Jesus Christ is my Savior and
Redeemer. He came into the world
to do the will of the Father
by Melanie Day

 
 

I really liked the idea from April 1999 Friend.  It suggested that you take the children on a “flight” to Jerusalem.  If possible, line up the chairs to resemble an airplane in your gymnasium.  Give them an overview of what will take place.  Ask the children to be especially quiet as they take a short walk to a “garden” just outside the gates of the Old City.  Move extra plants and/or flowers into the Primary room.  Display various pictures from your library of  the Garden Tomb; Jesus Christ, and Resurrection.  Have the children sit on the floor.  Set up chairs in the back of the room for the teachers. Have the pianist play Easter songs as the children enter the “garden”.  Here are some Easter Songs:

• Did Jesus Really Live Again? - #64

• Easter Hosanna - #68

• He Died That We Might Live Again - #65

• He Sent His Son - #34

• Hosanna - #66

• Jesus Has Risen - #70

• On a Golden Springtime - #88

Then hold an Easter morning “sunrise service.” Tell them that if they were really at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, there would be many people there who loved Jesus but who were not members of our Church. We would want them to know of our love and reverence for Jesus Christ.

Tell about Palm Sunday (see John 12:12–15), show Primary 7 manual, picture 7-28.

SING: “Hosanna” (CS, pp. 66–67).

Assign helpers to hold pictures from the Primary 7 manual:

- Christ at the Last Supper (7-29)
- Christ in Gethsemane (7-30)
- Christ on the cross (7-33)
- Christ at the tomb (7-34)

Ask the children to tell what they know about the pictures.

FOR SENIOR PRIMARY:

1.  Someone to tell the events of the first Easter morning (see John 20:1–18)
2.  A member of the bishopric or Primary presidency to give a short message about how we can always remember Jesus Christ (see “In Remembrance of Jesus,” Friend, Apr. 1998, IFC)
3.  Several children to share very briefly why they are grateful for the Savior, or how they know that He loves them.

FOR JUNIOR PRIMARY:

Talk about the signs of spring that remind us that the Savior rose from the dead. The new flowers that rise from the earth in spring remind us that we, too, shall live again.  If signs of spring are in evidence, take a walk around the building. Sing “On a Golden Springtime,” (CS, p. 88, vs. 1–2).

SING:  “I Feel My Savior’s Love,” (CS, pp. 74–75)

SUMMARY:  Jesus Christ is our Savior.  He loves us.  He did all that He was asked to do.  He wants us to do the same by following Him so that we can return and live with Him.  Share your testimony of Jesus Christ.

OPTIONAL Ideas:

- Have the children do "My Story of Jesus"
- Send home instructions on how to make Edible Tombs as a family activity.