Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Sun, 04 Apr 1999 00:12:00 -0500
"Don't forget to include your children when baking
cookies." ...Wait a minute... Children are *not*
ingredients, are they? Well, they ARE in this recipe!
LadyHawke
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"An Easter Story Cookies"
To be made the evening before Easter.
You will need the following ingredients:
1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
A pinch salt
1 cup sugar
A zipper baggie
A wooden spoon
Tape
Bible
Your children
Preheat oven to 300 F.
Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children
beat them with the wooden spoon to break into
small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was
arrested He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 teaspoon
of vinegar into mixing bowl. Explain that when
Jesus was thirsty on the cross, He was given
vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.
Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life.
Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11.
Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let
them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl.
Explain that this represents the salty tears
shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness
of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.
So far the ingredients are not very appetizing.
Add 1 cup sugar. Explain that the sweetest
part of the story is that Jesus died because
He loves us. He wants us to know and belong
to Him.
Read Psalms 34:8 and John 3:16.
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15
minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Explain
that the color white represents the purity in
G-d's eyes of those whose sins have been
cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto
wax paper covered cookie sheet. Explain
that each mound represents the rocky tomb
where Jesus' body was laid.
Read Matthew 27:57-60.
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the
door and turn the oven OFF. Give each
child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.
Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matthew 27:65-66.
GO TO BED!
Explain that they may feel sad to leave the
cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus'
followers were in despair when the tomb was
sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22.
On Easter morning, open the oven and give
everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked
surface and take a bite. The cookies are
hollow! On the first Easter Jesus' followers
were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Read Matthew 28:1-9.
HE HAS RISEN!!!!
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"Brides Of Christ"
At an Easter mass, at which some young ladies
were to take their finals vows to become nuns,
the presiding bishop noticed two rabbis enter
the church just before the mass began.
They were seated at the back of the sanctuary
and insisted on sitting on the right side of the
center aisle.
The bishop wondered why they had come but
didn't have time to inquire before the mass began.
When it came time for some announcements,
his curiosity got the best of him. He announced
that he was delighted to see two rabbis in their
midst at the mass but, was curious as to why
they were present at this occasion where the
young ladies were to become the "brides of
Christ."
The eldest of the rabbis slowly rose to his feet
and explained, "Family of the Groom."
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