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Holy Week Grace Lutheran Church 23932 Meadow Road, Adel, Iowa WELCOME to HOLY WEEK! Holy Week Grace Lutheran Church 23932 Meadow Road, Adel, Iowa www.gracelutheranadel.org WELCOME TO HOLY WEEK! During Holy Week, Christians commemorate the Passion of Christ, who died on Good Friday to take on the sins of the world, and rose on Easter Sunday to give new life to all who believe. Holy Week is solemn and sorrowful but it also anticipates the joy of Easter through the recognition of God’s amazing grace in sending His Son to die for our salvation. We all know that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ changed everything and we look forward to celebrating with all of you on Easter Sunday. This booklet contains Christ centered activities for Holy Week and our hope is that you will take some time to read through the scriptures each day and review the discussion questions either as a family or with a friend. All the activites provided are aimed for adults and children alike. Even though they may seem like “children’s crafts” we must remember that it is through children’s eyes that we are able to see more clearly the desired meaning of God’s message. We encouage everyone to take part in the activities. Many of the supplies are included in your bag and the other needed supplies are listed out each day. Don’t Forget to share photos of your Holy Week and Easter activities on Facebook and tag us @GraceLutheranAdel and/or email them to [email protected] so we can share in Grace Notes and other communiation channels. Thank you for helping us spread the Good News of Jesus Christ throughout Holy Week. We hope that you enjoy this journey during Holy Week. Living in Love, Grace Lutheran Church Council Holy Week Services at Grace Lutheran Church 23932 Meadow Road, Adel, Iowa | www.gracelutheranadel.com All services will be offered in-person and on Zoom. See Grace Notes for links to all services. • April 1 — Maundy Thursday Service at 7 p.m. • April 2 — Good Friday Service at 7 p.m. Main Booklet Source: The Peaceful Haven: Christ-Centered Page 2 Slow Living |www.thepeacefulhaven.com Palm Sunday Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:1-9 (ESV) The Triumphal Entry 1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt,[a] the foal of a beast of burden.’” 6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” Discussion Questions: 1. Why were the people cheering Jesus? What does Hosanna mean? 2. How did Jesus know where the donkey and the colt would be? 3. Where is Jerusalem? What country is Jerusalem in? Find it on the map. Activity: Folding a Palm Cross There are many creative things you can do with your palms to display these beautiful blessed objects in your home through the year. When the palms are green and bendable this is when you can make something with them. Once they are dry you will not be able to shape them any more. On the next page you will find directions on how to fold a palm cross. A palm is included in your bag. Here are a few other resources for activities to do with your palms: • 10 Things To Do With Palms from Palm Sunday - www.catholicicicing.com • How to Fold a Palm Cross Video (Easy) - https://youtu.be/EiOXGxaGbUA Page 3 How to Fold a Palm Cross in 10 Easy Steps Page 4 Monday: Cleansing of the Temple Matthew 21:12-17 (ESV) Discussion Questions: Jesus Cleanses the Temple 1. Why do you think that Jesus was angry? 12 And Jesus entered the temple[a] and drove out What is the difference between righteous all who sold and bought in the temple, and he anger and the feeling of anger? overturned the tables of the money-changers and 2. What was the temple of God to be used for? the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13 He said How did Jesus treat the blind and lame? to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a 3. What does it mean to “wither a fig tree” house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.” How did Jesus make the fig tree wither? 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, “‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?” 17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. Jesus Curses the Fig Tree 18 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. 20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once? Jesus Cleansing the Temple, Carl Heinrich Bloch Page 5 Activity: Resurrection Set Similar to a Nativity Set, this is a Resurrection Set for Easter. Supplies Needed To Make Resurrection Set: • Toilet Paper or Paper Towel tubes • One empty tissue box • Glue or a stapler • Crayons (included) • Resurrection Set Printable (included) • Scissors • Metal fastern (included) Color the images, cut them out, and glue them around the toilet paper tubes. The tomb is cut out and glued to the top of a tissue box. You can use a brad to attach the rock so it can be open and closed (optional). Cut the hole out of the middle of the tomb and glue it over the open hole in your tissue box, and turn it on its side. This makes a tomb you can place Jesus in. Page 6 Source: Catholic Icing - www.catholicicicing.com Tuesday: Pharisees Question Jesus Matthew 22:34-46 (ESV) The Great Commandment 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” Whose Son is the Christ? 41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, 44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? 45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions. Discussion Questions: 1. Who is Christ? Who’s son is Jesus? 2. Why do you think the Pharisees asked Jesus questions? How do you think the Pharisees felt when they were asking Jesus these questions? What is a “hard heart”? 3. What is the Great Commandment? Activity: Jesus I Am Instead of asking children or ourselves who Jesus is, we can walk through scriptures and see who Jesus is. Supplies Needed: • Crayons (included) • Metal fastern (included) (included) Directions • Find the ‘Jesus I Am’ Template (included) • Color in the first page • Cut out both circles • Make a small hole into the middle of the circles and place metal brad. Page 7 Wednesday: Anointing of Jesus and the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Mark 14:3-11 (ESV) wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole Jesus Anointed at Bethany world, what she has done will be told in memory 3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of of her.” Simon the leper,[a] as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment Judas to Betray Jesus of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask 10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, and poured it over his head.
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