Easter Journey
Easter Journey is a presentation of the Easter story in a similar style to Christmas Journey. Christmas Journey has been put on for the past three years by Frodsham Churches Together for year 2 children from local primary schools. Easter Journey is designed for year 5 children.
Easter Journey 2009
Easter Journey was presented again in 2009. For the third time, just before Easter, it was the turn of Year 5 children to experience more about events in Jesus' life. They took part in an Easter Journey to discover the things that happened during the week of Jesus' death. Through role-play, storytelling and listening they travelled through the palm-waving celebrations in Jerusalem of Palm Sunday and the clearing of market traders from the temple. They took part in the last supper with the disciples, listening in on what happened in the Garden of Gethsemane and hearing about Jesus' cruel death on the cross on Good Friday. They experienced for themselves some of the emotions felt by those who knew Jesus well. The story doesn't end there of course and they discovered what happened three days later on the very first Easter morning when the tomb was found to be empty!
The journey was hosted by Churches Together in Frodsham at Main Street Community Church.
Easter Journey 2007 and 2008
The first Easter Journey presentations were in March 2007 and March 2008. They were led by Martyn Payne of BRF Barnabas in Churches with a team working alongside, most of whom have been part of the Christmas Journey team.
They took part in an Easter Journey to discover the things that happened during the week of Jesus' death. These include:
- joining the palm-waving celebrations in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday,
- seeing the clearing of market traders from the temple,
- hearing the parable of the wicked tenants,
- experiencing the last supper with the disciples,
- listening in on what happened in the Garden of Gethsemane and
- hearing about Jesus' cruel death on a cross on Good Friday.
The story doesn't end there, of course. They also
- discover what happened three days later on the very first Easter morning, when the tomb was found to be empty!
You can see the illustrations from the take-home booklet.
And read Martyn Payne’s vivid description of the event (on the BRF/Barnabas in Churches web site).
Tell His laws to your children over and over again. (Deuteronomy 6 verse 6)
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