Objects and a Story to Tell

The journey of Lent, of our lives, is ongoing!  It is full of joys and sorrows.  They come close together and in different seasons!

This past Sunday, we shouted, ‘Hosanna!  Hosanna!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!  Hosanna in the highest heaven!  Hosanna in the highest!’  But Palm Sunday alone doesn’t make up Holy Week!   In the afternoon, kids and families gathered to make bread (which we’ll use on Thursday).  Yet, we did more than just that!  We took some of our time to do a Reverse Easter Egg hunt.  Starting with 12 empty eggs, the kids were told to find objects throughout the sanctuary to fill those eggs.  They searched high and low for their objects:
           A toy car.  A quarter.  A small cup.  A sticky hand.  A tied yarn strand.  A mini Peep®.
           A piece of rose bush.  A cross.  A toothpick.  A piece of cloth.   And a rock.

Before you read on, I ask you to pause and consider what could unite these objects?

Through these objects we talked about the various events of Holy Week.  Jesus entering (riding into) Jerusalem.  Judas’ betrayal.  The Last Supper and everything we’ll hear about on Good Friday and even Easter Morning.  I hope you all will ask the kids about it and help them remember the story.  I also hope that you join us throughout the week (Thursday 6:30, Friday 6:30, Sunday morning at either 7 or 10:30).  Join us in telling the story of God’s love, grace, and embrace that we seek to live out in our own lives.