firstchurch.org congregational • gathered 1635 250 Main Street • Wethersfield, CT 06109 | 860.529.1575 We are a community of Jesus followers who love God, love one another and make disciples. Maundy Thursday Lesson Introduction: is week is Holy Week. It is the week when we remember the events surrounding Jesus’ death on the Cross and His resurrection. is is a very important week. All the amazing things that Jesus had done during His life pointed to what would happen this week. Jesus demonstrated God’s love in so many ways to so many people. Now it was time for Jesus to demonstrate God’s love in the most amazing way ever. Today we remember the night when Jesus shared His last supper with His disciples. ey were having a special meal together called the Passover. What are some special meals that you, and your family, share? What do you enjoy about them? Does your family celebrate any meals that have special memories connected to them? Jewish people, like Jesus and His disciples, celebrate Passover to remember the time when God saved the Israelites from Egypt. Now, through Jesus, God was going to do something incredible to save all people who put their trust in Him. Let’s watch and read together about what Jesus said to His disciples during that meal. • Watch: e Story of Easter – e Last Supper hps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SigoALSS1R8 Activity: Love Your Neighbors Jesus demonstrated His love for all people by going to the Cross. Let’s demonstrate our love for our neighbors by creating a decoration in our front yard that will remind them that they are loved too. Here are some ideas, use sidewalk chalk to write messages on your front walk that are encouraging, loving, or that share scripture verses about God’s love. If you don’t have chalk, consider making some signs that you can post in your front yard or decorations with similar messages that those passing by might see. Or come up with your own idea! Activity: Jesus in the Garden After the meal, Jesus went to a garden with some of His disciples to pray. • Cutout some of the figures from the included sheets and invite your kids to act out the parts of the story using their figures. Let’s read what happened, Read Luke 22:39–53 and we’ll use our cutout characters to depict the scene. • How would you have felt if you were one of Jesus’ disciples who were with him when this happened? • Does it make you feel sad or angry that Jesus was treated the way He was? Close in prayer together using the Lord’s Prayer: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
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Lesson Introduction: This week is Holy Week. It is the week when we remember the events surrounding Jesus’ death on the Cross and His resurrection. This is a very important week. All the amazing things that Jesus had done during His life pointed to what would happen this week. Jesus demonstrated God’s love in so many ways to so many people. Now it was time for Jesus to demonstrate God’s love in the most amazing way ever. Today we remember the night when Jesus shared His last supper with His disciples. They were having a special meal together called the Passover.
What are some special meals that you, and your family, share? What do you enjoy about them? Does your family celebrate any meals that have special memories connected to them?
Jewish people, like Jesus and His disciples, celebrate Passover to remember the time when God saved the Israelites from Egypt. Now, through Jesus, God was going to do something incredible to save all people who put their trust in Him. Let’s watch and read together about what Jesus said to His disciples during that meal.
• Watch: The Story of Easter – The Last Supper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SigoALSS1R8
Activity: Love Your NeighborsJesus demonstrated His love for all people by going to the Cross. Let’s demonstrate our love for our neighbors by creating a decoration in our front yard that will remind them that they are loved too. Here are some ideas, use sidewalk chalk to write messages on your front walk that are encouraging, loving, or that share scripture verses about God’s love. If you don’t have chalk, consider making some signs that you can post in your front yard or decorations with similar messages that those passing by might see. Or come up with your own idea!
Activity: Jesus in the GardenAfter the meal, Jesus went to a garden with some of His disciples to pray.
• Cutout some of the figures from the included sheets and invite your kids to act out the parts of the story using their figures. Let’s read what happened, Read Luke 22:39–53 and we’ll use our cutout characters to depict the scene.
• How would you have felt if you were one of Jesus’ disciples who were with him when this happened?
• Does it make you feel sad or angry that Jesus was treated the way He was?
Close in prayer together using the Lord’s Prayer: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
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Lesson Introduction: Today is a day that we call Good Friday, but there are some parts of it that do not seem very good at all. Good Friday is the day when we remember that Jesus died on the Cross for us. Do you remember the story we shared yesterday? What were some things that happened? Jesus and His disciples shared a special meal, Jesus went to pray in a garden, Jesus was betrayed by Judas, Jesus was arrested.
After Jesus was arrested, He was not treated very well. He was brought before some leaders and it was decided by the people that He would die on a cross. In many ways, this was a very sad day. But God has an amazing way of bringing very good things out of very bad things. Let read about what happened on Good Friday in the Bible.
Read Luke 23:44-56As you read through the story, use the Bible Character cutouts to depict the scene. Slow down at key moments and invite your kids to think about the real events that their cutout scenes are depicting. At the end, seal Jesus in the tomb and place the tomb in a prominent place in your house. Invite everyone in the family to think about what Jesus did for us each time they pass by the tomb over the next two days.
