youth ministry - easter egg hunt

8/12/2019 Youth Ministry - Easter Egg Hunt

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Youth Ministry -

Easter Egg Hunt

Give the traditional Easteregg hunt a spiritual

significance by allowing

participants to hunt the eggscontaining various itemsfrom the Easter account in

Scripture.

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MaterialsPlastic Easter Eggs with 1 item inside

each.

* Gray fleece or a tiny donkey

(Matthew 21:2-5)

* Palm branch or a dolls coat

(Matthew 21:8-11)

* A vial of perfume (Matthew 26:7-

13)* A lock of hair (Matthew 26:7-13)

* 30 silver coins or 3 10-cent coins

(Matthew 26:14-15)

* A strip of terry cloth fabric or

towel (John 13:4-11)* A communion wafer or bread

(Matthew 26:17-29)

* A communion cup or grape

(Matthew 26:17-29)




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* Miniature praying hands (Mark

14:32-42)

* A watch (Mark 13:37)

* Rooster figure or a feather (Luke22:61)

* Piece of rope (John 18:12)

* A strip of leather (John 19:1)

* Small piece of soap (Matthew

27:20-24)* A piece of scarlet cloth

(Matthew 27:28)

* A thorn or thorns from roses

(Matthew 27:29)

* A cross or two sticks (John19:16-22)

* Three flathead nails or regular

nails (John 19:16-22)

* Dice (John 19:23-24)




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* Color the inside of 1 egg with black

marker (Luke 23:44-45)

* sponge/cotton ball with vinegar

(John 19:28-30)

* A toothpick-end dipped in red

paint (John 19:32-37)

* A shattered or split rock (Matthew

27:51, 54)* Purple cloth (Matthew 27:51)

* Clean linen cloth or gauze (Matthew

27:57-61)

* Cinnamon stick (Luke 23:55-56)

* A stone and wax or paraffin(Matthew 27:65-66)

* An empty egg or hollow chocolate

egg (Matthew 28:5-8)




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You do not need to use all

items. Use those you

consider most important or

most appropriate to your

lesson focus and the age of

your group.




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ActivityGive the traditional Easter egg hunt

a spiritual significance by allowing

participants to hunt the eggs

containing the various items and

meet at a designated place later fora debrief. During the debrief

discuss the significance of the

various items.




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Variations1: Participants place the items in

order and explain the significance.

2: Add scripture related to the items

and hide them in eggs as well.

Participants match the scriptures withthe items.

3: Instead of hiding the eggs, add

them to an Easter basket and have

participants choose an egg.




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4: For an additional application hide

Easter Eggs of the following colors:black, red, white, green, yellow.

Place jelly beans of these colors in a

plastic egg if you cannot find all the

colors. (See Jelly Bean Salvation).

Prepare some Plastic Easter Eggswith one jelly bean of each color and

have participants give them to

friends to explain the true meaning

of Easter. Tape an invitation to your

Easter worship services and activities

to each egg.




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5.For a Childrens sermon, prepare

eggs to represent significant

events. Number them and then

open them one at a time to tell the

Easter story.6: Provide an Easter Basket with

several items for each participant.




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Scripture focus

Read Matthew 26:3-28:15

Discuss each item and the role

it played in Christs death andresurrection.




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