Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday Ideas and Resources
Whether your church celebrates Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras, and whether or not your church has ashes at the Ash Wednesday service, we have ideas and resources that will help you shepherd children through these special days in the church year.
NEIL: Should children "give up" something for Lent? - a think piece with many different suggestions about how to give up something that can do something for others, and keeping our actions from drawing attention to ourselves.
ROBIN: Create in me a clean heart soap project - a resource for a science lesson or part of a special Ash Wednesday family time. This is a fun illustration of the serious topic of God sending Jesus to help us with our "heart problems."
Check out these other resources to help you celebrate Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras) and Ash Wednesday.