Digging into the Bible Jesus had just arrived outside Bethany, the hometown of His dear friends Lazarus, Martha and Mary. Lazarus had been dead for 4 days. When he fell ill his two sisters asked Jesus to come, hoping he would heal their brother, but Jesus hadn’t come. Martha ran out to meet Jesus and He said "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will have life even if they die. And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.” Martha might well have thought – “Yeah, right. Lazarus really believed in Him, they were good friends, but now he’s dead”. The challenge now is for you to find the evidence that backs up Jesus’ amazing statement to Martha and present your Bible verses as a page in a newspaper. Use words, pictures, puzzles, even photos. The front page of the paper should be Jesus’ statement “I am the resurrection and the life” with the question underneath: "Would you believe it?” Pick one or two of the passages below: • John 11: 17-44 • Luke 7:11-23 • Mark 5:21-24 and 35-43 • Mark 16:1-8 • John 20:19-29 Take a picture of your creation and share it with us on social media; we'd love to see what you come up with. Pathfinders @ home Activities • As a family try our resurrection scavenger hunt (see separate sheet) • If you have the ingredients try making our resurrection buns (see separate sheet) • Have a highest tower competition. You could use jenga blocks, toothpicks and blue tac, newspaper and tape. Set a time limit and see who can make the highest free standing tower. Jesus is the Resurrection and the life