Object: The largest round stone that you can bring to church and a number of smaller stones that you can pass out to the children.

Good morning, boys and girls. Do you know that Jesus came back to life from the dead? He promised us that the same thing was going to happen to every one of us who believe that this is God's plan and that Jesus made it possible.

That was quite a day. It did not begin for most people like days usually do. If you know there is going to be a big day tomorrow, you can hardly sleep, you are so excited. You think of all the good things that are going to happen to you, and how you are going to love every minute of it, and you can hardly wait. But, that isn't the way it was for the people who loved Jesus on the day before the first Easter. They cried the most that th…