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For families to do together This rotation’s story is Family Conversations If weather permits, visit the gravesite of What do you imagine looked and loved ones. Leave a token or plant a flower. Palm to 1 sounded like when rode in on Palm Sun- Sunday day? Think of the and share stories from Luke 19:28-40; 22:14-23:56; 24:1-12. about those who are gone. Give thanks that Timing can be crucial. Why would in they are with God. 2 Sadness mingles with joy; God Jerusalem excite the Jewish people and make Pilate and Herod nervous? Why did Jesus go to turns death into life. Jerusalem at that time? Ask each other what you remember about: For younger kids • Jerusalem • Covenant What would it have been like to be with the Draw a colorful picture or put together 3 women who found the stone rolled away? • Multitude • Crucify a bouquet of flowers and deliver it to a What do you think you would have seen, heard, • Apostle • Amaze done, and remembered? neighbor. • Passover

Jesus waited for the colt at the Mount of . Take turns sharing memories about loved ones 4 who have died, like grand- and great-grandpar- Zechariah 14:4-9 prophesied that God would ents. Give a of thanks for the ways you For older kids appear there on the day of the Lord. have been blessed by them in person and/or in Read up on the symbolic foods of the Jewish story. Passover meal. Prepare a Passover meal for Read the whole story together your family. As you share it, tell them what in the Bible! the different foods represent. Remember that Eye Spark Jerusalem was preparing for Passover when Spark Story Bible pages 454-459, 462-467, Watch for . Where do you see them? Jesus rode in to town. 476-487 Remember that God can even redeem Jesus’ . Spark Bible pages 1159-1160, 1163-1168

Family Prayer Ear Spark Listen for crowds cheering. Remember the Lord God, the losses we experience in life could crowds of disciples on and imag- overwhelm us and fill us full of sadness, but your ine the stones and the earth and the water—all comforting strength keeps us close. When we turn of creation cheering with them. to you, you are there, grieving with us. You help us find good in the midst of what is terrible. In Jesus’ Rotation, Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday Family Page. SparkTM Sunday name we pray. Amen. School © 2010 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. May be reproduced for local use provided every copy carries this notice. TRY IT

Art Cooking Science The angel rolled away the stone! Gather a Make toasted palm branches for breakfast. When people welcomed Jesus to town, they collection of rocks that are small enough to Cut slices of bread into the shape of a palm used what was available—palm leaves. What fit in your hand, but large enough to paint a branch. Put a few drops of green food color- is available in your area? Go on a family leaf word or picture on them. Provide tempera ing into some milk. Use a small new paint- hunt. Which leaves make the best fans? paints, permanent markers, covered work- brush and the milk to paint palm leaves on Which ones provide the best shade? Do any space, and paintbrushes. Kids and grownups the bread. Toast the bread. Top the toast leaves make noises when you wave them? can partner up to design and paint inspira- with butter, cinnamon, and sugar. Praise King Which leaf smells the best? What other ways tional rocks. You can give them away or add Jesus! can you use leaves? them to the Sunday morning Easter garden where kids can have a “rock” hunt! Creative Drama Video Choose one person to be an angel who hides What song makes you happy? With the Bible Skills and Games somewhere in the house. Everyone else pre- members of your family, take turns sharing Make your own Holy board game. tends to be the women on Easter morning. your favorite happy song with each other. Your family can create the board, figure out Look for Jesus all around the house. Have the Sing it or play it off a CD or MP3 player. the rules and the game tokens, and then angel tell you, “Jesus is alive!” when you find What is it about the song that makes you write questions about . Be sure him/her. How many people can you tell the happy? Record your answers on video so you to include questions written by all the family Good News to before the day is over? remember. members! Then play the game to help you remember the events of Holy Week. Music During Holy Week, invite your family to read Computer Lab a section of the Palm Sunday through Sunday and Holy Week are celebrated story from the Bible each day. Play music in so many ways by different cultures around in the background that matches the emo- the world. Go online to take a closer look at tions and actions of the story. Each day, say Palm Sunday and Holy Week celebrations a prayer together at the end of the story and across the globe. If there’s a multi-cultural remember how much Jesus loves us all. celebration taking place near you, make plans to check it out! Rotation, Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday Family Page. SparkTM Sunday School © 2010 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. May be reproduced for local use provided every copy carries this notice.