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New Resources for Lent and Easter

NEW RESOURCES FOR LENT AND EASTER

The following resources are available for free loan from the WNY Conference Resource Center located at 131 John Muir Drive, Amherst, NY.  Check our website www.wnyumc.org for more information or call the Resource Center.

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Online www.wnyumc.org

Call (716) 564-2316

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MISSION: EASTER

YOUTH PROGRAMS AND IDEAS FOR LENT

Mission Easter is your source for Lenten programming ideas.  In addition to seven Sunday programs, MISSION EASTER contains devotional programs for Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday.  Included are: 7 Lenten Bible studies, 2 original seasonal dramas, worship and retreat ideas, a 6-page Bible dictionary.  The ideas in Mission Easter will better help your youth understand the traditions, beliefs, and practices that make this season so holy.

WHAT A STORY! AND 5 OTHER DRAMAS FOR TWEENS

Six dramas allow tweens (ages 10-12) to role-play life situations and discover biblical stories in a new way. Contains dramas for Palm Sunday, Easter, and Pentecost. Includes reproducibles.
Titles:
What a Story!
On the Road
We're Havng a Party (Pentecost)
The Real Thing
Vending Machine Advice
Bible People: The Musical

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

A FAITH JOURNEY

“Each year as we move toward Easter, we make a road trip. We join Jesus on the road as he moves to and through the cross. It is interesting to note that some of Jesus’ most powerful and poignant experiences happened on the road. In a real sense, we could say that Jesus spent his whole life on the road. He was born on a road trip. He died on a road trip. And one of his most dramatic post-Resurrection appearances occurred on the road to Emmaus. In this Lenten study, we will explore the significance of Jesus’ experiences on the road, and we will take a closer look at some of the people he met along the way.”

—James W. Moore, adapted from the introduction

This seven-session study, appropriate for both group and individual use, provides one lesson for each week in Lent. Each lesson includes a Scripture reference, a brief reflection, questions for discussion or reflection, a brief prayer, and a focus for the coming week.

BOUND FOR GOLGOTHA LENT 2007

Each lesson in this lectionary-based group study for Lent 2007 includes commentary and relevant questions based on the Old Testament, Epistle, and Gospel readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. This series of eight loose-nested leaflets includes one overview and six lesson plans (one for each session). Each session includes a suggested outline, a learning menu from which the leader chooses options, and additional Bible background. The Psalm is used as a worshipful prayer opening or closing.

A ROOSTER’S TALE

EASTER DRAMAS, SPEECHES, AND RECITATIONS FOR CHILDREN

This collection will enable churches to create an Easter program whether they are blessed with a large number of children or only a few children.

THEY ROLLED THE STONE AWAY

AFRICAN AMERICAN EASTER DRAMAS

This resource contains skits, recitations, and poetry for Easter that engage the African American experience. Children and youth will enjoy an innovative Easter rap, as well as more traditional poems.  Included are two skits: one that reflects a historical point of view, focusing on the contributions of Harriet Tubman, and one that deals with how God changes the lives of people in contemporary times.  Both celebrate the story of the Resurrection!  They also have material for a wide age range, from preschoolers to adults.

COME TO EASTER

THE CUSTOMS OF THE LENTEN & EASTER SEASONS

In Come to Easter, information about the customs of the Lenten and Easter seasons is presented in a highly graphic, easy-to-access format. Includes explanations of customs and symbols of the seasons and disciplines to observe during Lent. Explains Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Tenebrae, and other days in Holy Week as well as joyful symbols of Easter including the egg, Easter bunny, butterfly, and lily, and special liturgical elements such as Paschal candles.

ABINGDON’S EASTER DRAMAS AND PROGRAM COLLECTION

These Easter dramas and programs emphasize the importance of Christian faith and values. Includes short monologues, recitations, Lenten Selections, Pentecost Selections and Tenebrae Service. Reproducible.  Includes: Maundy Thursday Last Supper Reenactment, An Easter Story, The Guardians, Where is the Proof?, Sunrise, Come Holy Spirit: A Dramatic Worship for Pentecost Sunday, Poetry and Recitations.

ABINGDON’S EASTER DRAMAS COLLECTION 2

6 SHORT DRAMAS

This inspiring volume of short dramatic presentations will enable churches to share the Christian faith from Palm Sunday through Easter. Includes

Jesus Is Coming, a dramatization of Jesus’ triumphant entry into the city. A Simple ten minute praise service.

The Last Supper, a dramatization of the Last Supper

Three monologues by Mary, each runs ten minutes:

As the Crowds Cheer Him

At The Crucifixion

After The Resurrection

All this Power, a drama of the resurrection

The Holy Lamb, moves from prophecies concerning the coming of the Lamb of God, through Jesus’ life.

THE LENTEN TREE

DEVOTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO PREPARE FOR CHRIST’S DEATH AND HIS RESURRECTION

The Lenten tree contains Lenten devotions for children and adults. It also includes questions, prayers, a memory verse, and songs.

BIBLEVENTURECENTERS: JESUS- DEATH DESTROYER

4 WEEKS WITH JESUS

Build your kids' Christian faith as they travel in small groups to four learning centers where they'll connect with Bible truths in fresh, fun ways - through drama, art, games and music!

Includes: Four ready-to-go, one hour sessions, photocopiable student handouts, reproducible CD.

Your kids will discover these events from Jesus' Final Days:

Jesus' Triumphal Entry, The Passover Meal, Jesus Prays for His followers, Jesus is Crucified - and Rises Again!

Abingdon worship photos

Each volume of the Abingdon Worship Photo Series contains 50 royalty-free, worship-themed photos for use in multimedia presentations. These professional, high-quality images make creating stunning slide backgrounds a snap. Simply incorporate the JPEG image into presentation software such as PowerPoint(TM) and customize it by adding your own Scripture, sermon notes, and announcements. These images can also be modified in image editing programs such as Adobe(TM) Photoshop(TM) Elements and Jasc Paint Shop(TM) Pro(R).
volume 2

The images in Volume 2: Holy Days and Holidays focus on the major holy days celebrated in the Christian calendar as well as some of the major civil holidays often celebrated in the church: Advent, Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter, All Saints' Day, Memorial and Veteran's Day, Mother's and Father's Day, and Thanksgiving.

volume 3

Volume 3, Lent and Easter, contains images celebrating God's redemptive grace through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ. Included are images for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter.

HOLIDAY SEASON 1: EASTER

What would churches do without holidays? Attendance peaks at Christmas and Easter, and you probably have extra Christmas programs or Passion Week services in your schedule.
Bluefish TV has designed holiday specific discs that offer a variety of sermon illustrations that will touch, teach, or tickle your congregation. Taking only 2-3 minutes each, these video clips will be talked about for months, making these special days truly special.

Good Friday/Easter
THE PEACE CHILD

a missionary story that brings new meaning to the holiday (1:49)
SACRIFICE:  What would you give your life for?
WHO would you sacrifice your life for? Christ dies for sinners like us (1:35)

Currency: How Much is Our Life Worth?
we put a price on everything--but what was the price of our redemption? (1:08)
What Does the Cross Mean to You?
is this holiday about rabbits and eggs or something far more important? (1:50)

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