Holy Week Escape Room

holy week escape room

Click on Get the Holy Week Escape Room to buy the resource, including PUBLICITY, INSTRUCTIONS and CLUES in the form of a Microsoft Powerpoint and you are ready to go! There is an online version and an in-person version in the folder.

"We did this escape room yesterday and it was a hit!"

Jackie Terry, Youth Pastor, Peace Chapel, Morris, IL, USA

"I ran both of the Easter Escape Rooms with my group and they absolutely loved it! It was a good time getting to see how they all worked together. It worked well over Zoom, so thanks for the hard work in making this!"

Matt Carns, Youth Worker, Clifton Parish Churches, York

This Escape Room contains ten challenges and covers events of Holy Week, leading up to Jesus' crucifixion. This is designed to be used by schools or youth groups.

FOR BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE USE.

These challenges have been written to make them as easy to set up as possible.

The Escape Room was written with 11- to 18-year-old youth and students in mind, but can be used with older children or adults.

Everything else you need, you will probably have already e.g. coins.

You can download for free two of the ten challenges for this Escape Room. Advertising JPEGs, full instructions and Powerpoints for both online and in-person versions are only £5.

See two sample challenges here.

Get the Holy Week Escape Room

Updated 6th April 2023

Holy Week Leaderboard

To join the leaderboard, send your team name, headline, time, group and location here, stating you've completed Holy Week.

Created by Jack Percey, Tim Robbins, Monica Jones & Dave Thornton.

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Holy Week Leaderboard

These headlines were written by young people, imagining they were reporters, investigating the events of Holy Week at that time.

1. Scandal! Barabbas free,
Jesus to die
Thornbury Baptist Church
2. Christ crucified, sinner saved
St. John's, Woking
3. Justice for Jesus
Christ Church, Winchester
4. Jesus Killed! Barabbas Free!
Explorers, St Peter’s Newdigate,
Surrey
5. Jesus to die :(
Thornbury Baptist Church
6. JESUS TAKES THE
PUNISHMENT!
Community Chapel Church of the
Nazarene, Nashua, NH, USA
7. Barabbas Freed, Jesus Crucified
Chilsworthy Chapel (Devon)
8. Judas betrays Jesus, Barabbas
freed
YJAM, Clifton Parish Churches, York
9. Sacrifice of Jesus for Barabbas
after a Shocking Accusation
OJAM, Clifton Parish Churches, York
10. Fox News, Fake News
Thornbury Baptist Church
11. King of the Jews? Got a
few loose screws??
Mission Ipswich East, Suffolk

39.59

42.20

40.05

42.10

42.12

46.25

47.09

47.55

46.45

45.29

50.00

12. Gruesome Tale of Wonky
Map = Murderer Freed,
Jesus convicted
St. Botolph's Church, Kettering
13. Jury's out for Jesus
St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury
14. The wrong guy was released?
Prescot Community Church,
Merseyside
15. Zombie apocalypse has
begun! Jesus has risen!
Living Waters College Group
16. Jerusalem's gardener needs
to chill
Poole Christian Fellowship, Poole
17. Murderer or Random...Who
dies? The Jerusalem Times,
Peace Chapel, Morris, IL
18. Saviour sentenced!
Christ Church, Winchester
19. Jerusalem needs a new
cartographer
Poole Christian Fellowship, Poole
20. Journalist exhausted after
long weekend!
Chilsworthy Chapel (Devon)

51.42

50.32

52.16

55.00

55.46

65.57

59.58

53.36

89.29

To join the leaderboard, send your time, group, location and headline here, stating you've completed the Holy Week Escape Room.

Your headline will be taken into account for your place on the leaderboard.

"We tried this with a mostly adult group and they loved it! They had so much fun and everyone of every age was able to get involved and contribute. They all want to do more!"

Steven Driver, Children and Youth Minister, Poole Christian Fellowship

"Our youth group had got bored of a lot of our online work. They are on their screens all day at school and many had got serious zoom fatigue. When we announced we were doing the Around the World Escape Room, there was such a renewed sense of excitement! And then when we did the Holy Week Escape Room, we had a huge turnout and they all had so much fun!"

Laura Munro, Youth Worker, Prescot Community Church

Have you seen our Easter Escape Room?

Play this one first, then download the next one, which is linked and has the same feel to it. It can also be played on its own.

Go to the Easter Escape Room

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