Resurrection Egg Hunt
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Originally posted by NancyFidler:
I am planning a Resurrection Easter Egg Hunt. Has anyone ever done this and if so, how did it go? What problems did you run into?
Nancy F
Sunday Kids Club Director
Grace Lutheran Church
Streamwood, IL
It is finished.
Our Easter Egg hunt took place this past weekend. We had never done this before and were pretty nervous about taking this event on.
I started by bringing this idea to our congregation. Let me start by saying that I am the Director of the Sunday Kids Club for Grace Lutheran Church, 780 S. Bartlett Road, Streamwood, IL. I have been in this position since January of last year and it has been awesome.
When I approached the congregation with this idea they were so excited. I gave the job of filling the eggs to the members of the church and in one week we had 1,600 eggs returned filled and ready to be hidden.
On the day of the hunt, Saturday, April 3, 2004 – about 30 adults came to help us. Then the children started to arrive (106 in total) and were brought into the church. We started with songs, which were projected on the screen in the front of the church; followed by the rules being read. The children then proceeded to the church grounds to find their eggs. The hunt itself only took around 15 minutes – but when the children returned inside the church – the fun began.
We did the presentation the following way….
- The children were asked to go through there eggs and find the ones with the numbers on them. (They were told NOT to open their eggs!)
- We then opened the first egg…
- Read the bible reading by using the Childs Adventure Bible
- Talking about it with the children. Then proceeded to the next egg….
I will say that the one thing we did change was the leather (whipping) of Jesus due to the fact that we have so many very young children. I included a picture of a Rooster and talked about the 3 times Peter denied Jesus. I think one of the things that personally affected me was the movie – The Passion. I just couldn’t look at the beating the same way I used to. These children were to young in my eyes to see this part of the story.
But the event was awesome. We even had children attend our Sunday Kids Club the next day because of how much they enjoyed the Egg Hunt.
Praise God!
