Youth Ministry - Easter Freeze Frames

Youth Ministry
- Easter Freeze
Frames
Youth create key
scenes from the
Easter story in
freeze frames.
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Materials
Costumes and props
related to the story
(optional)

Game Play
Tell the group they are going to act
out and photograph “freeze
frames” of the important parts of
the Easter story. Ask them to “Try
to imagine how the Easter story
happened 2000 years ago.” (You
can provide Bible costumes and
props for greater realism, but they
are not required.)

Choose a number of Easter Bible
events as freeze frames. Assign
one event to each group. The
participants must come up with at
least four key scenes that include
appropriate poses, facial
expressions and hand gestures.
They pose in a scene and freeze
and a picture is taken.

Potential Scenes: Characters
Jesus anointed with Perfume -
Jesus, Chief priests and teachers of the
law, people (crowd), Simon the
Leper, Mary the sister of Martha (the
woman with the jar of
perfume), disciples, Judas Iscariot
The Triumphant Entry / Palm Sunday -
Jesus, Disciples, Crowd
The Lord’s Supper - man carrying the
jar of the water, the owner of the
house with the large upper room, the
disciples, Judas, Peter, Jesus
Garden of Gethsemane - Peter-James-
John, God the Father, Jesus

Jesus’ Arrest - The servant of the High
Priest who had his ear cut off, the streaker
who lost His garment, guards, Jesus,
disciples
Peter denies Christ - the servant girl who
questioned Peter, the crowd, Peter
The Trial - Jewish Leaders, Sanhedrin, High
Priest, Jesus, guards, those who were asked
to give false testimony
Christ’s beating by the Roman soldiers
The crucifixion - John, Mother of Jesus,
centurions, Disciples, Joseph, God, Crowd
Easter morning - Mary and Martha, Peter,
disciples, Angels, Guards
Upper Room - Disciples, Thomas, Jesus

During the skits take a picture of
each of the four scenes (Digital
camera’s work great). Put the
pictures in a slide show or
powerpoint file on your computer
and you have an Easter keepsake, as
well as, a gift for all the participants.

Variation
Create a video news report of the
story. Have one person be the
reporter in the newsroom (at a
table), then go to a reporter in
the field who interviews the
various participants in each
scene.]
Use follow up questions for the
different scenes to facilitate
some lively discussion:

Example:
• What did it feel like to be a
Roman Soldier? A disciple? A
character in the crucifixion
scene?
• Why did the disciples scatter?
• How did the betrayal feel?
• How would you have
responded to the empty tomb?
• What feelings / thoughts were
running through your mind for
each event?

Note: This is also a great
way to bring to life almost
any Bible Story.

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