Bundle Breeze ChMS with Breeze Worship Tools, Tithely Church Apps, and Tithely Sites for the low monthly cost of only $119/month. To take advantage of this deal, fill out the form below and we’ll connect you with our Breeze Team to get you set up!
Looking for Easter ideas for small churches? Discover 16 budget-friendly, creative Easter programs that make a big impact—perfect for tight timelines and limited volunteers.
Easter is one of the most spiritually significant celebrations in the Christian calendar. It marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ—offering a message of hope, renewal, and new life. For small churches, it’s also a chance to bring communities together in meaningful ways, despite challenges like limited budgets, volunteers, or time.
If you're feeling overwhelmed trying to put together a program last-minute, this guide is here to help. These creative, low-cost, and easy-to-implement Easter program ideas will help your church celebrate the true message of Easter—without the stress.
There’s something deeply symbolic about watching the sunrise on Easter morning. Hosting a sunrise service outdoors captures the joy of resurrection and new beginnings. Include scripture readings, worship songs, and a short message of hope. Don't forget to invite people to bring chairs or blankets for comfort!
Bonus tip: Pair it with an Easter brunch (next idea!) to build fellowship.
After your early service, invite attendees to a simple potluck brunch. Ask members to bring a dish to share—coffee cakes, fruit, casseroles, and pastries work great.
This creates space for conversation, connection, and building stronger community ties.
Brighten up the sanctuary with spring florals, colorful banners, and DIY décor. Encourage members (especially families with kids!) to help create Easter-themed art and hang it around the building.
Make sure your visuals reflect the true meaning of Easter—the resurrection and hope in Christ.
A classic favorite that draws in families from the surrounding community. Hide plastic eggs filled with candy, toys, or scripture verses. Make it more intentional by:
Make sure to advertise your hunt locally via Facebook Events or Nextdoor.
Music enhances the spiritual atmosphere of any Easter celebration. Combine classic hymns with contemporary worship for an uplifting experience.
Suggested Easter worship songs:
If possible, involve a youth or children’s choir for a special segment.
Make Easter family-inclusive by integrating a kid-friendly message or activity sheets during service. Other ideas:
Easter is a prime opportunity to serve others and shine God’s light. Here are a few low-cost outreach ideas:
Want to keep track of volunteers or guests? Use tools like Breeze Church Management Software to simplify logistics.
Create a quiet corner in the church where attendees can reflect and pray. Provide:
It helps deepen personal faith and makes Easter more than just an event.
Easter can be lonely for those unable to attend in person. Reach out by:
Even small gestures can bring big comfort.
Drama can be a powerful teaching tool. A short Easter play or reenactment of the resurrection story:
Need a script? Check out Ministry-to-Children's Easter Play Scripts.
Start using powerful, yet intuitive, church management software that's been designed to help you save time, reduce frustration, and accomplish your church's goals.
Start a Free Trial of Breeze
Even a smartphone can capture a meaningful Easter message. Share:
Share your video on your church's Facebook page, YouTube channel, or during the service.
Make your celebration fun with Easter-themed contests:
These ideas work great for both in-person and online church communities.
Tap into your church’s creative side. Invite artists to submit paintings, photography, or crafts that reflect Easter themes. Display them around the sanctuary or in your church newsletter.
This empowers members and adds personal, meaningful visuals to your services.
Create a fun and festive photo booth after service! Use props like:
Bonus Tip: Use a branded hashtag (e.g., #EasterAtYourChurchName) and create a small sign with social sharing instructions. Encourage attendees to post and tag your church for greater online engagement.
Baptism is the perfect illustration of resurrection and new life. Invite members to publicly declare their faith through water baptism during your Easter service.
This can be one of the most spiritually moving moments of the entire celebration.
Easter is one of the most attended Sundays of the year. Make sure to:
If you need help managing the visitors to your church, consider using a Church Management Software (ChMS) like Breeze. It allows you to easily capture contact information from visitors and track their engagement with your church.
You don’t need a massive production to make Easter meaningful.
What matters most is keeping Jesus at the center, creating genuine connections, and sharing the joy of His resurrection through simple but powerful experiences.
We'd love to show you what we built!
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Duis cursus, mi quis viverra ornare, eros dolor interdum nulla, ut commodo diam libero vitae erat. Aenean faucibus nibh et justo cursus id rutrum lorem imperdiet. Nunc ut sem vitae risus tristique posuere.
Try a demo of Breeze for yourself!Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Duis cursus, mi quis viverra ornare, eros dolor interdum nulla, ut commodo diam libero vitae erat. Aenean faucibus nibh et justo cursus id rutrum lorem imperdiet. Nunc ut sem vitae risus tristique posuere.
Try a demo of Breeze for yourself!Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Duis cursus, mi quis viverra ornare, eros dolor interdum nulla, ut commodo diam libero vitae erat. Aenean faucibus nibh et justo cursus id rutrum lorem imperdiet. Nunc ut sem vitae risus tristique posuere.
Try a demo of Breeze for yourself!
Breeze has been incredible. Their customer service, commitment to innovation, and their product are top-notch. I love the features, the ease of use and the mobile applications.
All of our database needs have been more than met, it's easier to use than the last database we had, and the price is amazing - what a value this has been to our church! All of our staff can use this software and they do regularly. We use it to track…literally anything a church could possibly need to track regarding it's attenders.
Breeze has been a great asset to our church and congregation. Especially from an administrative standpoint, it has been the most adaptable and easiest church database I have ever used. The features from blast emails to giving on-line, and texting have been one of our greatest assets. Thank you!
We switched from a major, web-based ChMS to Breeze and our decision is confirmed every day. We are a medium size church and we use Breeze for contributions, member management, event checkin and a few other applications custom to our church. I had trouble getting any staff to use our previous ChMS but almost all staff are using Breeze. The product is very well designed, extremely easy to learn and use and customer service is incredible.
Breeze has opened the communication highway for our congregation and staff, with very little training. Because members can update their own records and search easily for other members - and map their locations, send emails and text right from Breeze, they love it and our data is more real-time accurate. Our ministries are stronger, because they can trust the data in Breeze, which is easily accessed anywhere, anytime.
Breeze is the first ChMS my volunteers have actually embraced. That's because it's so easy to use. The software is very flexible and gives us the opportunity to make decisions based on actual data we've collected and not just hunches or stories we believe to be true.
I cannot say enough about Breeze. Their customer service is so friendly, you feel like you have friends and family helping you get started, they're prompt to reply and will do whatever they can to help you get things sorted out. It's been so easy to learn, our staff is loving it and best of all even our staff who are not computer savvy find it a breeze (pun intended). We are just thrilled by our choice.
From the start of our process looking for an online solution, Breeze has exceeded all our expectations. Fast data import, fast and friendly customer support, and we can’t say enough about how much we like the program itself. Very well designed and user friendly. On a scale of 1-10, Breeze gets a 15 from us!
