Here are some Lent and Easter resources to share with you, pulled together by Jane Leadbetter. Grab some new ideas or store away for another year:
BRF Lent and Easter resources
- Easter Family Time – An Easter minibook gift to give to Messy Church families. Multiple copies offer.
– Messy Easter – Three complete Messy Church sessions for Lent, Holy Week and Easter
– The Easter Story – for families to share
- BRF Lent reading – A selection of books suitable for reading during Lent – as gifts? For Messy teams?
Units in books
- Messy Church: New life in Jesus (Easter)
- Messy Church 2: Lent and Spring festivals
Free Messy downloads
- Messy Palm Sunday
– Messy Church at home ideas: Be Still (Lent), The Last Supper, Messy Easter 2020, Messy Easter 2021
Celebration time ideas from the BRF Children and Families website
- Lent – Cross (1) The Ash Wednesday Cross
- Decision time
- Jesus’ temptations – a reflective story
- Messy Church in Lent
- Temptations rap
- Easter presentation through punctuation marks
- Easter presentation through noughts and crosses
- Palms for Holy Week
- Lots more great ideas – Make a big pot of tea! There are so many more great ideas here!
Messy Church logos to download
Pinterest ideas
- BRF Messy Church Pinterest – Lent and Easter board with over 130 pins
- Kids Friendly NZ – Lent and Easter
– Lent ideas from Sandy Brodine
Miscellaneous resources and links
– Bible Society Lent and Easter resources 2021
– Church of England Lent 2021 resources
– Home for Good – excellent Mother's Day resources
– Easter Explorers (Diocese of Blackburn)
– Together at Home Easter 2021 resources
– Scripture Union Easter Alive free pack
– Scripture Union Pancake Party! free pack
– Scripture Union Footsteps of Jesus all-age Lenten journey + reflections
– Scottish Bible Society Wonder Walks for Lent and Easter 2021
– The Meaningful Chocolate Company Real Easter Eggs – these will not be in supermarkets in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic
– Experience Easter – bringing schools, churches and communities closer together
– Ten Ideas for Easter (Diocese of Bath and Wells)
– Out of the Ark free Easter assembly plans – easy to adapt for Messy Churches
- Going For Growth Lent and Easter crafts
- Friends and Heroes ‘Remember Me’ Easter song video
- Baker Ross Easter activities including Holy Week crafts. Remember your Voucher Code BRF15 for 15% discount!
- 40acts challenge (UK)
Video clips
- Lent in Two Minutes
- Bible Society Easter Story Animations
– Explaining Easter with one piece of paper
– Shaving foam marbling Easter eggs