Easter 2020 Lesson
Hello kids and families! Here is a fun lesson about Easter. We all know what Easter is about but let’s truly be thankful for what Jesus has done for us. This lesson came from https://www.childrens-ministry-deals.com/pages/easter-sunday-school-lesson. Parents, Children’s Ministry Deals is a wonderful resource especially when we can’t attend church at the moment.
· Link to coloring page: https://childrensministrydeals.s3.amazonaws.com/Children's%20Ministry%20Deals/Jesus%20is%20Risen%20Coloring%20Page.pdf
· Easter video: The Easter Story (PreK-2nd Grade)
· Why Did Jesus Have to Die? Message Illustration (2nd-5th Grade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z_SMrnEiaI
· Funny Easter Story Video for the whole family!
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BOTTOM LINE:
Jesus died on the cross for our sins.
OBJECTIVE:
Kids will learn that because Jesus died and rose again we can have a relationship with God and experience freedom from our sin.
KEY PASSAGES:
MEMORY VERSE:
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” - Romans 5:8 (NIV)
“But here is how God has shown his love for us. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” -Romans 5:8 (NIrV)
SUMMARY:
The story of Easter begins in the book of Genesis, when God created a perfect world. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and their sin messed up their relationship with him. Since that time, there has been a distance between God and humans. Then God sent Jesus, who was perfect, to bridge the distance. Jesus died on the cross for our sins, taking the punishment for us. Because Jesus died and rose again, we can have a good relationship with God again.
OBJECT LESSON: Try this activity as a family!
Materials: Smooth plate, clear drinking glass, penny, votive candle, and colored water
1. Set the plate down.
For some of us, it might be hard to really understand what happened when Jesus died on the cross. What does that mean for you? Let's look at it this way: Imagine this is you.
2. Bring out the penny. Set it on the plate.
No matter how hard we try to be good, all of us have done bad things. We call this sin.
3. Pour the colored water into the plate. *
Sin covers us up. We're drowning in it. There's no way out for us on our own. But then God sent his son, Jesus.
4. Place the lit candle onto the plate. The candle needs to be setting in the water but not covering the penny.
Jesus came to be a light. He lived a perfect life. And then he died on the cross.
5. Place the drinking glass over the candle. (After a few seconds, the light will go out and then the water will soak up inside the glass.)
That amazing act of love takes our sin away. If we accept Jesus and ask for his forgiveness, he will forgive us of our sins. They are gone forever.
That's what Easter is all about.
***To ensure success, you need to practice this object lesson beforehand, experimenting with different amounts of water and making sure the plate has an even surface. To see what this lesson is supposed to look like, go to: http://anotherdayintheministry.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-object-lesson.html
Ask these questions:
When you hear the word “Easter”, what comes to mind?
- Baskets full of jelly beans and chocolate bunnies.
- Easter egg hunts in the backyard.
- Dressing up in your Sunday best to come to church.
- Large meal with the family.
- Reading the story of Jesus dying on the cross and then raising back to life.
What is Easter really all about? Ask your children and see what they say.
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To understand what Jesus did at Easter, we have to go all the way back to the beginning of time, when God created everything.
God made the world and everything in it. He created Adam and Eve – the first people and he put them in a beautiful garden to live. The world was perfect. Adam and Eve had a good relationship with God – they got to see him and talk with him. The garden was filled with gentle animals and great food to eat. There was only one tree in the garden which God had said “do not eat from this tree.”
God had given humans only one rule. And as we read, they couldn't even obey that one rule.
READ Genesis 3:2-6
PreK-Kinder: draw a picture of what you just read. Then write or parents write Gen. 3:2-6. Do the discussion questions below.
1st-3rd Grade: Describe in your own words (2-3 sentences) on what this passage is saying. You can draw a picture to help you. Do the discussion questions below.
4th-5th Grade: In your journals or on a piece of paper, do the Bible Study Outline for each passage mentioned. Go deeper. Ask those harder questions.
MAIN POINT
In following the serpent's advice and eating the fruit, Eve and Adam had disobeyed God. The perfection that had been in the world was destroyed. People had brought sin into this world. Sin took away the good relationship that Adam and Eve had with God.
