Looking for Christian Easter Pictures?

These free high quality Easter Pictures  could  be used to retell  Palm Sunday, Jesus trial, Jesus death and the The Resurrection.
www.freebibleimages.org

Easter Buns

Looking at Palm Sunday

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The Story of Easter told Through Social Media

The Story of Easter Told Through Social Media from bdryfhout on GodTube.

An Easter Story

If you're looking for a story to read aloud for Easter then why not read this engrossing account called
"Suddenly on morning"-The shopkeepers story:an Easter narrative by Charles R. Swindoll.

Also - "The Carpenter's Cloth"by Sigmond Brouwer

Children's Easter Talk - The Good News

Here's a short talk that I gave to some school groups ab out the meaning of Easter. It could easily be used in a worship setting as a children's sermon.
Don's Easter Talk- The Good News

Easter story powerpoint for younger children

Easter Story  (easy powerpoint version)
Easter Story  ( standard powerpoint version)
Henry Martin's artwork available to download to retell the story of Easter.

Want to know the date of Easter?

If you want to know the date of Easter check out this site. http://www.holidays.net/easter/eadates.htm

7 Days with the 7 Sayings from the Cross

Suspended between heaven and earth on a rough wooden cross, amidst his agony, Jesus utters seven densely packed sayings. Dying words usually are important, all the more so when, as in this case, it takes colossal effort to hoist your body up to breathe and hence to speak. Each saying is a window on the crucifixion revealing it meaning and significance.

Pastor Mark Loughridge provides a brief reflection on each saying—one for each day of the week in the lead up to Easter. 

Check out these recordings kindly made available by Milford Covenantor Church.

History of the Easter Egg

As Christianity spread, more familiar traditions. symbols and celebrations of spring were associated with Easter -Christ coming back to life after death. One of the oldest spring symbols is the egg. The oval shape of the egg was the same shape for a raindrop and a seed. These two were important life-giving elements. the egg itself promises new life as in spring, birds, and many other animals are hatched from eggs. In fact, the Persians, Hindus and Egyptians believed that the world began with a single egg. In ancient China, Rome, and Greece, eggs were given as springtime gifts. In Poland and Russia, hours are spent on drawing intricate designs on Easter eggs. In England, members of the royal families gave each other gold covered eggs as Easter gifts in the Middle Ages. The most famous Easter egg decorator was Peter Carl Faberge. He designed eggs from gold, silver and other precious gems for the kings of Europe and czars of Russia. These eggs are priceless now and can only be found in museums and private collections. in early America, children decorated their eggs by using dyes made from fruit and leaf colouring.