It may seem difficult to keep Christ in Easter compared to keeping Him in Christmas. But, isn’t the death & RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ as important as His birth?

1 Corinthians 15:2-4

2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

I want to celebrate it fully, for longer, and with more meaning. I do not mean by joining in on the commercialism of marshmallow chickens, chocolate bunnies, and candy-filled eggs!

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Keeping Christ in Easter & Celebrating Resurrection Day

• Talk about why you celebrate “Easter” (more accurately: Resurrection Day) with your kids.
• Do Resurrection Day activities (focused on the true meaning of the holiday).
• Read the scriptures that start on Palm Sunday and end on Resurrection Day from the Holy Bible.
• Read children’s storybooks like Amon’s Adventure during the weeks leading up to Resurrection Day.
• Decorate for Holy Week and Resurrection Day.
• Give your children special gifts that can in some way represent the true meaning of the Holiday and honor the Greatest Gift of all.
• Celebrate Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, AND Resurrection Day with a special meal, Bible reading, and/or activity!
• Embrace the advent of Lent and Easter.
• Give your children a meaningful gift that encourages them to use the gifts God has given them (this is a great idea)

Every Christmas, we are reminded to keep “Christ in Christmas”. What about keeping Christ in Easter? Indeed, the words don’t flow quite as smoothly, but the message is just as important!

I know it can be difficult to change your family traditions, but perhaps you should consider it.  What matters most is that our hearts are in tune with God’s Word.  I just ask that you search your heart and study the scriptures with a prayer that God would show you what HE would like for your Easter celebrations to encompass.

Starting with Palm Sunday, the entire week before Easter Sunday could be centered around Christ, His death, and Resurrection!

Homeschool lessons could be altered to create a learning experience centered on Jesus! Some ideas:

• Scripture copywork
• artwork depicting scenes from the Biblical account of Palm Sunday
• writing a paragraph about what they might have experienced as a bystander
• researching the Jewish Passover and how it relates to the Christian Last Supper and Jesus as our Passover Lamb.
• planning-purchasing-cooking a meal

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What do you do this season with your children to make it special while celebrating the true meaning? What do you do to keep Christ in Easter?