Lent week 6 Suggestion box

 Lent week 6 suggestion box

Bake morning glory muffins and deliver them to neighbours with handmade tags that say “Joy comes in the morning” (Psa 30.5 ESV). 

Make clay tablets to represent the Ten Commandments. Roll out play-dough and cut shapes to resemble two tablets. Carve Roman numerals I–V on the first tablet and VI–X on the second, and leave out to dry. Read Deuteronomy 5.1–22 and discuss how the commandments show we are sinners deserving punishment, but Jesus perfectly fulfilled the Law, took our punishment on the cross, and gave us His righteousness instead to bring us in a right relationship with God.

Spritz your favourite perfume or rub essential oil on each other’s feet and read Mark 14.3–9, discussing Mary’s costly display of love toward Jesus. Discuss what is a costly way you may show your love for Jesus this week.

Host a night of praise and worship, inviting friends, family, and neighbours to join you. Make enough copies of well-known song lyrics and invite your guests to bring musical instruments. Or, if you want to keep things simple, create a playlist and stream songs through a speaker. Consider setting aside time for prayer, as well as a time of communion.

Craft a hosanna banner by writing the word on a white handkerchief and tying it to a simple branch from your backyard. Read the account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem in John 12.12–13 and discuss how the word hosanna is a joyful cry of hope meaning “save us!” Hang your banner in a prominent place, or place it in a vase with plenty of greenery and allow it to prompt you to praise Jesus for being our Saviour.