Sin separates us from God. It creates this great distance between us – a gulf, a chasm. For thousands of years, people have tried to cross that distance. But we can't do it. That's the bad news.
But here's the good news. We may not be able to cross the distance, but God can. And he did. God loves us so much. He wants to have a good relationship with us, like he had at the beginning with Adam and Eve. He doesn't want our sin to keep us away from him.
So the Father sent his son, Jesus, to earth. Jesus left heaven. He came to earth so that he could make a way for us to have that good relationship with God again. But how could he do that?
Remember back in the garden? God had told Adam and Eve that eating of the tree would cause them to die. Sin brings death and separation from God.
Jesus came to take our death for us. The word for that is sacrifice. Jesus died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins.
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READ John 19:30, 38-40
PreK-Kinder: draw a picture of what you just read. Then write or parents write Gen. 3:2-6. Do the discussion questions below.
1st-3rd Grade: Describe in your own words (2-3 sentences) on what this passage is saying. You can draw a picture to help you. Do the discussion questions below.
4th-5th Grade: In your journals or on a piece of paper, do the Bible Study Outline for each passage mentioned. Go deeper. Ask those harder questions.
When Jesus said “it is finished” he didn't just mean that his life was finished. He meant the work that he came to do was finished. Jesus came to die for us, and he succeeded in his mission.
After his death on Friday, he was taken down from the cross and placed in a tomb that belonged to Joseph of Arimathea. For everyone involved, they thought that was the end of the story.
Then on Sunday, Mary Magdalene went to visit the tomb. It's like when people go visit a cemetery. They go to visit the place where a loved one's body is buried.
But when Mary got to the tomb, it was empty. There was no body to visit. Mary did not understand what had happened.
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READ John 20:11-18
PreK-Kinder: draw a picture of what you just read. Then write or parents write Gen. 3:2-6. Do the discussion questions below.
1st-3rd Grade: Describe in your own words (2-3 sentences) on what this passage is saying. You can draw a picture to help you. Do the discussion questions below.
4th-5th Grade: In your journals or on a piece of paper, do the Bible Study Outline for each passage mentioned. Go deeper. Ask those harder questions.
DRIVE IT HOME:
Jesus is alive! He conquered death. He destroyed sin.
If we put our trust in Jesus he will give us new life with him. He will take away our sin. He will give us back that good relationship with God.
Do you know Jesus today? Do you believe that he died for you and rose from the dead? Do you put your trust in him?
If you answered “yes” then remember that Easter is a time to celebrate what Jesus did for us. Actually every time we come to church we can celebrate that. In fact, you can celebrate that all of the time, wherever you are. This news is too good not to celebrate all of the time. And to share with others.
If you haven't met Jesus yet, but you want to know him, today is your day. Pray to him. Ask him to come into your heart. Ask him to take away your sin. Ask him to give you a good relationship with God.
God loves us. He wants to have a good relationship with us. He sent Jesus to die for us and take away our sin. Jesus rose from the dead. This is happiness. This is good news. This is Easter.
CLOSE WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER
Dear God,
Thank you for sending Jesus to earth. Because of his death and resurrection our sins can be forgiven and we can have a good relationship with you.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
PreK-2nd Grade: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Read Genesis 3:2-6, John 19:30, 38-40, 20:11-18.
1. How did Adam and Eve disobey God in the garden? Why did Adam and Eve eat the fruit they were told not to?
2. What were the last words Jesus spoke before he died? Explain what this means (kids or parents).
3. Who took and buried the body of Jesus?
4. When Jesus spoke to Mary outside the tomb, who did she think he was at first?
5. What did Jesus tell Mary to do?
3rd-5th Grade: DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (Write these questions down in a notebook or on a piece of paper)
Read Genesis 3:2-6, John 19:30, Luke 23:45, John 19:38-40, John 20:11-18.
1. What happened after Adam and Eve ate the fruit? How did God respond? How does this affect us now?
2. What were the last words Jesus spoke before he died? What did Jesus really mean?
3. In Luke 23:45, it says, “…for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.” What does this mean for us? What is this representing.
4. Who is Mary Magdalene? Her story is found in Mark 15 &16, and Luke 8.
5. What do you think was going through Mary's mind as she wept outside the tomb?
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