Road to Resurrection

A little over a week before Easter the church my dad attends was having an event called The Road to Resurrection.  It was a family event where they take you back in time to all the events that Jesus encountered and endured during Holy Week.  It was interactive, people were in costumes, it was amazing!   My dad joined us and we had a great time complete with a family craft at the end.

The decorations and costumes people were wearing were amazing!  All the volunteers did a great job staying in character.  They even had someone playing Jesus and walking a donkey in the sanctuary, there were sheep in the atrium, they went all out!  As someone who organizes Vacation Bible School for only 30 kids I can only imagine all the work and organization that goes into hosting an event for 1 night for hundreds of people.  They had tours starting every 1/2 hour from 5:30-8pm.  They were booked and we had to go to the 8 pm tour.  It made for a very late  night but it was worth it!

Some of the stations were the streets of Jerusalem where we waved palm branches as Jesus rode (walked) a donkey thru the sanctuary.  We went to the upper room and saw the left overs from the last supper and then to the garden where Jesus prayed.  We got to go to the prison and hear Barabbas talk and to the cross and hear from a soldier that was there when it happened, and finally to the empty tomb.  They did an amazing job of bringing the story to life.  The kids loved it and we loved it.  It was a great way to get into the Easter spirit.