Spencer Library: Faith Formation: Lent & Easter

Holy Week & Easter

Illustrated Ministry offers:

Virtual Easter Pageant
An Illustrated Resurrection Set: Download and share this papercraft with families
An Illustrated Holy Week: Including children’s moment illustrations, children’s activity bulletins for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, coloring pages, and interactive worship guides for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday (which would take some adapting to virtual church, but would give you some great material to get you started).
Easter Coloring Pages + Mosaic Poster Tiles: Whether you’re doing an outdoor service for Easter, a hybrid gathering, or continuing with virtual worship, you can create some beautiful art with our collection of Easter coloring pages and posters.

Rev. Emily Meyer offers a neighborhood, intergenerational Good Friday Stations of the Cross with preparatory activities throughout Holy Monday , Holy Tuesday and Holy Wednesday and a Leader Guide for you. She also shares creative ideas for sermons and liturgical elements for Palm Sunday, The Easter Vigil and Easter Morning.

Watch for the Easer iteration of Ms. Suzy's Place; and find her other 8 videos here.

Children & Families

Tips to Celebrate Easter's Spiritual Meaning with Kids

How to Talk with Your Kids about Good Friday

God's Big Easter Story: A Holy Week Journey for Families

6 Creative Ways to Include Children in Easter Worship (Virtually or In Person)

How to Help Families Celebrate Holy Week at Home (Again)

Including Children in Holy Week

As we look ahead to Holy Week, this blog post from Jessica Davis explores ways to include children in these important services.

From Illustrated Ministry:

(for congregational use) (for family use)

A Place for You Starter Pack introduces new communicants to Holy Communion with Dan Erlander's A Place for You Interactive Edition: My Holy Communion Book

Faith Alive Christian Resources offers a Lenten Faith Formation Resources list and two Great Ideas: Help Kids Count Down to Easter and Shrove Tuesday Party Packs.

Tweens & Teens / Intergenerational

Stations of the Cross Worship Videos, along with the included liturgical script and reflection booklet, allow you to create an interactive, virtual and contemplative Stations of the Cross worship experience.

Free Youth Lenten Devotional App from Spark House!

Yoga Devotions that pair texts for Palm Sunday, the Three Holy Days and Resurrection Sunday with movement and stretching.

Small Group Studies

Lenten Studies and Devotionals

40-Day Lenten Practice: Strengthening Emotional Stamina to Counter White Fragility

The Damascus Project; Beth Godbee, instructor

Feb. 16-March 31, 2021

Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30 PM CST

$50/Individual

$150/group of 4-6

$300/group of 7+

from Augsburg Fortress; includes Participant Book, Leader Guide, and DVD

An invitation to study, pray, reflect and give during ELCA World Hunger's 40 Day of Giving - for families, neighbors and communities around the world.

Has accompanying Leader Guide, DVD and/or small group videos on Amplify.

To receive copies in time for Lent, place your order by phone and request an expedited order.

The Plural Guild and The Many gathered 14 diverse writers, preachers, and teachers to compile Lent Another Way, a free downloadable ebook, which is a precursor to their daily Lenten e-course.