Easter (comparing the Resurrection Gospel accounts) (Primary Stations of Cross quiz )

'Lord teach me your ways' - John Burland

(2005 - N.S.W.)

Track	Title	Comment	Uses
7	Hosanna, shout hosanna	**** (joyful and tuneful)	Palm Sunday
8	Serving each other	**** (top song)	Washing the feet - Holy Thursday
9	Come do this in memory of me	**** (good song)	Holy Thursday - Eucharist, communion
10	Lord by your cross	***	Good Friday
11	He is risen alleluia	**** (great song)	Easter

'Receive the Power' - The Album - WYD 2008

Track	Title	Artist	Comment	Uses
1	Ameno	Eric Levi	****	Grand sound
2	Angels	Amy Grant	****	Easter
4	Amazing Grace	Hayley Westenra	****	Traditional standard
5	Behold the Cross	Gary Pinto	****	Easter
15	You raise me up	Russell Watson	***** (Top song)	Resurrection
18	I can only imagine	Mercy Me	***** (Love this one)	Resurrection

YOU TUBE/ VIDEO CLIPS (Easter and the Passion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxZPQPOj5g8&feature=related (great song - 'Jesus the Easter message')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWJ4rPzhQA&feature=related (Beware this clip is somewhat graphic showing the scene where Jesus is flogged)

Crosswords: (http://www.akidsheart.com/ws/ewsol.htm, http://www.devotions.homestead.com/Easter_Crossword.html)

Holy Week

http://www.culham.ac.uk/Easter/index.html The Easter Story. This site looks at the Easter story through an examination of the great paintings. The main point of these pictures is to stimulate discussion and debate about the events which form the Easter story, the people who were involved, and the people who have explored the story for two thousand years since then. The Teachers' Notes page includes some guidance about using the Web as a source for pictures and other works of art. Contains teaching and learning activities.
http://www.holidays.net/easter/ Easter on the net
Easter
Meaning and History
The Passion of the Christ
Interactive Passion History

Stations of the Cross

"Stations of the Cross," Jeff Krantz, Preaching Peace.
"Bitter Journey: The Way of the Cross," a multimedia feature tracing Jesus' Passion and Death. BeliefNet.
Via Crucis: Articles, artwork, liturgies, photographs depicting and illustrating the Way of the Cross.
Stations of the Cross for Children, Lucille Perrotta Castro.
Stations of the Cross, Catholic Life - Prayers, Catholic Online.
The Stations of the Cross, Creighton University Collaborative Ministry Office.
Stations of the Cross, drawn by 6th graders of Arcadia Catholic School (English and Spanish).
Stations of the Cross, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The Way of the Cross, illustrated with classical artwork.
Stations of the Cross, Chris Woods, 1996. Contemporary context.
Virtual Stations of the Cross, Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Picayune, MS.
An Upside Down Stations of the Cross.
Virtual Stations of the Cross, The Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, Lewisville, TX.
http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/ Stations of the cross for children
http://frpat.com/stations.htm Stations of the Cross
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15569a.htm Stations of the Cross
http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/ Stations of the Cross written for children
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2960/index.html Interactive Passion History
http://www.disciplesnow.com/catholic/html/easter.html Easter site for teenagers
http://about.beliefnet.com/story/21/story_2151_1.html The Way of the Cross. A multimedia feature tracing Jesus' passion and death. The concept for Bitter Journey: The Way of the Cross is based on traditions associated with Tenebrae services, the Stations of the Cross, and the Lamentations of Good Friday. It could be useful as part of an in class Para liturgy using a data projector.
http://www.textweek.com/holyweek.htm

This site gathers ideas from a number of Christian sites. Contains suggestions for Stations of the Cross and Holy Week liturgies.

http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/stations.html

On line Stations of the Cross

http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/Stations/face.htm

On line reflections on the Stations of the Cross

http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/swanbrec/resources/holyc.html

A liturgy resource for Stations of the Cross

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15569a.htm

This Catholic encyclopaedia has teacher background material on the history and development of the Stations of the Cross.

http://frpat.com/stations.htm

This website has good background for students on the history and development of the Stations of the Cross. The visitor is also invited to reflect and pray the Stations of the Cross drawn by Year Seven students at Arcadia Catholic School.

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/

Stations of the Cross written for children.

http://www.wibsite.com/goodfriday/locations/cookham2004/1.htm

http://www.silk.net/RelEd/ezinelstations2.htm

Suggestions for activities students could carry out with the Stations of the Cross

http://www.mainchance.org/upward/read/december2002/stations.html

This site contains modern day images of homeless people and connects their story to each of the Stations

CLIP ART STATIONS:

http://www.silk.net/RelEd/lonsdale.htm

Fr. Lonsdale created a large amount of excellent resources and made these available free of use for non-profit purposes on his web site catholic1.com.

http://www.stgeorge.easynet.co.uk/stations.htm

Contains painted images of the Stations

Resurrection

http://www.newmediabible.org/resurrection/ This is a streaming video presentation of the Resurrection, which tells the story of the Resurrection but against a modern setting. You will need Real Player to view it but there is a version for slow speed connections.

