Holy Week: Monday

*image: Holy Week: An Emotional Primer

DISCUSS TOGETHER
What is excitement? Share your best excited face. Where do you feel excitement in your body? 

READ TOGETHER
Younger kids: Read the Bible passage from the illustration above.
Older kids: Help kids open their Bibles and read John 12:12-19

RESPOND TOGETHER
-What makes you feel excited? Have you ever felt excited to be with Jesus?
-When do you feel close to him? Discuss, draw or write about it.
-Pray together.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

For kids:
- Saddleback Kids video | Palm Sunday
- Holy Week: An Emotional Primer, author Danielle Hitchen and illustrator Jessica Blanchard

For adults:
- The Sanctuary Course, offered for free until April 18
- The Whole Brain Child, by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.