Lent in a Bag — Week 5

March 21 ~ Week 5 – Crucifixion and Death

Preparation:

Get out your Holy Week Banner and add the cross.

Read or Watch:

Read Mark 15:21-40 or read Jesus is Arrested and Crucified (p. 449-452 from The Beginner’s Bible) and/or watch the Death and Crucifixion video.

Preschool:

Elementary:

Who carried the cross for Jesus? (see Mark 15:21)
What was the name of the place where they brought Jesus?
What was written on the inscription of the charge? What was the claim against Jesus?
Who was crucified with Jesus?
What did Jesus cry out on the cross?
For whom did Jesus die on the cross? Why did he need to die on the cross?

Teen/Adult:

What words of mockery were directed at Jesus from those who passed by Him?
What did Jesus cry out on the cross? Why did he say these words? What was he expressing?
What is the significance of the curtain temple being torn in two? What was the curtain temple used for in Jewish religious practices? (Search temple curtain/veil to help shed light on what this was used for if you are not familiar with this.)
What does this tearing of the temple curtain now mean for us? What does this tell us about God?

Hymn: Sing LSB 450:2

Hymn Tune

What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered,

Was all for sinners’ gain;

Mine, mine was the transgression,

But Thine the deadly pain,

Lo, here I fall, my Savior!

‘Tis I deserve Thy place;

Look on me with Thy favor

And grant to me Thy grace.

Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for suffering and dying on the cross to take away my sins. In Your name we pray, Amen.