Gathering activity 

Ask the group to sit around the fruit and vegetable display. Talk to them about which is their favourite. Do they know what they all are (especially if you put out something unusual)? Now explain that you're going to play an observation game. Ask everyone to close their eyes as you move the objects around, and remove one from the display. They open their eyes and guess what has been taken away. Play this game several times, moving the fruit and vegetables around, and removing a different one, but leaving the seed where it is each time. On the final turn, remove the seed. Let the group try to guess what is missing and then show them the seed and explain it’s been there all along.

Explain that all the fruit and vegetables have come from seeds, and that Jesus used a seed to illustrate his own death, as being a source of life for others.