Youth Sermons - What’s Inside?

The disciples were surprised that the tomb was empty.

Youth Sermons - The History of Hot Cross Buns and Good Friday

Celebrate the Easter tradition associating Hot Cross Buns with Good Friday.

Youth Ministry Object Lessons - Clear Marbles

Christ turns our world upside down.

Youth Illustrations: Easter Symbols

The significance of various symbols of Easter are explained.

Youth Illustrations - Tale of Three Trees

A traditional American folktale of three trees that bore Christ.

Youth Illustration - Twas the Night Before Easter

Easter take on the famous Night Before Christmas poem

Youth Illustration - The Empty Egg

The story of the empty egg.

Youth Illustration - Easter Bunny

Easter is not about the Easter Bunny but a resurrected Savior

Youth Ideas - Top Ten Reasons to Celebrate Easter

Humorous look at the Easter Holidays

Youth Ideas - The Night Before Easter

Easter variation of the Night Before Christmas

Youth Ideas - The 7 Last Words of Jesus Christ From the Cross

Use the 7 last words of Jesus Christ from the cross in a variety of games and creative teaching activities to discuss the events of the crucifixion

Youth Ideas - Nails and Wood

I love you” was what Jesus was saying when he died on the cross.

Youth Ideas - He Is Risen

God did the impossible by raising his Son Jesus from the dead.

Youth Ideas - Egg Tragedy

Sometimes when life seems to have shattered we can make an omelet.

Youth Ideas - Easter Sign-Up

Be the first to get someone to sign your list for each of the Easter characteristics, or to have the most names before the time is up.

Youth Ideas - Easter Freeze Frames

Youth create key scenes from the Easter story in freeze frames.

Youth Ideas - Easter Egg Hunt

Give the traditional Easter egg hunt a spiritual significance by allowing participants to hunt the eggs containing various items from the Easter account in Scripture.

Youth Ideas - Easter Charades

Play a game of charades using key Easter events.

Youth Ideas - Coin Toss

We often imitate what we see others do rather than seek guidance from God and God's Word

Youth Ideas - Balloon Hunt

Use the colored balloons to share the message of Easter.

Youth Icebreakers - Top Easter Artist

How well can you draw the crucifixion scene without looking?

Youth Icebreakers - Toothless Easter

Facial contortions without laughter make this game a fun Easter game.

Youth Icebreakers - Egghead

Will you be the one with a raw egg cracked on your head?

Youth Icebreakers - Easter Twister

Twister is a very simple game that can become very complicated as the players can easily get tied up in knots. Play a classic game of twister replacing the colored dots with symbols commonly associated with Easter.

Youth Icebreakers - Easter Exchange

Can you grab a chair while youth switch places based on Easter symbols?

Youth Icebreakers - Easter Egg Teams

Use Easter Eggs to break your group into teams.

Youth Icebreakers - Easter Card Puzzler

Youth match their pieces to the card design to find their groups in this Easter crowdbreaker.

Youth Icebreakers - Easter Bingo

Can you cover all the squares in your Easter Bingo Board?

Youth Devotional - In God’s Hands

We must the same journey from isolation and despair with God's seeming lack of help - My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? to commitment to allow God to finish his will in us - Father, into your hands I commit my spirit

Youth Devotion - Uneasy

Do you feel uneasy when it comes to religion and spirituality?

Sermons for Youth - Funeral Wrappings

The clothes were there but Jesus was not. He had risen!

Sermon for Kids - Telling the Easter Story

A hollowed egg contains messages that tell the Easter story.

Object Lesson God’s Love - Roses and Thorns

A rose serves as a reminder of the Easter story.

Object Lesson - The Gospel According to a Tea Bag

Use a tea bag as an object lesson to tell the story of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. Its the Easter message for children and adults.

Object Lesson - The Cross or Hell?

God gave us a choice of heaven when he died on the cross for us.

Object Lesson - Perfect Fit

Our goal in life is not to try to fit ourselves into another person's mold, but discover our own place.

Object Lesson - Jelly Bean Salvation

Use 5 colors of Easter Jelly beans to tell the Gospel.

Object Lesson - Easter Resurrection

Use this Easter object lesson, to talk about death and the resurrection in simple terms.

Object Lesson - Easter Cookies

These cookies are tasty object lesson to remind children / youth of the Easter events

Icebreakers - What’s in the Easter Basket?

The person who correctly guesses the most objects inside the Easter eggs is the winner.

Icebreakers - Tearable Easter Rabbit

How well can you tear a piece of paper into the form of the Easter Bunny?

Icebreakers - Out of the Tomb

Use this Easter game as an introduction to the empty tomb and Christ's resurrection.

Icebreakers - Guess the Jelly Beans

Can you guess the Jelly Beans in the Easter Jar?

Icebreakers - Easter Forward and Backwards

Can you make it around the circle to win?

Icebreakers - Easter Egg Nose Roll

Roll an Easter egg across the finish line using only your nose.

Icebreakers - Easter Back to Back

This game humorously demonstrates the fact that for many people, the meaning of Easter has become distorted over time.

Icebreakers - Scattered Reminders of Easter

How many items from the Biblical Easter account can you find around the room?

Creative Youth Ideas - Easter Collection

Easter icebreakers! Creative Teaching Ideas! Easter Children’s sermons, Easter illustrations and Devotions

Christian Illustration - Most Famous Easter Egg

Christian Illustration - Easter Eggs

The customs and traditions of using eggs have been associated with Easter for centuries.

Christian Icebreakers - Easter Hoax

Use this Easter icebreaker to find out a little about each other and link it the fact that Christ's resurrection was no hoax

Children’s Sermon - Our Sins on the Cross

Pins which at first hold the memory of our sins which Jesus died for, are then used to hold decorations for celebration of Easter's message of forgiveness.

Children’s Sermon - Easter Pretzels

Introduce children and youth to the Easter traditions and symbolism associated with Pretzels.