With worship services and groups of all kinds currently suspended, ROOTS is offering free resources for people to use at home.

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For families

Introduction

Our passage this week is all about seeing (as well as touching, hearing etc.) to believe. We ourselves might be experiencing the lack of contact with people, as well as our regular routines, but we must continue to believe and have faith that life will return to normal again.

Into that Jesus speaks a message of peace. We hope in your worship time together this week you will experience that peace which Jesus offers.

 

Gather

Response line: Share your peace with us.

God our Father,
we meet together without fear:
Share your peace with us.

We meet knowing that Jesus came back
from death…
We meet because we are your Church…
Amen.

 

Read

Bible story

John 20.19-31: The disciples rejoice because they are able to see and embrace Jesus after his resurrection.

Action time

Teach the children actions to two key words in today’s Bible passage. First, each time they hear the word ‘peace’, ask them to be still for 10 seconds; encourage them to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Second, each time they hear the word ‘Jesus’, ask everyone to give the biggest grin possible.

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Activity

Create

Make a ‘hug’ to share

Provide cut-outs of the ‘hug’ template and invite the children to decorate them.

Story: Thomas really believes

A way to tell the story of John 20.19-31 followed by ideas for discussion time

 

Activity and colouring sheets

Activity Sheet English		Colouring Sheet English		Activity Sheet Welsh		Colouring Sheet Welsh

 

For adults

PostScript - Easter comes anyway

 

	In conversation with the Scriptures: Lent and suffering; Easter and joy
John Parr explores Lent and Easter, in conversation with Anne Stevens.

 

Live your faith

This week's Live your faith sheet for adults with Bible notes, prayers, a picture and questions for reflection, a live your faith action