observer, she would always get involved, for better or for worse, with the surroundings. The passenger on her other side, a rather solid woman, had made innocent conversation with Ana, commented among other things that Easter was early this year. Ana did no need more than this. Now the two ladies were discussing if Easter Sunday fell on irregular dates every year, or if there was a pattern to the madness. The solid lady was of the opinion that the first full moon after 21 March somehow determined the time for Easter, and that the day for Easter Sunday could only be found from almanacs. Ana, on the other hand, said she knew a simple system to calculate Easter Sunday for any year.

56. How Did Pagan Customs Mix Into Christmas And Easter? And from where did the name easter come, together with the 40day fast of The Greek pagans were furious that the Jews continued to teach the world the http://www.noahide.com/paganism.htm

JAHG-USA Web Site Join our e-mail list Home How Did Pagan Customs Mix into Christmas and Easter? It began hundreds of years ago, when the Church changed the Bible. . . Many modern traditions of Christian holidays do not originate from Christianity itself. These customs are not "harmless" sources of joy, but rather cause invisible spiritual damage to the souls of family members and other loved ones. What is the source of such customs as adorning Christmas trees with lights, decorating with pine branches, holly, mistletoe, and yule logs, or exchanging gifts? Indeed, why is Christmas celebrated in late December, a time that Jesus certainly was not born? And from where did the name "Easter" come, together with the 40-day fast of Lent and the Easter egg? All of these strange customs originated in ancient forms of idol-worship, including the Egyptian cult of Isis, the Syrian and Babylonian cults of Astarte (or "Ishtar"), the Greek cult of Dionysus, the Roman festivals of Saturnalia and the sun, the cults of the Druids in England, and others. Such pagan cults were notorious for practicing witchcraft, forced prostitution, self-mutilation, human sacrifice to false gods, and even burning children alive. In other words, the Church accepted its holiday traditions from ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Romeenemies of G-d who fought bitterly against His Word and were condemned by such Biblical prophets as Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel for their wickedness.

57. How To Treat Easter Guests Doubling churches look at easter as one of the great opportunities of the We get an opportunity to touch them, talk to them, teach them and love them. http://www.joshhunt.com/mail39.htm

Every church can greatly benefit from reading You Can Double Your Class in Two Years or Less . It is a basic book of encouragement for the building of Sunday School and Bible Study groups that can be greatly used of God to build great participation. The ideas are creative and exciting. I encourage you to give prayerful consideration to these significant pages. James T. Draper You can sign up all of your teachers by emailing me their email addresses: josh@joshhunt.com References from recent conferences: "This may have been the best seminar I have attended. I really have been motivated to give this a very close look and then do this." "I had been thinking this was something our class needed to do. I appreciate the affirmation. You're right. We need to act in love, not just teach." "Josh is very real to life and practical." "Thank you for a great session. You have been thought provoking and scriptures you shared are very convicting. I know I need to look inside me and be confident in God's use of me. You were fun and made learning fun." "Thank you for time well spent. Your ability to make truth clear and drive to the heart the responsibility of showing nothing but truth is most valuable. It's helpful to understand what is behind the 2020 program. It's exciting and your effort is appreciated. And I will add you to my prayer list."

58. Traditions Of Easter New and unique and old favorite ways of celebrating easter in a 21st You cangrow a sizable marigold plant, an “impatiens” which can teach so much http://de.essortment.com/traditionseaste_rnnz.htm

Traditions of Easter New and unique and old favorite ways of celebrating Easter in a 21st century fashion that the whole family will enjoy. Menu ideas, baking and candy making, easy decor, attention to the season of spring, visiting shut-ins and more. Easter, the great feast day meant to celebrate the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead three days after his crucifixion, is the highlight of the Christian calendar. If you are a follower of Christ, you no doubt have many ways of joining your family activities to those of your church in honor of the Resurrection, which offers hope in a life after death for all. Some Catholic families even bring their Easter food to Church for to have it blessed on the Saturday before Easter, to signify their trust in the special feast. But even those who are not avid Church going Christians, and some Christians who would like to engage their families in more global holiday activities are to be reminded that Easter as a seasonal high point can be celebrated by everyone. It is not an accident that Easter happens a few weeks (depending on the full moon and other natural conditions) into spring. Even the earliest pagans celebrated this season of new life and found in it the hope to carry on fore another year. If warmth returned, buds came again to barren looking trees, and crops grew once more after a cold, dark winter, was it not possible, the ancients told themselves, that humans, too, could be promised new life? The entire family, from the youngest toddler to the elders, can enjoy seasonal celebrations of spring and the rising of new life, whether they connect it to the rising of Christ or to the reflowering of nature. The suggestions here cover enjoyable and learning activities in the kitchen, as well as games and activities outdoors and beyond the home, as starting points. Families should always build on their own traditions, thus cultivating memories that nurture the young and feed the older.

