Easter presents early years workers with a dilemma about religious observance within a multicultural society, as Judith Napier reports
Doug Swanney, Children's Ministry development worker with the Church of Scotland, is cheerfully aware of the pitfalls involved in teaching the Easter message to youngsters. As he says, 'You are trying to explain that although Jesus died on this cross, he came back to life, and you get questions like, so if I put my hamster on the cross, will it be OK?'
Mandy Catto, who leads a music group for under-fives in Aberdeenshire, recalls the time she told a simple Easter story which left one little boy convinced that Jesus died in the cave, trapped by a rolling stone.
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