Here are some Lent and Easter resources to share with you, pulled together by Jane. 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
- 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
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 60 pins
- Kids Friendly NZ – Lent and Easter
– Lent ideas from Sandy Brodine
Miscellaneous resources and links
– Church of England's #LiveLent 2020 Care for God's Creation
– Experience Easter – bringing schools, churches and communities closer together
– Christian Aid Lent and Easter resources 2020
– 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
- The Big Pancake Party
- Baker Ross Easter activities including Holy Week crafts. Remember your Voucher Code BRF15 for 15% discount!
- Lent Event (Aus)
- 40acts challenge (UK)
- The Children’s Society The Story of Lent
- WaterAid Lent Appeal 2017
– Free Bible Society Easter booklets
Video clips
- Lent in Two Minutes
- Bible Society Easter Story Animations
– Explaining Easter with one piece of paper
– Shaving foam marbling Easter eggs