3 – 5 April

Easter Resources 2026

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Easter invites us to encounter hope in its fullness – hope made whole.

After the deep inner work of Lent – moving from hidden to whole – Holy Week reveals hope in its fullness: rooted in Christ, not in human limitations.

Holy Week reminds us that misplaced hope will not ultimately fulfil us, but hope in Christ will.

His victory over death makes us whole.

Whole hearts. Whole lives. Whole hope, which we are invited to share.

Because we don’t live in empty hope. In Jesus, our hope is made whole.

Resources available below:

  • Good Friday prayer and worship ideas
  • Good Friday sermon starter – ‘Living in Hope’
  • Easter Sunday prayer and worship ideas
  • Easter Sunday sermon starter – ‘Hope is Living’
  • PowerPoint templates
  • Promotional graphics
  • Colouring sheets
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Good Friday Prayer and Worship Ideas

A range of versatile ideas that can be used on or around Good Friday. At the end, there are some song suggestions tied into the Good Friday focus of living in hope.

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Easter Sunday Prayer and Worship Ideas

A range of versatile ideas that can be used on or around Easter Sunday. At the end, there are some song suggestions tied into Christ being our living hope.

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Sermon Starters

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What does it mean to live in hope when everything around us feels hopeless? This sermon starter invites us to confront the reality of suffering and loss, while prophetically holding to the promise of resurrection.

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Hope is living because hope is made whole in Christ. This sermon starter celebrates what this living assurance, revealed and embodied in Jesus, means for us today.

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PowerPoint Templates

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A blank, editable PowerPoint template to use in your Good Friday and Easter services, with a variety of different slides to use as you wish.

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A blank, editable PowerPoint template to use in your Good Friday and Easter Sunday services, with a variety of different slides to use as you wish.

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An editable PowerPoint template for Good Friday and Easter Sunday, featuring the responsive prayers from the prayer and worship ideas.

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An editable PowerPoint template for Good Friday and Easter Sunday, featuring the responsive prayers from the prayer and worship ideas.

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Promotional Graphics

Colouring Sheets

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A simple colouring sheet that features the Hope Made Whole logo, with space to customise with your own design!

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A more advanced colouring sheet that features the Hope Made Whole logo, surrounded by flowers that need some colour!

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Many thanks to Major Gordon Cotterill for helping to prepare the sermon starters.

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