Join us for worship today on this second Sunday of Easter. You can dins coloring and puzzle pages for children to use during worship, and a prayer to color here. Elementary-aged children are invited to a live Godly Play class at 9:45 am this morning. Invitations including the password to join were sent by email to those who have attended Godly Play this year. May the peace of Christ be with you!
HAPPY EASTER! Join us today for worship from home as we celebrate the resurrection. Many of us will watch together at 11 am but you are welcome to worship at anytime. Find the livestream here on our Scattered Church page. There will be a special Godly Play story told, with help from some of our children! You can also find it below, (but save it for worship first so the children can hear it there.)
WORSHIP RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN: Worship bulletins for children: Christ is Risen coloring, Coloring sheet. More to color/draw. Word puzzle and more. See also the coloring sheets at the bottom of this post.
And for more to do:
easter sunday at Home. Download the page below and use it to guide family faith activities today.
Roll away the stone on your Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section, and add something that reminds you of the joy of Easter!
(Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Easter at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………)
EASTER SCAVENGER HUNT: Join us today for an Easter Family Scavenger Hunt at 11 am for parents and children. We will gather online to hear the story of Easter. Children will go hunting for items in their homes to help us remember and retell the story. Find the link in your email or the Coffee Talk Facebook group.
HOLY WEEK WALK: Walk through the events of this holy week with this telling from our friends at First Presbyterian Church in Dallas. You might want to listen while you take a walk around your neighborhood. There are a few pictures, but mostly scripture and sound, and this would make a lovely prayer walk for Saturday.
Holy Week Saturday at Home. Download the page below and use it to guide family faith activities today.
Add a small stone to your Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section, as you remember the tomb that was closed up with the body of Jesus inside.
(Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Holy Week at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………)
Participate in our Good Friday service at home. It includes candle light, music and readings from the last days of the life of Jesus. Find it on our FPCA Scattered Church webpage.
Holy Week GOOD FRIDAY at Home. Download the page below and use it to guide family faith activities today.
Add a cross to your Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section, as you remember how Jesus died.
(Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Holy Week at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………) Download it here for the links.
Download the craft resources here, with the links.
Watch the Godly Play story of the Last Supper , and then wonder together.
Wonder together:
Participate in our Maundy Thursday service at home. It includes a simple service of hand washing, for all ages. Find it on our FPCA Scattered Church webpage.
Holy Week Thursday at Home. Download the page below and use it to guide family faith activities today.
Add a cup and plate and a small bowl of water to your Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section, as you remember how Jesus taught us to love one another today.
(Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Holy Week at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………) Download it here for the links.
Download the craft resources here, with the links.
Holy Week Wednesday at Home. Download the page below and use it to guide family faith activities today.
Add a small bottle of perfume, lotion or essential oil to your Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section, as you remember the woman’s extravagant love for Jesus today.
Download the labyrinth here.
(Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Holy Week at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………) Download it here for the links.
Download the craft resources here, with the links.
Download activity resources with links
Holy Week Tuesday at Home. Download the page below and use it to guide family faith activities today.
Add a candle to your Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section, as you consider those in need in Asheville today.
(Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Holy Week at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………) Download it here for the links.
Download the craft resources here, with the links.
Download Making a River here
Download coloring sheet here.
Holy Week Monday at Home.
Holy Week centerpiece: Add some hearts to your Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section, and write the names of people you are praying for this week. If you are just getting started with a centerpiece, find a spot to spread a cloth on a table. We will add something new each day this week.
Download the page below and use it to guide family faith activities today.
(Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Holy Week at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………) Download it here for the links.
Download the craft resources page here, with the links.
Download Hands of Prayer Coloring Sheet
Download The Joy of the Lord coloring sheet
One more idea. I’m making an Easter Resurrection Garden this year. If you like to dig in the dirt, you might want to make one too. Keep it simple, and use your imagination, and whatever you have at home. Google “Resurrection Garden” for lots of inspiration! Here’s my plan:
WORSHIP: Join us for Palm Sunday worship at 11 am! Find the livestream and copies of the worship bulletin here. FPCA Worship
Want worship materials for children? Find them here. Color a palm branch. Another coloring page. One more coloring page. Even more to download: a family devotion, word search, activity sheets
GODLY PLAY: Below is the Palm Sunday Godly Play story. (Hint: Save this to watch AFTER 11 am worship, since it will be the children’s message during worship.)
Palm Sunday at Home. Download the page below. Start the Holy Week centerpiece in the Prepare section. We will be adding to it all week long. (Thanks to First Presbyterian Church of Athens, GA for these ideas.)
For those who want MORE.…Here’s another Holy Week at home page that includes a recipe, a workout, and even more to do.
Enjoy (or just rest………) Download it here for the links.
Download the craft resources page here, with the links.
It’s a different Holy Week for us this year. Usually we would start by gathering for a joyful Palm Sunday Donkey Walk to Pritchard Park, then back to the sanctuary for palms and songs. We would gather again for a Maundy Thursday meal and communion, and a Good Friday service with special music. We’d have some kind of Easter gathering for children with eggs and probably some candy. We’d have Easter Sunday services with music and flowers and lots of hugs.
But not this year. Instead, we will be gathering more like the first disciples did, when they huddled in their homes, afraid of what was happening outside. But make no mistake: Easter is coming! Let’s figure out how to do Holy Week at home, and grow closer together with God, and with one another as we do.
Adults can find a guide for Holy Week with reflections from The Christian Century on our Scattered Church page of the FPCA website.
I’ll be sending out daily Holy Week at Home posts for families. They’ll be posted on the Coffee Talk Facebook page as well. There will be ideas for a daily Bible reading, all-ages activity ideas, prayer, and links for more if you want them. Look for a Palm Sunday post soon!
Want to get started now? Print out your own palm branches to color.
In the meantime, explore more ways to keep growing in faith on the other pages of the website. Godly Play. Ways to Grow in Faith. And Messages from our Faith Family.
Growing Faith at Home