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For families to do together This week’s story is Bake bread together. Find an easy recipe or Family Conversations The Road to Easter 3 get some frozen or refrigerated dough at the What would it be like to walk everywhere you Emmaus 1 store to use. It will make your home smell from :13-35. go? Where do you walk now? wonderful! When you eat it, instead of slic- ing the bread, break it off in chunks to share, like and his friends did. Be ready for the good news that 2 What kinds of things do you think Jesus Jesus is alive and with us! taught and his friend? Ask each other what you remember about: • Cleopas 3 If Jesus came to your house and read you a For younger kids • Emmaus Bible story, which story would you want him Find three stories about Jesus in your Spark • Cleopas’s friend to read? Story Bible that you would like to have read to • Jesus you or read to someone else. • Bread 4 Tell about a time you didn’t recognize some- one because you weren’t EXPECTING to see Luke is the only Gospel writer that includes a them. story about two of Jesus’ disciples seeing him For older kids on the road to Emmaus after he had died and Jesus told Cleopas and his friend all about risen. Moses and the prophets. Find the Prophets Eye Spark section in your Spark Bible. Some of these

When you see the letter “E” remember this Read the whole story together books are only a few pages long. Others story of The Road to Emmaus. in the Bible! are much longer. Read about a few of these prophets in the 1-page book introductions. Spark Story Bible pages 488-491 What did you learn?

Spark Bible page 1168 Ear Spark When you hear these words at communion — “Jesus took the bread and broke it…” — Family Prayer remember this story of Jesus breaking bread. Say this prayer around a road map. Dear Jesus, we know that you are every- where — often in the most unexpected Lectionary, The Road to Emmaus Family Page. SparkTM Sunday School places and ways. Help us to see you. Help us © 2009 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. May be reproduced for local use provided every copy carries this notice. to know you. AMEN.