Children - Sunday, 4 May 2025 – Third Sunday of Easter, Year C

TALKING WITH THE CHILDREN

Either:
*     show a picture of a lamb; or a symbol of Christ as a lamb; or
*     bring a newborn lamb into the service (if in a rural parish); or
*     show milk in a bottle that would be used for feeding a newborn lamb that had lost its mother (also more possible in a rural parish).

Then either:
*     explain that the job of a pastor is to care for and feed God’s people as if they were ‘lambs’; or
*     explain that Christ died on the cross as a sacrificial lamb.

Next week, a connection could be made between this theme and Jesus as the Good Shepherd.

Children’s Songs: See the Music suggestions this week.

Children's Address for Easter 3C: Easter 3C

Leading Children's Addresses

Many great resources for Children, Young People and Families have been developed by Grow Ministries. Visit their website to discover more!

Come and See Jesus

The Come and See Jesus curriculum published by Openbook Publishers has a wealth of material and ideas that may be adapted for use in worship. Please note that a new edition of this material is currently available for the Revised Common Lectionary.

The story for the Third Sunday of Easter in year C is: Saul’s conversion (Acts 9:1–20) (to be found in both the original edition and the RCL edition Series C for Easter 3).

Links to other resources