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Thomas Believes

Thomas Believes Craft and Video

April 23, 2020
Thomas did not believe that Jesus had come back from the dead. He had never seen anyone come back from the dead before. He wanted to see for himself. Jesus did appear to Thomas. Thomas saw the marks left by the nails in Jesus’ hands and touched the wounds on Jesus’ side. Seeing and touching Jesus made Thomas a believer.  (Download the study guide here)

Cross & Cave Craft

The Cross and the Cave: A Holy Week Craft and Video

April 7, 2020

Video recording by Carmen Talbott 04072020

The Cross & Cave Craft for Holy Week helps us remember Jesus, the Son of GOD, who died for us and rose from the grave to give everlasting life to all people everywhere.  His Spirit lives with us now and will comfort us as we pray and ask GOD to help us put GOD first in our lives every day.

  • Holy week begins with great joy. Jesus celebrated Passover with his friends. Crowds of people cheered in a parade with palm branches as Jesus entered Jerusalem.  Like Jesus and his friends, we share a meal by breaking bread together and passing the cup.
  • After sharing the Passover meal with friends, Jesus goes to the garden to pray. He feels alone and afraid. GOD assures Jesus that GOD is in control and will be with Jesus no matter what happens
  • Later that evening, Jesus is arrested, tortured and put to death on the cross.  His friends are very sad. His body is placed in a cave.
  • Three days later more of Jesus’ friends, the women, go to the cave and discover that his body is gone. Jesus has come back from the dead!  There is confusion, wonder, questions, happiness and fear.  What will happen next?

Read the stories of Holy Week in the gospel of Luke:

  • Luke 22: 39 – 46 Jesus in Prayer
  • Luke 23: 1 – 49   Jesus before death, on the cross, and his burial
  • Luke 24: 1 – 12 The empty tomb

Talk with your family about these sacred stories. Use your faith imagination to wonder how Jesus felt, how his friends felt, and what it might have been like to find the empty cave the next day. Where is God in these stories?

Pray with you family. Thank Jesus for the sacrifice he made for us. Thank God for never leaving us alone.