This Easter Sunday I had a special lesson prepared for my class about our Savior and his resurrection. I kinda just made it up as I went along, but I think that it came together really well.
Easter
1. What is Easter… what do all of these things mean? Show items.. I had an Easter basket with candy, presents, and eggs in it. I went through and shared some of my own insights and some I found on Wikipedia with my class.
2. Egg Hunt: I believe that the egg symbolizes the hunt that each person has to make to find the Savior and his gospel. There are lots of choices out there so it makes it hard, but with prayer and sincerity we can find the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
I took my kids outside and had a hunt prepared for them, I told them that there was 8 eggs but only his 7. I had the other one and then after a while of looking I finally told them I had the egg. I said there is a point to me hiding the egg but I read them this story first:
I took my kids outside and had a hunt prepared for them, I told them that there was 8 eggs but only his 7. I had the other one and then after a while of looking I finally told them I had the egg. I said there is a point to me hiding the egg but I read them this story first:
3. On the day before Easter, Kurt’s grandparents invited his family to a barbecue. Kurt was especially excited to go because his favorite uncle, Darren, had just come home from his mission. He had missed Uncle Darren a lot.Kurt bounded into his grandparents’ backyard, ran past Grandpa, who was standing over the sizzling grill, and found Uncle Darren sitting in a patio chair.“Hey, Kurt,” Uncle Darren greeted him. “Are you excited for Easter, little buddy?” “Yes!” Kurt scrambled into his uncle’s lap. “What do you want in your Easter basket * ?” Uncle Darren asked. “Candy, I guess.” Kurt grinned. He imagined finding chocolate bunnies, marshmallows shaped like baby birds, and jelly beans spilling out of his Easter basket. His heart skipped excitedly just thinking about it. “What do you want in your Easter basket?” Kurt asked, poking his finger into Uncle Darren’s chest. “I don’t think I’ll get one this year,” Uncle Darren said. “I guess I’m too old for that. But it’s OK because last year I got the best Easter basket ever.” “What was in it?” Kurt asked. “Don’t you remember?” Uncle Darren looked surprised. “You helped send it to me.” Kurt tried to think about last spring, but it was a long time ago. He remembered the family gathering at Grandma’s house to make a package for Uncle Darren. Plastic colored eggs and stringy Easter grass had been strewn all over the kitchen table. Strips of paper, markers, and pens had been piled on the countertop. “Why was it your favorite Easter basket?” Kurt asked. He couldn’t remember sending anything special. Uncle Darren squeezed Kurt tightly. “It was my favorite Easter basket because there was no candy inside.” Kurt giggled, expecting to see a teasing twinkle in Uncle Darren’s eyes, but he looked serious. “No candy?” Kurt cried. “Why not?” Uncle Darren laughed. “Come in the house. I want to show you something.” Kurt watched Uncle Darren rummage through a shoe box full of letters. He reached into the box, pulled out an envelope, and handed a strip of paper to Kurt. The Church is true, Kurt read. I love Jesus and my family. Last year he had written these words, folded the paper up, and placed it inside a plastic egg. Everyone else—his parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins—had done the same. Now Kurt remembered! Uncle Darren’s missionary Easter basket had been filled with testimonies. “You liked these papers better than jelly beans?” Kurt asked. He couldn’t imagine why. Uncle Darren nodded. “Easter is the time to celebrate Jesus Christ’s Resurrection,” he said quietly. “Do you know what that means?” “Jesus came back to life so that we can all be resurrected someday,” Kurt answered. “And do you know what that means?” Uncle Darren asked. He rested his hand on Kurt’s shoulder. “It means that I will always be your uncle!” Kurt was confused. “The Resurrection makes it so that you can be my uncle?” “We couldn’t be an eternal family without eternal life,” Uncle Darren said. “Jesus Christ died for us so that we could live forever with Him.” When Kurt and his parents had visited the temple grounds, Mom had pointed to the temple and said that she and Dad had been married there. Because of the sealing ordinances, they could be a family forever. Mom hadn’t said anything about Jesus’ Resurrection. “What about temples?” Kurt asked. “I thought we could be with our families forever because of temples.” “The temple is the Lord’s house,” Uncle Darren explained. “Without Jesus Christ and His Resurrection, there wouldn’t be any temples, either. The power that seals us together is His priesthood.” Kurt hadn’t thought about that before. Uncle Darren continued. “I taught people on my mission who didn’t believe in eternal families. They believed in Jesus, but they didn’t understand everything He did for us.” “That’s sad,” Kurt said with a frown. “Reading everyone’s testimonies reminded me that our family can be eternal,” Uncle Darren said. “It was the best Easter gift I could have received.” Kurt looked up into his favorite uncle’s beaming face and suddenly felt very grateful. He had missed Uncle Darren terribly during the past two years. He couldn’t imagine being separated from him forever. Uncle Darren suddenly swooped Kurt up on his shoulders. “I bet the hamburgers are almost done. Should we go find out?” Kurt was giggling too hard to answer. “Then we can be partners for the Easter egg hunt,” Uncle Darren promised. Kurt was excited, but colored eggs, candy, and Easter baskets didn’t matter so much compared to spending time with Uncle Darren. Kurt smiled, knowing that he could call Darren his uncle forever.
After I read this we went back inside and told them about how each of us has our own hunt to find the gospel and to come to know our savior.
4. Eggs: Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Chris, shed on the Cross, and the hard shell of the egg symbolized the sealed Tomb of Christ, the cracking of which symbolized His resurrection from the dead. New Life.
5. Gifts: The greatest gift we could ever receive is the life Jesus Christ. His resurrection finished up the atonement. Because Jesus lives we too shall live again. With our families.
I brought in pictures of my grandparents who had passed away and told them that I had lost people that I love dearly, but that I know that I can be with them again.
I brought in pictures of my grandparents who had passed away and told them that I had lost people that I love dearly, but that I know that I can be with them again.
6. Who knows the story up until Jesus was resurrected.. Matthew 27:56-66, 28:1-8
7. Bear testimony
I made this and gave it to them after class was done. Along with some candy and rice krispy treats.
It was a fabulous day!!
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