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Reflecting on Easter

Monday 9th March 2026

Reflecting on Easter

Gaie Marshall, Pastoral Lead at Middlefields House, Chippenham, shares a simple toolkit to help prompt spiritual reflection with older people this Easter

A verse to read...


‘Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.’ 1 Peter 1:3-4


A prayer to pray...

Father God,

We thank you for this season of Easter, for the opportunity to focus on all that was achieved for us at the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Help us to ponder anew with grateful hearts on all that we have as a child of God – sins forgiven, a new life in the Spirit, every spiritual blessing in the = Heavenly places, the assurance of an eternity with our Heavenly Father. We are reminded that in You we can be overcomers as we live out the life of Jesus ‘Christ in us the hope of glory.’

We give you thanks and praise for these amazing truths, in the name of Your Son, our wonderful Saviour Jesus Christ.

Amen

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Hymns to sing...


For Good Friday ‘When I Survey The Wondrous Cross’
For Easter Sunday ‘Thine Be The Glory’


Objects to look at...

Large cross and red table runner (for Good Friday)

Poster with the words ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ (from John 11:25)

Pilgrimsfriend Reflecting on Easter image 1

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