He Shall Rise With Healing in His Wings – Easter

Links to FREE resources to enhance the Easter readings from the Book of Mormon for March 30 – April 12.

Children

Activity – My Faith in Jesus Christ Grows When I Know He is my Savior and Redeemer – coloring page

Activity – Jesus Christ Made it Possible for Me to Live with my Heavenly Father Again – coloring page

Activity – Getting Ready for Easter – Get ready for Easter by doing an activity and coloring an egg each day to remember Jesus Christ.

Activity – The First Easter – Cut out the story and the pictures to tell the story of the first Easter.

Activity – He Lives! – Tell your family the story in John 20 of each person seeing the Savior after His Resurrection using the pictures as guides.

Activity – Jesus Was Resurrected – color by number

Activity – He Sent His Son – Make a booklet that tells the Easter story 

Activity – Seven Days Until Easter – Starting the Sunday before Easter, read the scripture for each day and color the matching numbered area.

Activity/Article – Easter Week – An illustrated description of the week before Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection.

Activity/Article – Easter Footsteps – Follow the footsteps to find out where Jesus went and what he did the week of Easter.

Article – The Easter Story – A picture story of the Savior’s Atonement and Resurrection.

Article – The Miracle of Easter – A scripture, a song, and a short section to read each day leading up to Easter. Start on Palm Sunday the week before Easter.

Article – The Story of Easter – scripture stories for Little Friends

Video – Jesus Suffers in the Garden of Gethsemane – scripture reader

Youth

Activity – 13 Images from Easter Week – Images from the last week of the Savior’s mortal life teach about His kingdom, His suffering, and His triumph over sin and death.

Activity/Article – The Savior’s Last Week – This Easter, take time to reflect on the Savior’s life and sacrifice.

Activity – Try Some New Easter Traditions – This Easter, spend some more time remembering the greatest gift ever given.

Article – The Book of Mormon: A Witness of the Resurrection – From the prophecies, witnesses, and teachings in the Book of Mormon, we learn not only about the Savior’s Resurrection but also how His Resurrection makes possible the resurrection of all mankind.

Article – Jerusalem – Where the Savior spent His final days. A map with descriptions of each location.

Article – The Passover Supper – The first Passover symbolized Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and showed what it means to be God’s covenant people.

Article – The Savior of You – The Savior of the world is also the Savior of you. That’s important.

Video – Handels’ Messiah: Debtor’s Prison – President Russell M. Nelson taught that the release of these prisoners from debtor’s prison beautifully symbolizes our own redemption through the Savior Jesus Christ.

Adults

Article – A Different Perspective on Easter: Five Lessons for Us from Easter in the Book of Mormon – This article from the Ensign teaches us how we can expand our knowledge of Easter and Jesus Christ through the Book of Mormon.

Article – They Had a Hope of Christ’s Coming—and We Can Too – Read this article from the Ensign to see how you can have hope through Christ and prepare for His Second Coming.

Article – The Greatest Week in History – The events of the last week of the Savior’s life—from the Sunday morning of his triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem to the Sunday morning of the resurrection—will undoubtedly be acclaimed as the greatest week in history.

Article – Jesus Christ and Salvation  – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Easter, the Lord’s Day  – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article –  Resurrection: “A Matter of Surpassing Wonder”  – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Christ’s Crucifixion: Reclamation of the Cross  – BYU Religious Studies Center

Video – The Gift of Grace – Dieter F. Uchtdorf teaches that God’s grace is available to all whose hearts are broken and whose spirits are contrite.

Everyone

Activity – Movies to Move You – This activity from the Ensign recommends three videos to watch that will teach you and your family more about Easter.

Activity – Tell the Easter Story – This activity page from the Friend has instructions for a Christ-centered Easter egg hunt! It also includes a recipe for Easter-egg salad.

Activity – Easter Week – Images from the Bible videos that portray the last week of the Savior’s life. Consider reading the scripture verses listed for each image.

Activity – He is Risen – article with lovely artwork depicting events after Christ’s Resurrection

Activity – Why We Rejoice – An Easter program with music, narration, and beautiful pictures to do for family home evening.

Video – He is Not Here; For He is Risen – Gordon B. Hinckley speaks about the Resurrection from the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea.

Video – Special Witnesses of Jesus Christ – Includes videos of each member of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles bearing testimony of Jesus Christ.