The Easter Story

General Resources:
- A comprehensive list of Lent and Easter links at Rev. Richard J. Fairchild's A Holy Easter.
- Online Resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter, ELCIC's "Lift Up Your Hearts".
- Easter in Cyberspace: A Christian Perspective. (More links)
- Holy Week, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays.
- Lenten Resources at Anglicans Online.
- The Passion of the Lord Jesus Christ, Ecumenical and Presbyterian Resources, Bruce Gillette. Includes links to resources for the Mel Gibson movie.
Worship Planning:
- Ideas and Liturgies for Holy Week, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- "Celebrating Holy Week," Ian Forrester in Sunday by Sunday, Liturgy Planner from the Royal School of Music.
- The Days of Holy Week, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
- A Dramatic Reading of the Passion Story by Rev Rick Nelson. At Richard & Charlene Fairchild's Kir-Shalom Site.
- Wellspring Liturgies for Lent and Easter, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
- Planning a Tenebrae Service, Fred Unruh, Mennonite Church of Canada.
- The Seven Last Words Sermon Series, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Sermons from Seattle: Golgotha, Father Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do, Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise, Here is Your Son - Here is Your Mother, My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? I Thirst, It Is Finished, Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit, The Seven Last Words.
Art and Music:
- Image-links at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
- Holy Week Clip Art (Free), United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries.
- Art to Heart, Jeff Dugan. Suggestions for classic artwork to use with each week's liturgy. Jeff also offers the opportunity to purchase PowerPoint presentations of classic art for weekly liturgical use.
Devotionals, Activities etc:
- "How to Make Palm Crosses," clear instructions with photographs from King of Peace Episcopal Church, Kingsland, Georgia.
- Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter by Victor Hoagland, C.P.
Articles:
- "God of the Mountain," A Reflection on the Meaning of the Cross, William Loader.
- "Looking Toward Easter: The Meaning Behind the Words of Good Friday," the Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor, explorefaith.org.
- "Transformations in Telling the Passion Story," Lloyd Gaston, Jewish-Christian Relations.
- "Was the Last Supper a Seder?" Arthur Magida. BeliefNet.
- "Near the Cross," by Ron Morgan, at The Other Side Online, March/April 1999. "I was always taught that Jesus suffered so that we would not have to. Does shielding ourselves from suffering distort our faith and keep us from becoming fully human?"
- "Hope in the Face of Loss," by Walter Brueggemann, at The Other Side Online, March/April 1999. "What happens when your world collapses - when the foundations of your faith crumble and dissolve? Biblical hope -- running through both Testaments -- points the way to courage and confidence. It's a gift the world cannot give."
- Jesus: Today, Tomorrow, Forever, resources connected with the year 2000 Passion Play by the Churches of Cheltenham.
- Holy Week, Passion of Christ, Commemoration of the, Passion of Jesus Christ, Passion of Jesus Christ in the Four Gospels from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- "The Mystery of Passiontide and Holy Week," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
- "The History of Passiontide and Holy Week," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
- "Practice During Passiontide and Holy Week," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
Online Resources for In-Depth study of the Passion Accounts:

Passover/Seder Resources:

Passover from Jewish Heritage On Line Magazine features articles, commentary, a haggadah or two, illustrations, etc. (Includes Philo's treatise on Pesach.)
Pesach Primer, King of Peace Episcopal Church, Kingsland, Georgia.
Introduction to a Christian Seder, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute
Passover Dinner for Christian Congregations, Michael Roepke.
Cyber Seder, Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York.

