Host a Neighborhood
Event This Easter!

It’s time to crack open some fun

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Why host an Easter Egg Hunt, pancake breakfast, or other neighborhood event?

Take a Step: Practice being a positive influence in your neighborhood. It’s also a great opportunity to build new relationships or restore broken ones.

Meet and Greet: This is a very non-threatening way to connect and talk. If your only goal is to learn names, that’s a great place to start! Plus, it’s a great opportunity to invite your community to Easter at Grace!

Be a Person of Peace: In a world that’s often rushed and disconnected, be the one who brings joy and connection. Your initiative to host an Easter neighborhood event is no small thing!

How to Get Started!

Plan Your Event: Choose a date and a time. Make it as straightforward or as elaborate as you wish. Hide eggs in your yard, create fun riddles, organize games, provide pancakes/food – the sky’s the limit!

Spread the Word: Use Facebook to announce your event or chat with your neighbors. You can also hang friendly invites in common areas or slip them into mailboxes (with a little Easter chocolate, maybe?).

Get Creative: Fill your eggs with candies, small toys, or little notes of encouragement and friendship. Or make bunny or egg-shaped pancakes. Remember, it’s the thought and the connection that counts!

If You Choose an Egg Hunt, Here’s Some Tips and Tricks:

  • Clean your yard (especially if you have a dog!).
  • Decide on ground rules in advance and mark the boundaries of the egg hunt. You may want to have separate times to hunt or different neighbor yards for younger and older kids.
  • Keep some extra eggs back for the child who didn’t get any/as many during the hunt.
  • Have some extra bags/baskets available for the family that forgets to bring them.
  • Have an extra activity for when people want to stay around – egg hunts usually only last a few minutes. It could be chalk and bubbles for the kids, snacks/drinks for the kids or a full potluck with the families.

 

Tell Us Your Story!

Did you hold a neighborhood gathering for Easter? We’d love to hear about it! Upload any photos or videos from your event below. You can also upload a short (60 seconds or less) vertical video from your phone with any highlights/stories from your event that you’d like to share. This will help us inspire others on social media and through other communications to do the same! Some questions you can consider answering in your video are:

  • What kind of event did you host/what did you do?
  • What new connections or relationships were formed/strengthened at your event?
  • Did you have any meaningful conversations that you want to share? (could be about Jesus, Easter, personal testimony, etc.)
  • What advice/encouragement would you give someone who’s considering hosting a similar event in the future?
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