easter escape room
You could even call it an ESCAPE TOMB!
With thanks to Henry Frankel.
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Click on DOWNLOAD ZIP FOLDER to download PUBLICITY, INSTRUCTIONS and CLUES in the form of a Microsoft Powerpoint and you are ready to go!
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I have just rewritten this escape room to make it easier to play in person. Download it now. I've published it without it being independently checked to speed the process and to allow you to play it in 2023. If you spot something that doesn't work or could be clearer, please let me know and I'll correct it. Thanks.
"We did the Easter Escape Room yesterday. These were very well done! The students had a blast!
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Jackie Terry, Youth Pastor, Peace Chapel, Morris, IL, USA
postcard from alexandria
This was a great blessing - an email from a youth worker in Alexandria, Egypt:
"I would like to thank you so much for your efforts.
We have done the Easter Escape Room in our youth ministry … It was so amazing. All the youth had an unforgettable day … Thank you again and again.
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May God bless your service!"
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Andrew Alfred Sobhi,
Coptic Orthodox Church,
Alexandria, Egypt
"Absolutely brilliant! This really brought everyone together and gave them a chance to shine with their different strengths, plus it told the story and incorporated the facts in a really accessible way."
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Linday Furze, Engage Leader (11-14yrs), Widcombe Baptist Church
"Thank you for your extremely well set Escape Room activities. They had just the right level of challenge for them and I'm sure they'll want to try more in future. Thanks again for the level of creativity that goes into such efforts."
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Chris Saunders, Youth Worker, South Cotswolds Team
easter escape room
This Escape Room covers Good Friday and Jesus' resurrection. This is designed to be used by schools or youth groups and can be used independently of the first.
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NOW REWRITTEN FOR
IN- PERSON USE.
Click the button below to download instructions, clues and publicity artwork for youth groups.
Updated 6th April 2023
Please click on the Schools Team logo below to go to Christ Church, Winchester's Schools Team website to download schools' resources, including PowerPoint, teacher's instructions and classroom resources.
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"Our youth group had a fantastic evening solving clues and having a laugh together! Would definitely recommend this to youth workers as a great way to introduce the Easter passage."
Adèle Regan
Youth & Children's Minister
St. James', Rowledge, Farnham
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Created by Jack Percey, Tim Robbins, Monica Jones & Dave Thornton.
If you don't understand something or see anything that can be improved, get in touch.
Easter Leaderboard
1. Jesus resurrected and revived!
Engage, Widcombe Baptist Church
2. Mischief managed
Quench, South Cotswolds Team
3. Resurrection Revelation: Jesus'
Cross Cured
OJAM, Clifton Parish Churches, York
4. Return of the King leads to
global spread
St. Elizabeth's, Dundonald, NI
5. Tomb-tastic - Jesus is risen!
Crossway Church, Birmingham
6. Thomas breaks Covid laws
to touch resurrected Jesus
Christ Church, Winchester
7. Random Respawned?
The Jerusalem Times
Peace Chapel, Morris, IL
8. Man's love for fishing brings him
back from the dead
Christ Church, Winchester
9. Local preacher defeats death
Christ Church, Winchester
10. Jesus' Resurrection: He Rises
Again YJAM, Clifton Parish
Churches, York
34.49
35.24
37.07
37.10
43.12
46.14
40.20
43.27
41.47
42.28
11. Jesus is risen!
St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury
12. It's a miracle!
Hendon Beach Church, London
13. Jesus & Barabbas: an unlikely
pairing
St. James, Rowledge,
Farnham
14. Christ's Comeback
Christ Church, Winchester
15. He is risen
SUMT Y6-9 Residential, Isle of Man
16. Lost in Lower City
Christ Church, Winchester
44.31
45.32
48.23
63.38
58.05
47.08
​To join the leaderboard, send your time, group, location and headline here, stating you've completed the Easter Escape Room.
Your headline will be taken into account for your place on the leaderboard.
"A brilliant way to go through the Easter story, grounding it in a real place and with real people. Fun puzzles along with a well-planned, ongoing narrative. Great to be able to change the delivery of such a key event to such a key age group. We look forward to continuing to use all the escape rooms when back meeting in person!"
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Henry Wade, Younger Youth Leader, St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury
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