Resources for the Season of Easter

General Resources:
- A comprehensive list of Lent and Easter links at Rev. Richard J. Fairchild's A Holy Easter.
- Planning for Lent and Easter, Carolyn Templeton, Reformed Church in America.
- Online Resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter, ELCIC's "Lift Up Your Hearts".
- The Season of Easter, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays.
Worship Planning:
- Sunrise Services:
  - Sermon and Liturgy for Easter Sunrise, Richard J Fairchild, Kir-Shalom.
  - Easter Sunrise Liturgy, Clergyresources.net. (From UM Book of Worship)
- Wellspring Liturgies for Lent and Easter, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
- Preaching and Worship Resources for Easter/Great Fifty Days, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
- "From Emmaus to Jerusalem: Easter-Season Preaching," Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
- "Whom Do You Seek?" A Drama for the Opening of Easter Worship, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
- Liturgies and Ideas for the Easter Season, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- Inclusive Language Seekers Liturgies from Seekers Church:
  - "Seeing In a New Light" (Easter 2005)
  - "Behold, I Am Doing a New Thing!" (Easter 2004)
  - "Threatened with Resurrection!" (Easter 2003)
  - "Bearing Witness" (Easter 2002)
  - "Turning our World 'nwoD edispU'" (Easter 2001)
  - "The Future is Possible" (Easter 2000)
  - "Resurrection: Now What?" (Easter 1999)
  - "The Tree of Life" (Easter 1998)
  - "Wondering if it's True" (Easter 1997)
  - "Rejoice!" (Easter 1996)
- Lent and Easter Worship Resources from Jeff Showder's The Billibong.
Art and Music:
- Image-links at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
- "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today," PowerPoint version for projection, The United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. (.ppt file)
- Art to Heart, Jeff Dugan. Suggestions for classic artwork to use with each week's liturgy. Jeff also offers the opportunity to purchase PowerPoint presentations of classic art for weekly liturgical use.
Devotionals, etc:
- A Thought a Day for the 50 Days of Easter, explorefaith.org.
- Learning to Make Easter Bread, poetry by Patricia Flower Vermillion, Theology Today, 1993.
- Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter by Victor Hoagland, C.P.
- "Journaling as a Spiritual Practice for Easter," explorefaith.com.
Articles:
- "Journaling as a Spiritual Practice for Easter," explorefaith.com.
- "Through Shattered Concrete Slabs," from God Has a Story, Too, by James A. Sanders, 1979. Full text online at Religion Online.
- The Blessing of Easter Food and About the Resurrection Services on Easter at Byzantine.Net (Byzantine Catholics on the Web).
- Easter and Easter Controversy, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- "Divine Folly: Being Religious and the Exercise of Humor," Doris Donnelly. Theology Today, 1991.
- "The Mystery of Paschal Time," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
- "The History of Paschal Time," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
- "Practice During Paschal Time," Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.
- Environmental Reflections from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota's Environmental Stewardship Commission: General Easter Reflection and General Reflection on the Easter Lectionary Readings.
- The Easter Story, from "Heathen Holidays," by Sister Denise Snodgrass. (Pagan origins of Easter & Easter customs.)
Online Resources for In-Depth study of the Resurrection Accounts:
- Matthew 28:1-10 - Matthew 28:16-20
- Mark 16:1-8 - Mark 16:9-20
- Luke 24:1-12 - Luke 24:13-49 - Luke 24:44-53
- John 20:1-18 - John 20:19-31 - John 21:1-19

'Forever I will sing' - Michael Mangan

(2004 - Albany Creek, Queensland)

Track	Title	Comment	Uses
17.	Where have you gone	Great song, minor keys are usually successful, tuneful, nice syncopation Primary ****	Jesus at Gethsemane, stations of the cross, forgiveness, prodigal son
18	Alleluia	Great chance for actions to this song - waving, clapping etc. ****	Easter

'Setting hearts on fire' – Michael Mangan (2001 - Litmus)

Track	Title	Comment	Uses
7	Jesus is the light	*** energetic	Resurrection – Jesus - Easter

'Sing your joy' - Michael Mangan (1999)

SIDE ONE

Track		Title		Comment		Uses
	18		Look at the Cross		*******		Good Friday
	19		Easter Alleluia		** Bright		Easter

'A dwelling place' - St. Louis Jesuits

(1996)

Track	Title	Comment	Uses
6	Behold the wood	*******	Good Friday

'The Galilee song'- Fr. Frank Anderson (1999)

Track		Title		Comment		Uses
	5		Blessings on our King		** Minor key		Easter, Palm Sunday

'Lead kindly light - Fr. Frank Anderson (1992)

Track		Title		Comment		Uses
	9		The blood of Christ		** Good melody - C Am F G		Eucharist
	13		Faithful Cross		** C Am F G		Good Friday
	15		Let us glory in the Cross		**		Good Friday

Easter (comparing the Resurrection Gospel accounts) (Primary Stations of Cross quiz)

'Lord teach me your ways' - John Burland

'Receive the Power' - The Album - WYD 2008

Crosswords: (http://www.akidsheart.com/ws/ewsol.htm, http://www.devotions.homestead.com/Easter_Crossword.html)

Stations of the Cross

'Forever I will sing' - Michael Mangan

'Setting hearts on fire' – Michael Mangan (2001 - Litmus)

'Sing your joy' - Michael Mangan (1999)

SIDE ONE

'A dwelling place' - St. Louis Jesuits

'The Galilee song'- Fr. Frank Anderson (1999)

'Lead kindly light - Fr. Frank Anderson (1992)

Easter (comparing the Resurrection Gospel accounts) (Primary Stations of Cross quiz )