If your church is like mine, then Easter Sunday will be a high attendance day in your Sunday school and Children’s ministry. We don’t do the traditional Easter Egg hunt during ministry time, because we want to make Easter about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But what should you teach if your Sunday school curriculum does not have a dated lesson for Easter?
Easter Sunday School Lessons
HE Is Alive! An Easter Bible Lesson (Sojour Kids): This is a complete kids Bible lesson about Easter to use in your Sunday School or Children’s Church for Easter.
Share Your Easter Ideas For Kids – this post features some new resources and a forum for readers to share their ideas. Don’t miss the video demonstration for making Easter Resurrection Rolls.
There are many places on the internet to find Bible lessons about Easter to teach in your children’s Sunday school class. You can find a large listing of these type sites on my Sunday school lesson page.
Kidology Easter Zone has several free activities and lessons for your Easter Sunday School.
Another popular option is to use a special Easter lesson like the Resurrection Eggs. Most churches have a set somewhere in their Sunday school department. It is basically an extended object lesson with twelve eggs each having a clue about the meaning of Easter. I like the Gospel focus of this approach, but would be a little hesitant to do such a complicated object lesson. Learn how to make Resurrection Eggs (Easter Craft Project For Kids)
Children’s Easter Videos
Sometimes a dramatic video about Easter can be very effective in telling the Easter story in a fresh way. As a rule I don’t like to use video teaching in Sunday school, but an occasional video is an excellent way to use technology. Be sure to select a video that you have personally watched. When using a video it is good to pause it every ten minutes for discussion. Kids have a lot more questions than they can hold to the end of the Sunday school period.
I recommend the Passion Trilogy and An Easter Carol. You can also get these from Family Christian Stores.
Special Easter Craft Project
I’ve written another article about finding Easter Crafts for children’s Sunday school. Crafts are always a great way to promote hands on learning. There are so many powerful symbols of Easter in the Christian tradition. These can easily be used to retell and teach the story of Jesus being raised from the dead.
What do you plan to teach on Easter? Leave a comment and start the conversation.
Even More Children's Ministry Ideas
Children’s Ministry Links For Easter
Here are some links to Easter children’s ministry resources I’ve written about. For fresh ideas you should also check out the Easter Zone from Kidology. Share Your Easter Ideas For Kids – this post features...
How To Make Resurrection Eggs (Easter Craft Project For Kids)
Easter Resurrection Eggs have become a standard Sunday school activity for many churches. Here is a video demonstration showing how you can make your own set as Sunday school craft project. It also shows how...
Children’s Easter Crafts Resource Page
Easter is a Christian holiday that almost demands special treatment in your children’s church and Sunday school. Here are some craft ideas online that can help you get started. Please add a comment below to...
Share Your Fresh Ideas For Easter
Every year I’m amazed at all creative ideas for ministering to children at Easter time. This year is no different. So, I wanted to point out a few links and then open up comments. Please...
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I do the resurrection eggs during our egg hunt while the
eggs are being hidden. On Easter morning, for the five
year olds sunday school I do a story I call : The darkest
day\the brightest day. I use the large flannel board and already have the 3 crosses up. It is covered with a piece of (see-through) black nylon net. This represents
the darkness God sent that sad day. For the brightest day, I change it to the tomb with the stone rolled away.
the children decorate it with felt easter lilies.
Our kids worship leader, Chandi, has a cute idea for our kids worship time. We’re singing “Low in the Grave He Lay.” The kids will begin in a squatting position for the verses, then they will jump up and down with hands and arms stretched above their heads as we begin the chorus. I realized that I’ve been doing this inside all of my life. It will be fun to actually get to jump along with the kids!!
Jared – I really like that idea. Thanks for the comment.
I’ve really never thaught about an “egg hunt” taking away from what the true meaning of Easter is. I’ve been children’s ministry director form almost three years now- I just continued the “tradition” of the last director – The only difference being we do not have a hunt on Easter Sunday-Our hunt this year is being held at my daughters home on Saturday the 15th-Last year we visisted one of the Nursing homes in our area and delivered flowers then came back and did a coloring contest/lunch and then the hunt-parents of children that are not “faithful” to church had a blast and were actually in church the next day.
Do you think that we are called upon to convert others to our faith or our way of thinking. I really dont. GOD, His SON and the HOLY SPIRIT will do the needful. We are called upon to show the love of Christ, and do things that would please him. These acts will will touch their hearts to inquire as to why they received love and kindness. The SPIRIT of the LORD will step in and provide the ignition!! Am I on the correct path? Share your faith and thoughts please.
In India the Easter Egg hunt is not a tradition but I have been thinking about something like a Treasure hunt with verses for our children.
this is in response to sita jayatilaka; my bible tells me that we are to go out and tell the world about Jesus and the blood he shed . That they too can be born again. But, without the knowledge they cannot have faith. That is my faith and my belief so yes, I do think we should try our best to tell others.