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Activities & Movies for Lent & Easter

February 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

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Photo by Kathleen Barry, United Methodist Communications

Now that you’ve got your Lenten study, consider adding in some special activities or movie events to provide additional opportunities to observe Lent or reach out to your community with the Easter message. The NC Conference Media Center has activity programs, craft ideas, animated movies, and documentaries to enhance your Lenten season.

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The resources listed here are available for all laity and clergy in the NC Conference to borrow. We can even mail them to you! Simply fill out the Resource Request Form, or contact the Media Center with any questions.

Activity Programs

Activity, drama and craft ideas for adults, youth, children, and intergenerational groups. Use in worship, Sunday School, or with your family at home. Click the titles for more information.

  • messy easterEssential Lent: Holy Moments and Sacred Experiences for Your Whole Congregation
  • Messy Easter: Three Complete Sessions and a Treasure Trove of Ideas for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
  • Let Us Break Bread Together: A Passover Haggadah for Christians
  • Family Celebrations at Easter
  • Mission: Easter, Youth Programs & Ideas for Lenteaster-rific
  • Easter-rific! Teaching Kids…It’s More than Just One Day!
  • Sharing the Easter Faith with Children
  • Children’s Dramas For The Church Year: Reproducible Dramas for Lent, Easter, and Pentecost
  • Things to Make and Do for Lent and Easter

 

Animated Movies

These family-friendly movies are great for kids. Some are even short enough for a Sunday School lesson.

  • three easter classicsVeggie Tales: An Easter Carol
  • Three Easter Classics
  • The First Easter
  • The Easter Promise and The Witness
  • The Bedbug Bible Gang: Easter Party!
  • Cherub Wings: And It Was So: God’s Power and Forgiveness
  • Animated New Testament: Worthy is the Lamb

Documentaries and Movies

These films for adults and youth include documentaries on Jesus’ last days, as well as dramatization of Holy Week events.

  • Apostle Peter and the Last Supperresurrection
  • The Fourth Wise Man
  • In Remembrance: Their Last Supper Together
  • Resurrection: Where the Passion Ends Resurrection Begins
  • The True Easter Story: The Promise Kept
  • Passion in Jerusalem: The Easter Story
  • Three Days that Changed the World
  • The Resurrected Life: Understanding the Meaning of Easter

More Resources

For additional Lent and Easter books and DVDs available to borrow from the NC Conference Media Center, view the following pathfinders in our online catalog:

  • Lent and Easter Videos for Adults
  • Lent and Easter Books for Adults
  • Lent and Easter Resources for Youth
  • Lent and Easter Resources for Children

 

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