Category: Seasonal

Holy Week History: What is Easter Sunday?

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By Minno

  What is Easter Sunday? The most important event of the Church Calendar is Easter Sunday. On this day Christians celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Not only has Christ paid for our sins on the cross, but He has triumphed over death! Jesus’ resurrection seals our hope for eternal life with God. “For as […]

Holy Week History: What is Maundy Thursday

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By Minno

  What is Maundy Thursday? Maundy Thursday is the fifth day of Holy Week leading up to Easter, which remembers the Last Supper with Jesus and His disciples. We call this event the “Last Supper” because it is one of Jesus’ final meals with His disciples before He is crucified. They had gathered for Passover […]

Holy Week History: What is Good Friday

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By Minno

What is Good Friday? Good Friday remembers the day of Christ’s death and the moments leading up to it. Many Christians devote this day of Holy Week to thinking about Christ’s final hours and the suffering that He endured. Services for Good Friday tend to be somber, even though we know that Jesus rose from […]

What is Holy Week?

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By Minno

Wondering what it means to observe Holy Week leading up to Easter? Learn the history and meaning behind the week of Jesus’ death and resurrection. What is Holy Week? Holy Week marks the final week of the season of Lent and it recounts the final days of Christ’s life, as well as his death, burial, […]

Best Easter Coloring Pages

By Jessica Wolstenholm

Looking for Easter coloring pages? We’ve put together a list of our favorite Easter coloring pages from around the web. Celebrate Easter with Minno Get access to 90 minutes of Easter content plus our Easter Family Guide full of coloring pages, activities, and a family devotional to help your kids understand the love and sacrifice […]

5 Lessons from Spring for our Kids

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By Christine Bailey

“Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you!  Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He has made. Can you […]

7 Creative Ways to Welcome Spring

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By Christine Bailey

Just when we were really embracing winter, spring seems to have come early this year.  Bradford Pear trees budding at the end of February in Tennessee?  Unheard of! Yet, there’s no stopping those buds from bravely pushing their heads through the wet soil, and before March 20th even arrives, spring has taken our hands and […]

What are the 12 Days of Christmas?

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By Minno

    Where Did the 12 Days of Christmas Come From? While in America we might assume that the twelve days of Christmas are those leading up to Christmas day (“twelve shopping days left”), in actuality the traditional “Twelve Days of Christmas” are the twelve days beginning after Christmas day and ending on the traditional […]

5 Thanksgiving Bible Verses to Share as a Family

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By Jessica Wolstenholm

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to reflect on God’s many blessings to us. The Bible is full of examples of people giving thanks to God in all kinds of circumstances and situations. As you prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with your family this year, we’ve selected a few Bible verses to prepare your hearts to give […]