Many years before Jesus came, God spoke through a prophet named Isaiah about what Jesus would do. This is what Isaiah wrote, “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our sin; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Jesus went through a lot of pain, but His sacrifice takes away our sin, brings us peace, and heals us.
How does it make you feel to know that God loved you so much that He sent Jesus to save you?
Activity: Jesus Takes Away Our SinYou will need: two clear plastic cups, household bleach, baking soda, food coloring
For instructions check out the included video link. (Place where parents can help.)
* This is a great illustration for kids but please be super careful especially with the use of bleach. If you don’t feel comfortable doing the illustration yourself then you could simply show this video to your kids. The link is included for you so you can prepare the illustration beforehand. Below is a script you can read as you walk through the steps of the illustration or you can do so in your own words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChSK5A0JovA
We were made to be in an amazing relationship with God. We were made to know Him, to love Him, and to be with Him. Something broke our relationship with God. The Bible uses the word sin to describe this. Sin is a lot of things (drop the food coloring in as you say this next part). Sin is all the anger, jealousy, selfishness, violence, and greed that we see in our world. It is the
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wrong things we do too. Sin is also when we think badly about ourselves and feel bad about who we are. Sin keeps us away from God. This is why Jesus came. Something had to be done to break the power of sin in our lives and to renew our relationship with God. Jesus made this possible. When He died on the Cross, He took the punishment intended for us. Jesus never sinned. He lived His life in a perfect relationship with God the Father. Because Jesus is God, His death had the power to cover all of our sin. Watch as Jesus removes the sin in our lives (pour the bleach into the cup with the colored water). Just like we read a few moments ago, “By Jesus’ wound we are healed and when we believe in Him we have peace with God.”
Close in prayer together using the Lord’s Prayer: Close in prayer by writing thank you notes to Jesus. A fun idea would be to write your notes on a piece of paper towel, tree bark, egg carton, or another biodegradable item. After you’ve written the thank you prayer, bury the item in your garden explaining that in time, the item will be broken down and will become food for the plants. It will be a source for new life to grow from!.
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Lesson*: * Before the kids wake up in the morning, remove the character cutout of Jesus from the tomb and
roll the stone to the side. Relocate Jesus somewhere else in the house for the kids to find later.
Today is Easter Sunday! This is a very special day. This is a day of celebration, surprise, and joy. This is a day of new life. A couple days ago, we remembered the events of Good Friday. On Good Friday, Jesus died on the Cross and He was laid in the tomb.
Let’s read what happened on Easter morning.
Read Luke 24:1–3Let’s be like the people who went to see Jesus’ body that morning. Do you think anything will be different with our tomb? After discovering that the tomb is empty, keep reading the story beginning with Luke 24:4 and ending with 24:12.
What would you have felt or thought if you were one of the people who discovered that Jesus’ tomb was empty? Let’s see if we can find where Jesus went. Search for the Jesus cutout together. Once someone has found Him come back together to continue the lesson.
Jesus came to give us new life! That gift began with Him when He came back to life on the very first Easter. John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world that He gave Jesus, so that whoever believes in Him would not perish but would have everlasting life!” Isn’t that amazing? Because of Jesus we can have new life too!
Let’s review this incredible story of God’s love for us:Watch: The Story of Easter – Jesus’ Sacrificehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL8R158Ujp4
Close in Prayer
Activity: Signs of Life Scavenger Hunt As a family, go outside into your yard and search for signs of new life. Make a list of all the things you can find and thank God for the gift of life He has given us in Jesus!
At First Church, we usually have a special breakfast on Easter Sunday. Here are two for you to try out at home. These are both great recipes to create with the kids! At our Easter breakfast we gather together as a church family and share Monkey Bread and Breakfast Casserole. Try them out at home and say a special prayer thanking God for our First Church family.
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Breakfast CasseroleIngredients8-10 eggs3 cups of shredded cheeseSalt and pepperWhatever else you want to add (sausage, basil, veggies, bacon, etc.)
Directions1. Heavily butter a pie pan or 8 x 8 glass baking dish.
2. Mix ingredients together and pour into buttered dish.
3. Bake at 350, uncovered, for 35 to 45 minutes or until it is domed and golden brown.
4. Cool for 5 minutes and cut into slices to serve.
Monkey BreadIngredients3 (12 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough1 cup white sugar2 teaspoons ground cinnamon1/2 cup butter1 cup packed brown sugar1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Directions1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube/Bundt (R) pan.
2. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits into quarters. Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan. If using nuts and raisins, arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along.
3. In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut! The bread just pulls apart.
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He’s Alive Based on Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20
Color the flannelgraph pieces, then cover the front with clear contact paper. Cut out the pieces. Glue small pieces of sandpaper or felt on the back of each piece, so they will stick to a flannel board. Use these flannelgraph pieces to tell the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection as told in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20, or read the story included at the end of this activity.
You can also photocopy the pages, and use these figures for other activities, such as, coloring pages, to create your own reader, wall posters, mobiles, etc.
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