The Christian educators and I over at www.rotation.org have been posting a lot of great ideas for teaching and celebrating Lent and Holy Week here in 2021 at home, with families, and with in-person social-distancing in mind at church and at home.
Some of my favorite ideas re-imagine the “stations” of the cross as walk-through or drive-through stations that parishioners and visitors can do on their own time. These could be set up by families at different (safe) times around the church grounds. For example, a “Rocks will Sing” table can be set up outdoors with supplies to invite people to stop by with their kids, paint a rock, and leave it at the foot of the cross you’ve erected on the grounds. You could also have people write and nail “prayers” to a wooden cross anytime during Holy Week (use squares of “tyvek” paper that won’t disintegrate in the weather).
Here are some links:
Visit Rotation.org’s updated Lent Resource Forum
Their Lent 2021 forum includes many ideas for celebrating the season and teaching Lenten Bible stories at home and church in 2021 with social-distancing in mind.
View Special 2021 Holy Week Lessons and Resources
for “at home” and online teaching and celebrating this year and beyond
View all of Rotation.org’s Holy Week lesson forums