10 Room Stations
We adapted a Stations of the Cross program from my home church in Connecticut to make an 8 room Sunday morning program. We did 10 stations last year but it was too long for the time we had.
This year,our 8th-12th graders ran each station. We set aside 8 rooms with two or three high school aged leaders in each room who read a reading and either did a brief activity with the rotation aged kids or gave them a "gift".
- For Palm Sunday, they reinacted Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem (in 4 minutes flat).
- For Teaching/Betrayal, each child was given a nickel to remind them of the pieces of silver.
- For Washing of Feet, we had the senior highs wash and dry the children's hands.
- For the Last Supper, the children shared a loaf of King's Hawaiian Bread and grape juice.
- For the Trial, we had a homemade crown of thorns and a robe and a stick for the kids to touch or try on.
- For the Crucifixion, we gave the children small wooden crosses. The reading was done half in darkness by candlelight and we ripped a piece of cloth when the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
- For the Burial, we had the children grind spices. We have some myrrhh that the children could touch and see.
- We have added a resurrection room because we don't have Sunday School on Easter. This year, the children were given plastic crosses with bubble liquid in them.
The kids really enjoy our modified "Stations" and the adult shepherds find it a very good reminder of the holy week story. We will do it (or a variant) again next year. If you want a copy of the readings/instructions that we gave our Senior Highs, just email me at asbrfrost@attbi.com
