PLAIN VIEW FARM, RURAL BRYANT, SD

We wish you a most Happy and Joyous Easter Celebration! If Papa Alfred Stadem had known about this game, he might have played it with his family since it does not take away from the true significance of Easter but actually is a fun way for adults and children to be challenged on what they know or should know about the great events of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Why is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ important and worth celebrating? Simply put, there would be no Christian Church whatsoever, no Christians either, if Christ hadn't risen from the dead. It had to be the real thing--or the apostles first and nobody but nobody after that would have died for it, and millions (some estimate 200 millions) actually did die (millions by choice rather than give up Jesus) and are still dying for Christ even today! Would YOU die for something you wished happen or a good story or a good man or an ethical idea or a nice, white-frame building with a steeple on it? Not likely! Again, it had to be the real truth, which you knew was nothing but the truth--or Christian faith would never have got off the ground (it would have been delivered still-born in Jerusalem on the fourth day after Christ was crucified, then promptly buried, with absolutely nobody objecting! Now some suggestions for playing the Easter Egg Hunt and Quiz Game are:

1. Fifteen people, adults and children, can play this game. If there are more playing, boil extra eggs just in case and include them, without having to add questions and answers to them. Those added eggs can just be kept by the finders. For the fifteen, however, boil at least three dozen medium or large white eggs and let them dry--do not refridgerate, or they will be difficult to write on or keep the writing you put on them. Each egg has a question on one side and an answer on the other. Writing can be made on stickers, with ink that can stand dampness, and the egg can be put in a sandwich wrapper and hidden in grass or foliage. If the weather is really bad, the eggs can be hidden in one room or more of the house or porch or deck.

2. When playing the question and answer part after the hunt, the contestant is first instructed to read the question without looking at the answer. If the person reads the answer first, the egg is forfeited and should be put back into the basket.

3. With everyone listening, each contestant takes a turn in reading the question and then trying to answer the question without any coaching by others or looking in a Bible. To find the answer, to see what is correct, the player turns the egg to check the answer on the other side. If correct, the player keeps the egg. If wrong, the egg must be replaced in the basket for additional drawings.

4. Contestants should read the question, and answer, and then check the answer quickly to keep the game moving along. Each will be timed for an answer, and at the count of five a contestant's time is up. If the contestant does not answer in time, then the egg is forfeited to the basket.

5. IMPORTANT: If a contestant answers correctly, he or she may draw another egg from the basket and try again to win it. This enables a contestant to build up a superiority in number of eggs even if he or she hadn't found very many in the hunt.

The eggs that were forfeited can be used for an additional drawing by contestants until they are all gone.

6. Whoever ends up with the most eggs wins the quiz game and is entitled to be declared by the host of the game to be the Bible Scholar of the group! The host may present an additional award or prize or certificate which may be a Bible or a cake or something humorous. Chocolate bunnies or candy can be given as prizes too, if first prize, second prize, and third prize or number of eggs people have won are acknowledged. Expect it to be a lot of fun to do, and fun to win the prizes, for this game has been played and it worked very well the first time it was played.

TIME TO PLAY THE QUIZ GAME!

To see how good in answering questions.

EASTER EGG HUNT GAME QUESTIONS