The Easter Story: for families to share

The Easter Story: for families to share

Author : Martyn Payne
£2.50

A special Easter book for families to share

Explore the story of the first Easter together as a family!

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Title The Easter Story: for families to share
Author Martyn Payne
Description

Explore the story of the first Easter together as a family!

The Easter Story is written for parents, grandparents and carers to share with their children through an interactive family Bible and prayer time.

Each section provides a brief comment on the passage, questions to discuss, a visual aid to encourage engagement with the story, an activity idea, a prayer idea, a key verse and an Old Testament story link.

Details
  • Product code: 9781800391017
  • Published: 10 February 2021
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • Dimensions: 148mm wide and 148mm high

Explore the story of the first Easter together as a family!

The Easter Story is written for parents, grandparents and carers to share with their children through an interactive family Bible and prayer time.

Each section provides a brief comment on the passage, questions to discuss, a visual aid to encourage engagement with the story, an activity idea, a prayer idea, a key verse and an Old Testament story link.

Formerly part of BRF’s Messy Church team, Martyn Payne is a gifted storyteller whose previous books The Big Story (2011) and Creative Ways to Tell a Bible Story (2012) demonstrate the variety of approaches he uses to bring the Bible alive for children and adults alike. He is passionate about the blessing that comes when generations explore faith together.

Church Matters. Paul Beasley-Murray

A superb resource. If I were still a minister of a local church, I would ensure that every family in my church received a copy!

Transforming Ministry, digital edition 2. Reviewed by Elizabeth Hogg

Martyn Payne, one of the pioneers of Messy Church, has written a little gem which brings the Bible to life, introduces creativity and encourages family prayer.  There are questions to discuss and activities to develop within a context of family sharing – across the generations.   

It is presented in ten sections, from the entry into Jerusalem through to the crucifixion, so it is the story of Holy Week, rather than Eastertide, and only the final section features the risen Jesus’ appearance.  Nonetheless, it is highly recommended, for it presents a narrative which is increasingly unknown among modern families.  So buy this attractive little book during Lent, and if appropriate present it to your children or grandchildren on or around Palm Sunday.  When family worship once again becomes the norm, it can be used at Junior Church, or given to families who attend.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Hogg