Lent/Easter 2024:

Presbytery of Arkansas Lent Workshop (1/11/2024) that gives an overview of the resources found on this page: Click here

Themes:

 

Lent Worship Resources:

 

Holy Week Worship Resources:

  • Ecopalms for Palm Sunday to promote environmental and social justice, Order Deadline is March 1, 2024 5pm CST: Click here
  • Palm Sunday, year A, an Intergen resource: Click here
  • How to make a palm leaf cross youtube tutorial: Click here
  • Illustrated Ministry palm coloring and worship bulletins: Click here
  • A set of contemplative tactile stations for Maunday Thursday/Good Friday, year A, from Intergen: Click here
  • Holy Week Family Worship: Outline for Maundy Thursday & Good Friday from Building Faith: Click here
  • Holy Week ideas from Building Faith: Click here
  • God’s Big Easter Path: An Intergenerational Journey From Palm Sunday to Jesus’ Resurrection from Family Faith Formation (CRC): Click here
  • Intergen free Lent and Easter resources: Click here
  • Easter Service Planning – 10 Things To Consider, 2024 article from The Unstuck Group: Click here

 

Intergenerational/Family:

  • Tread Lightly For Lent, PC(USA) Lenten calendar: Click here
  • Lent/Easter Holy Moments from PRC: Click here
  • 40 Days Together family activities from PRC, It includes Family Sketchy Lent Devotional Plans, Table Topic Conversation Cubes, Lunchbox Notes, Family Sabbath Break Plans. For more information contact elizabeth@prcli.org or Click to purchase 40 Days Together 2024 Family – $10, 40 Days Together 2024 Congregation under 100 – $25, 40 Days Together 2024 Congregation under 200 – $50, 40 Days Together 2024 Judicatory – $75
  • Stations of the Cross resources: Illustrated Ministry, and on this PRC Lent Resource Page, scroll down and they will be on the right-hand side.
  • Lent in Three Minutes, a video from Busted Halo: Click here
  • The Rev. Traci Smith shares recommendations for simple family-oriented spiritual practices for Lent and beyond, 3/2022 article with links: Click here
  • Butterflies Themed event activities: Multigenerational milkweed planting – Milkweed is the food that monarchs need to make their migration, and this is a great Holy Week connection. Just when something is buried, new life bursts forth. Be sure to take a little read hereto see best practices for milkweed planting and for even more information and seasonal creation care awareness, look at the good work here at Journey North. Hatch your own butterflies: Click here. Use with the Alleluia Coloring Page & Poster from Illustrated Ministry: Click here, create some of these butterfly crafts: Click here
  • Holy Week Family Playlist from the Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church: Click here
  • Lent and Holy Week prayer prompts from Praying in Color: Click here
  • 40-Day “Love Builds Up” Lenten Family Challenge from SALT: Click here
  • Create a Resurrection Garden: Click here
  • Make Holy Week Easter Flags: Click here
  • Holy Week Crafts: Click here
  • Holy Week in a Box: Click here
  • A Holy Week Fair: Click here
  • God’s Big Easter Story: A Holy Week Journey For Families using Dwell materials: Click here
  • What a a one-page handout or a download of practical ideas for celebrating Easter can look like for the families at your church from the Presbyterian Church of Sweet Hollow: Click here
  • A Lenten Journey – this site offers prayer practices , rituals, and activities for faith formation for each week of Lent: Click here
  • 40 Acts Lent Resource from Stewardship: Click here

 

Storytelling on You tube:

  • The Legend of The Three Trees: Click here
  • Trillia Newbell reads The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross: Click here
  • Jesus Storybook Bible Resurrection: Click here

 

Curated Playlists:

 

Communications:

  • Six Ways to Help You Master Last Minute Easter Communications, a 3/2023 Church Juice article: Click here
  • Free Easter verse images for social media : Click here
  • Church Open Network Easter resources: Click here
  • Church Motion Graphics for Lent/Easter: Click here

 

Devotions:

 

Resource pages:

  • Sacred Ordinary Days Lent resource page, curated music, books, podcasts, and more: Click here
  • Illustrated Ministry: Click here
  • Lent and Easter Resource page from PRC: Click here
  • Presbyterian Outlook Lenten Archives: Click here
  • Resource Recommendations for Lent from the Outlook: Click here
  • Messy Church Lent & Easter Resources: Click here

 

Studies:

 

Studies In The Resource Center: