Let S Celebrate Jesus On Easter

Baby animals, colorful eggs, and sweet treats make Easter fun. But Jesus is the reason we celebrate!

Baby animals, colorful eggs, and sweet treats make Easter fun. But Jesus is the reason we celebrate this special time of year. This early reader 16-page book teaches kids about the Bible and character traits.

Easter is celebrated by Christians worldwide to mark the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, and this book let's children discover how people around the globe celebrate this important festival and what it means to them, with age-appropriate language. The history, preparation and celebration of Easter are all visualised with beautiful photography, capturing the many ways in which this festival is marked. This approach offers children a visually arresting and diverse introduction to one of the most celebrated religious festivals. Ideal for leisure reads, use in the classroom and to support cross-curricular studies.

When Jesus left the most exclusive gated community in the universe to come live with the people he loved and gave his life for, he turned everything we know and believe about life on its head. Jesus said that he came to bring good news to the poor, but most Western Christians remain disconnected and isolated from the poor and their contexts of injustice. Even our churches echo society’s pressure to isolate ourselves from the margins (e.g. by moving to a better suburb) and instead teach us how to be “nice people” who worship a “nice Jesus” and don’t disrupt the status quo. Convinced that Jesus places love for the poor and the pursuit of justice central, Craig Greenfield has sought to follow in Christ’s footsteps by living among people at the edges of society for the last fourteen years. His quest to follow this Subversive Jesus has taken Craig and his young family from the slums of Asia to inner city Canada and back again. This is the story of how Jesus led them to the margins: initiating the Pirates of Justice flash mobs, sharing their home with detoxing crackheads, welcoming homeless panhandlers and prostitutes to the dinner table, and ultimately sparking a movement to reach the world’s most vulnerable children. This book is a strong and potentially controversial critique of the status quo too often found in our churches, but it offers an inspirational and hopeful vision of another way. While readers may not relocate to a slum, they will certainly come to view their lives and ministry through a fresh lens—reconsidering how they are uniquely called by Jesus to subversively love the poor and break down systems of injustice in their sphere of influence.

Easter is a colorful holiday, which makes it perfect for the bright and beautiful art of origami. As readers learn fun facts about popular Easter symbols, such as eggs and bunnies, they also learn how to make them using folded and creased paper. Each project is broken down into easy-to-follow steps that are accompanied by visual examples and explained using encouraging text. In addition, helpful tips and materials lists prepare readers for these projects and ensure they have fun making Easter decorations and gifts to give to family and friends.

Bring the family together to anticipate and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus! This collection of seasonal devotions brings the family together to contemplate the real reason for Lent and Easter - the death and triumphant resurrection of Jesus. Using Scripture readings, familiar songs and hymns, and devotional thoughts, you and your family can discuss, interact, and focus on Jesus during this special season. The devotional also contains music notations for the hymns and songs, as well as projects and service ideas to encourage families to put faith into action.

Activities to carry you through Easter Full colour pull-out calendar Perfect for groups or individuals