Virtual Church Kids! Welcome to the Children's Room of the Virtual Church.
We have stories to share, pictures to color, links to Bible games and activity pages, links to Sunday School and Vacation Bible School resources, and links to interesting (and safe) websites to visit. Illustrated Bible Stories Jonah and the Great Fish David and Goliath Joseph Saves His People The Men in the Fiery Furnace The Woman Who Believed Noah and the ArkThe Flood vs Science: Points to Ponder About the Flood Searching for Noah's ArkMt Ararat: has Noah's Ark been found?
Religious Stories by Topmarks. Easter Traditions 2012 (Christian Festival) At Easter time in the UK we have two bank holidays (public holidays): Good Friday and Easter Monday.
This means that many families can enjoy a long weekend together. This year Easter will fall on 20 April 2014 This page has moved to projectbritain.com/easter.html Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But Easter means much more.... Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. Easter is the story of Jesus' last days in Jerusalem before his death.The Easter story includes Maundy Thursday (the Last supper leading to the Eucharist), Good Friday (the day on which Jesus was crucified) and Easter Day (the day on which Jesus came back to life).
It is a sad story because Jesus was killed. Pagan traditions give us the English word "Easter" which comes from the word "Eostre". Back to the top. Spinnaker. RE:Quest. Resources for Schools : King James Bible Trust. Resources for Children A number of projects are being worked on for children, we will continue to announce these below: School advisers at the London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS) have produced a scheme of work on the King James Bible for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3.
The scheme has been sent out to all 150 Church of England schools and academies in the Diocese of London and has been placed on their website for download: The Bible in Literacy www.bibleinliteracy.org is an Educational resource for Primary Schools and has been supplied to more than 190 schools within the UK so far. Bible Explorer Lessons from Walk through Ministries: www.bible.org.uk/bx_whatis.php is an educational programme taught exclusively in schools to children in Key Stage 2 years 5 & 6 Primary RE teaching resources: www.bible4schools.org provided by the The Stapleford Centre. Crossref-it.info provides AS / A2 English Literature resources about the King James Bible. The Word Revealed – a festival service book with music. Christian Festivals. Lent, Easter and Christmas are the main religious festivals of the Christian Year.
Most people in England celebrate Christmas and Easter. School children have two weeks off school during Christmas and Easter. The Christian Year The Christian year is divided up with events which remind us of the life of Jesus. It begins with the season of Advent, at the very end of November, which is a period of preparation for the coming of Christ, and then moves through the story of his life to the important focus of Holy Week and Easter. Some festivals, like Christmas Day, happen on the same date every year, while others move around within a range of dates. The reason is because the Christian Calendar grew out of two other Calendars, the Jewish and the Roman.
In their distant past, the Jews were a nomadic ( wandering) people. Harvest Festival - the facts, customs and traditions. This is the time of year when all the crops have been harvested.
Harvest Festival is a celebration of the food grown on the land. Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations for a successful harvest are both worldwide and very ancient. In Britain, we have given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times. We celebrate this day by singing, praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food in a festival known as 'Harvest Festival', usually during the month of September. Harvest Festival reminds Christians of all the good things God gives them.