We had our Good Friday Children's Activity morning at St John's Seven Kings today, thanks to our great team of volunteers. Lots of Easter craft activities, an Easter egg hunt, and a reflection from me on the crucifixion and resurrection.
We thought about some of the bad things which happened to Jesus as part of his passion seeing that many of them (mockery, desertion, betrayal etc.) were things that might happen to us too. All the really bad things we can think of happened to Jesus which means that God knows what it is like when bad things happen to us. God understands and we can tell God about the bad things that happen and know that he understands and loves us.
The Easter story tells us that, although terrible things happen, they’re not the end of the story. Like an egg which looks dead as a stone but one day might break open to let a new chick be born, Jesus was dead and buried but came back to life, breaking out of the grave just as the chick breaks out of the egg. So, after all the sadness and pain there came a bigger joy than anyone could possibly have imagined.
This was followed by an excellent Devotional Service prepared and led by our curate, Geoff Eze, which ended with the playing of the song below during which we placed stones symbolising our burdens at the foot of the cross.
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Kathryn Cross - At The Foot Of The Cross.
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