Hot  Cross  Buns

  A tasty ancient worship tradition for Good Friday.
  Ages:  All
  Topic :  Lent/Easter
  Bible:  Mark 15:20; John 3:16, 17
   
  Food-n-Faith Focus   
  A long time ago making sweetened cakes to celebrate the coming of spring was 
  practiced by pagan people. When these people converted to Christianity they 
  put crosses on their cakes as a way of worshiping God. We now make them in 
  remembrance of Christ's sacrifice on the cross. 
  Materials
     • One can of ready-to-bake cinnamon rolls with frosting
  Food-n-Faith Activity
  1. Since these rolls always seem to taste best when they are fresh from the 
  oven, gather your family together to make the rolls.
  2. Follow package directions for baking the cinnamon rolls.
  3. While the rolls are baking, say to your family, "A long time ago people who 
  didn't know about Christ worshiped nature. They made sweetened cakes to 
  celebrate the coming of spring. When the good news of Jesus reached them, they 
  decided to change their tradition from worshiping the earth to worshiping 
  Christ. They baked their cakes on Good Friday, putting crosses on each one as 
  a reminder of Christ's sacrifice on the cross."
  4. Read the following verses as you wait for the rolls to cool.
    Pilate set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a 
    whip and nail him to a cross.
    Matthew 27:26
    When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple 
    robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a 
    cross. 
    Mark 15:20
    A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw 
    how Jesus died, he said, "This man really was the Son of God!"
    Mark 15:39 
    God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so 
    that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really 
    die. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent 
    him to save them!
    John 3:16-17 
    But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though 
    we were sinful.
    Romans 5:8
  5. Place frosting in the form of a cross on each of the rolls once they are 
  cooled. 
  6. Before eating, pray, "Thank you God for dying for us on the cross on Good 
  Friday. Give us the power to live each new day as forgiven followers of Jesus 
  Christ. We want him to be Lord of our lives! Amen"
 
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