April 2019
Problem of the Month

An Easter Word Cross Puzzle

Place the thirty Easter words below in the Word Cross puzzle at the bottom.

ALIVE ASH AWAKE BIBLE CHRIST CROSS DEATH EASTER ETERNAL FAITH GOD GOOD GOSPEL HEALING HOPE JESUS

LAMB LENTEN LOVE MARK PEACE REJECTION RENEW RESTORED RISEN SACRED SACRIFICE SIN TOMB VIGIL

Solution to the Problem:

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In 2018 at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Collins, Colorado, Cathy Richardson created the following slide for Lent:

     

On Easter, her artwork transformed into the following colorful image, highlighting Jesus and Easter forming a cross:

 

As you can see, the words are the same in both slides, but it is the color that brings out the message, a message that I had missed in the Lenten poster.   I was inspired by that cross in the Easter slide to create the word cross puzzle using as many of the words on the poster that I could.

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Many thanks to Kamri Hutchings and Ryan Myers for finding an error in my puzzle!

Also, Kimberly Howe and Rob Miles noticed that the words ALIVE and AWAKE are interchangeable in the puzzle.

Correctly solved by:

1. Kamri Hutchings	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
2. Ryan Myers	Delta High School, Delta, Colorado
3. Tynnille Hansen	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
4. Katelyn Tims	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
5. Madison Johnson	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
6. Ivy Joseph	Pune, Maharashtra, India
7. Kimberly Howe	Vienna, Virginia
8. Ruger Hewitt	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
9. Brooke German	Marshall, Wisconsin
10. Rob Miles	Northbrook, Illinois
11. Jenna Sutliff	Delta High School, Delta, Colorado
12. Kelly Stubblefield	Mobile, Alabama
13. Frankie Jenkins	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
14. Ethan Cantlin	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher