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    Youth Easter

    Ideas - Easter

    Cookies

    These cookies aretasty object lesson to

    remind children /youth of the Easter

    events

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    Ingredients 1 cup whole pecans, 1

    teaspoon vinegar, 3

    egg whites, pinch salt,

    1 cup sugar, 1 largeplastic zip bag,

    wooden spoon, mixing

    bowl, cookie sheet,

    wax paper, tape, Bible.

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    Directions 

    Preheat your oven to 150degrees Celsius.

    1. Place the pecans in a

    large plastic zip bag and

    let the youth beat them

    with the wooden spoon

    to break them into small

    pieces. Explain that after

    Jesus was arrested, theRoman soldiers beat him.

    Read John 19:1-3. 

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    2. Let each youth smell

    the vinegar. Put 1

    teaspoon of vinegar

    into a mixing bowl.

    Explain that when Jesus

    was thirsty on the cross

    he was given vinegar to

    drink.Read John 19: 28-30. 

    3. Add egg whites to

    vinegar. Explain the

    eggs as representing

    life and that Jesus gave

    his life to give us life.

    Read John 10:10-11. 

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    4. Sprinkle a little salt

    into both hands of each

    youth. Let them taste it

    from one hand and

    brush it from the other

    hand into the bowl.

    Explain that thisrepresents the salty

    tears shed by Jesus’

    followers and the

    bitterness of our ownsin.

    Read Luke 23:27. 

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    5. Say “So far the

    ingredients are notvery appetizing.” Add 1

    cup of sugar. Explain

    that the sweetest part

    of the story is that

    Jesus died because he

    loves us. He wants us

    to know and belong to

    him.

    Read Psalm 34:8 and

    John 3:16. 

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    6. Beat with a mixer

    on high speed for 12to 15 minutes until

    stiff peaks are

    formed. Explain the

    color white as

    representing the

    purity God sees in

    those whose sins

    have been cleansed

    by Jesus.Read Isaiah 11:8 and

    John 3:1-3. 

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    7. Fold in the broken

    nuts. Drop byteaspoons onto a

    wax paper-covered

    cookie sheet.

    Explain that each

    mound represents

    the rocky tomb

    where Jesus’ body

    was laid.

    Read Matthew

    27:57-60. 

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    8. Put the cookiesheet in the oven,

    close the door and

    turn the oven off.

    Seal the oven door

    with tape. Explain

    that Jesus’ tomb

    was sealed.

    Read Matthew

    27:65-66. 

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    9. Wait a couple of

    hours. If you do this in

    the context of anovernight meeting, wait

    until the next morning.

    (Make sure the oven is

    off). Explain that theymay feel sad to leave the

    cookies in the oven, and

    in the same way Jesus’

    followers were in

    despair when the tomb

    was sealed.

    Read John 16:20 and 22. 

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    10. Open the oven andgive everyone a cookie.

    Notice the cracked

    surface and take a bite.

    The cookies are hollow.On the first Easter Jesus’

    followers were amazed to

    find the tomb open and

    empty.

    Read Matthew 28:1-9. 

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