My friend Tionna, has a wonderful Family Home Evening lesson idea for this week. I thought I would share it. Easter is a special holiday. And it is NOT about the Easter Bunny.And for those of you that don't know what a "Family Home Evening" is: It is recommended by the LDS church to save one night a week for your family. It is a time to be together and learn about the gospel, and spend time as a family.
Here is the Lesson:
Type, print and cut apart the following scriptures, keeping them numbered from 1-12. Put them in correspondingly numbered plastic eggs. Add the appropriate item (in parenthesis) to the eggs except for the 12th egg which should remain symbolically empty.
1. Matthew 26:39 (sacrament cup)
2. Matthew 26:14-15 (3 dimes)
3. Matthew 27:1-2 (knotted twine)
4. Matthew 27:24-26 (chunk of soap)
5. Matthew 27:28-30 (square of red velvet)
6. Matthew 27:31-32 (toothpick cross, tiny nail)
7. Matthew 27:35-36 (dice)
8. Matthew 27:50-51;54 (tiny bag of crushed rock or soil)
9. Matthew 27:58-60 (strip of white cloth)
10. Matthew 27:60, 65-66 (a stone)
11. Mark 16:1, Matthew 28:2,5 (bay leaf)
12. Matthew 28:6 (empty)
LESSON: Use the eggs in numerical order to teach about the Easter story. Older children can follow along in their scriptures or give the lesson.
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter week and are able to remember the real reason for the holiday. That our Savior suffered and died for ALL of us. Then on the 3rd day after his crucifixion, he was resurrected! I know our Savior LIVES!
