Good Friday for children and families
PART 1
Read: Mark 15:1, 15, 22-25, 37, 39
The religious leaders wanted to get rid of Jesus. They told lies about him. Jesus was arrested. It was a very sad day, because the authorities put Jesus to death on a cross.
Holy Week in a Box: Make a cross out of the pipe cleaner and place it with Jesus in front of the box.
PART 2
Read Mark 15:40-43, 46, 47.
When Jesus had died, his friends took his body down from the cross and wrapped it in linen cloth. They placed Jesus’ body in a tomb cut out of rock. Wrap Jesus in the cloth. Place him in the box and put the lid on.
Using p. 22 from the Creative Lent Journal as a guide, talk about the ways Jesus declared his love for us by dying on the cross. Add a figure of some kind to represent Jesus inside the tomb of your Easter Garden.
Wonder together:
What might it have been like to be part of the crowd on the streets that day? I wonder how his friends felt? How do we see Jesus loving us through his death on the cross?
Pray:
Lord God, we’re sad for all that happened to Jesus that day and for how he suffered. Be with us as we remember all that he went through. Amen
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