Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me New Testament reading for Easter. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!
Everyone
Activity – Easter Study Plan – This study plan provides daily inspiration to help you strengthen your faith in Jesus Christ this Easter season. Follow along and see how the events that happened during the last days of His mortal ministry apply to your life.
Activity – Easter Week – Images from the Bible videos that portray the last week of the Savior’s life. Consider reading the scripture verses listed for each image.
Activity – He is Risen – article with lovely artwork depicting events after Christ’s Resurrection
Activity – Why We Rejoice – An Easter program with music, narration, and beautiful pictures to do for family home evening.
Video – He is Not Here; For He is Risen – Gordon B. Hinckley speaks about the Resurrection from the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. (2:24 minutes)
Video – Jesus is Resurrected – Bible video
Video – The Risen Lord Appears to the Apostles – Bible Video
Video – Blessed are They that Have Not Seen Yet Have Believed – Thomas, one of the twelve, doubts the appearance of the risen Lord.
Video – He is Risen – Ponder what the Savior means to all humanity—and to you personally. And then share the good news.
Video – World’s Largest Virtual Hallelujah Chorus – 300+ members of a world-famous choir combine with over 1,000 voices worldwide in an incredible musical tribute to Jesus Christ. (4:23 minutes)
Children
Activity – My Faith in Jesus Christ Grows When I Know He is my Savior and Redeemer – coloring page
Activity – Jesus Christ Made it Possible for Me to Live with my Heavenly Father Again – coloring page
Activity – He Lives! – Tell your family the story in John 20 of each person seeing the Savior after His Resurrection using the pictures as guides.
Activity – Jesus Was Resurrected – color by number
Activity – He Sent His Son – Make a booklet that tells the Easter story
Activity – Seven Days Until Easter – Starting the Sunday before Easter, read the scripture for each day and color the matching numbered area.
Activity/Article – Easter Week – An illustrated description of the week before Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection.
Activity/Article – Easter Footsteps – Follow the footsteps to find out where Jesus went and what he did the week of Easter.
Article – The Easter Story – A picture story of the Savior’s Atonement and Resurrection.
Article – The Miracle of Easter – A scripture, a song, and a short section to read each day leading up to Easter. Start on Palm Sunday the week before Easter.
Article – The Story of Easter – scripture stories for Little Friends
Video – Jesus Suffers in the Garden of Gethsemane – scripture reader
Youth and Adults
Activity – 13 Images from Easter Week – Images from the last week of the Savior’s mortal life teach about His kingdom, His suffering, and His triumph over sin and death.
Activity/Article – The Savior’s Last Week – This Easter, take time to reflect on the Savior’s life and sacrifice.
Activity – Try Some New Easter Traditions – This Easter, spend some more time remembering the greatest gift ever given.
Article – Jerusalem – Where the Savior spent His final days. A map with descriptions of each location.
Article – The Passover Supper – The first Passover symbolized Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and showed what it means to be God’s covenant people.
Article – The Savior of You – The Savior of the world is also the Savior of you. That’s important.
Video – Handels’ Messiah: Debtor’s Prison – President Russell M. Nelson taught that the release of these prisoners from debtor’s prison beautifully symbolizes our own redemption through the Savior Jesus Christ.
Video – Where Justice, Love, and Mercy Meet – Two brothers attempt to climb a sheer canyon wall without any safety ropes or harnesses.
Adults
Article – The Greatest Week in History – The events of the last week of the Savior’s life—from the Sunday morning of his triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem to the Sunday morning of the resurrection—will undoubtedly be acclaimed as the greatest week in history.
Article – What the Atoning Sacrifice Meant for Jesus – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Jesus Christ: Priest, King, and Prophet – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – “It Is Finished” – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – The Atonement and the Resurrection – BYU Religious Studies Center
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