Purpose: To understand why the date of Easter changes from year to year and to think about what that means for us.

Material: If available, a big picture of a full moon.

Lesson: Look at the people who are in church today. This must be a special day with so many people here. And so it is. This is Easter. Now, you may have noticed that Easter comes on a different day each year. That is because the date of Easter is set by the moon. Once it is spring, Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon. Last week spring…