59. Children How To teach Children About Jesus (Children easter) By Charles Stanley. For toomany children today, easter is solely a time of painting pastelcolored http://www.biblestudyplanet.com/k8.htm

CONTACT ABOUT US PRAY FOR US FIND A CHURCH ... ALL LINKS By Charles Stanley For too many children today, Easter is solely a time of painting pastel-colored eggs, searching for treasures on an Easter egg hunt, and digging through an Easter basket for chocolate bunnies While these festivities are an enjoyable way for the family to participate in something traditional, they can easily trivialize the Christian meaning of Easter. One of the most important responsibilities Christian parents have is to teach their children about Jesus Christ. Yet countless children grow up knowing Christ only through what they learn from second-hand sources. The sketchy images these encounters with God imprint on their minds can range anywhere from a drill sergeant to . . . well, the Easter bunny. In order for children to digest the authentic Easter message, Christ’s sacrificial death on a cross, they must have a context in which to put the person of Jesus Christ. When the Gospel is glossed over by lighthearted scenarios that don’t mirror real life, children can be led into thinking Christianity amounts only to an untainted notion of perfectionism. The real story–a story about tarnished and degenerate souls who were saved by Christ’s unconditional love, redeemed by the miracle of His death, and blessed with a living hope for all eternity–is as relevant to children today as it always has been. The story never changes, but, in a modern context, the way we tell it does.

60. Buls Sermon Notes Easter V easter V. THEME Lord, teach Us to Pray. INTRODUCTION. The Gospel and the Sacramentsshow us what God, in Christ, has done and still does to save us. http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/bul/east-05a.html

The Sermon Notes of Harold Buls The Sermon Notes of Harold Buls On the Gospel Lessons of the Ingrian Lutheran Church of Russia Text from Luke 11:1-13 Easter V 1. While Jesus was praying, one of the disciples made a request (vs.1) but vs. 5 says Jesus addressed them , more than one. 2. This is the only instance in the Gospels of a request to Jesus for teaching people. And vs. 1 tells us that the Baptist taught His disciples. 3. The Lord's Prayer was spoken by Jesus one year earlier at Mt. 6:9-13. That was in Galilee. This second time in Lk. 11 occurred very likely in Judea. This is a shorter form of the Lord's Prayer. 4. Jesus begins with the word "Father" (vs. 2) and ends with the same word (vs. 13). Jesus spoke often of His Father all the way from Lk. 2:49 to Lk. 23:43. The NT is full of the word "Father". Only Christians, those who believe in Christ, address God as "Father". Muslims and Jews do not use the word. 5. Only Lutherans, on the basis of the Bible, believe that the Word and the Sacraments are means of grace, ways by which God comes to us. For example Rom. 10:17; I Pet. 1:23: Eph. 5:26; Mt. 26:28. Prayer is not called a means of grace. At Lk. 8:11 Jesus said: "The seed is the Word." He did not say: "The seed is prayer." The means of grace bring us forgiveness of sins and salvation. Prayer is an exercise of faith, a response of the Christian to God. Parents feed their children daily bread. The children respond by speaking to their parents. 6. Because the Lord's Prayer is the model prayer in which Jesus enumerates all our needs, Luther made it one of the chief parts of both the Small and the Large Catechism. Before you preach on Luke 11 read again pp. 17-20 in the Russian Lutheran Catechism. At Lk. 11:2 the better manuscripts of the NT do not include the third petition. Evidently, Jesus taught the Lord's Prayer often but did not always use the same form. Prayer is not rigid and mechanical. In the Lord's Prayer Jesus teaches us what we should pray for. Vss. 5-13 tell us how we are to pray.

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