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You are here: Home / Product Updates / Lenten Coloring Posters Available to Pre-Order

Lenten Coloring Posters Available to Pre-Order

Reading Time: 4 minutes — Adam Walker Cleaveland — January 11, 2016 30 Comments

In case you missed it over the weekend, our Lenten Coloring Posters are now available for pre-ordering. Instead of five 4’x3’ posters, for Lent we are offering nine 2’x3’ posters. These nine posters come together to tell a story of a journey through the Lenten season. As you can see in the image below, when you put all of the posters side by side, you’ll see that they are all connected together.

I loved seeing so many of the creative uses that everyone had for their coloring posters – and so many of them were intergenerational activities! I think this photo does a pretty good job of summing up the success of the Advent Coloring Posters (which is what the people in the photo are coloring below – you just can’t see it).

Lenten Coloring Posters
Intergenerational Coloring at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison, WI

Here’s what one pastor said about her experience with the Advent Coloring Posters:

Within moments of setting out the posters, I had people clamoring to do some coloring–young & young at heart, men & women, boys & girls. When I asked a few people to pick it up to put down another poster, I heard groans of “But it’s not done yet!” The posters were beautiful and well designed, and the customer service stuck through some pretty tedious mailing issues. We had a wonderful few weeks of coloring through Advent!
Pastor Megan Thompson
Mt. Vernon, Champaign & Bondville United Methodist Churches

Each of the Lenten Coloring Posters is based on one of the texts from the Narrative Lectionary for 2016. So, you can see the scripture that will be used for each poster – as well as the focus word for each of the posters that comes out of the passages:

  • Poster 1 for Ash Wednesday – Mark 9:30–37: Focus word is Welcome.
  • Poster 2 for 1st Week of Lent – Mark 10:17–31: Focus word is Give.
  • Poster 3 for 2nd Week of Lent – Mark 10:32–52: Focus word is Serve.
  • Poster 4 for 3rd Week of Lent – Mark 12:13–17: Focus word is Listen.
  • Poster 5 for 4th Week of Lent – Mark 12:28–44: Focus word is Love.
  • Poster 6 for 5th Week of Lent – Mark 13:1–8, 24–37: Focus word is Watch!
  • Poster 7 for Palm Sunday – Mark 14:3–9: Focus word is Risk.
  • Poster 8 is divided into two parts. The top portion is for Maundy Thursday – Mark 14:22–42: Focus words are Take. Eat. The bottom portion is for Good Friday – Mark 15:16–39: Focus word is Forsaken.
  • Poster 9 is for Easter Sunday – Mark 16:1–8: Focus words are Go. Tell.

Naturally, this is great fit for those of you who are using the Narrative Lectionary. But what if you’re using the Revised Common Lectionary? Can you still use them?

I certainly think so. Each of the stories that these posters are based on come from life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And so, these posters take people on a journey of Jesus’ life and teachings, and so while that could be a Lenten them on its own, I think it can be something to compliment whatever Lenten plans and programs you may already have for your congregations or families.

How to Use Your Lenten Coloring Posters

Regardless of whether you are using the Narrative Lectionary or Revised Common Lectionary, I think these Lenten Coloring Posters can very easily fit into your Lenten plans in a variety of ways:

  • Perhaps the children could color the posters during worship each Sunday.
  • Maybe various Sunday School classes could color them as they talk about each of the stories.
  • The posters would be great activities for children to do during a Wednesday night Lenten service – or an intergenerational activity to do after your Lenten Soup & Salad dinners.
  • Since these posters are 2’x3’, they are a much more manageable size for getting completely colored during a shorter period of time – or you could send a poster home with a different family each week, and they could color them during the week as part of a family Lenten practice.

However you end up using them – one of the fun parts about the posters this time around, is seeing them all displayed together – as I think that will help give people a sense of the journey of Lent – the progressive movement of the season – always getting closer and closer to the events of the last week of Jesus.

Lenten Coloring Posters
Another photo from Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison, WI

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Filed Under: Product Updates, Lent, Coloring Posters Tagged With: Coloring Posters, Coloring, Lent, An Illustrated Lent, Adult Coloring

About Adam Walker Cleaveland

Adam is the founder of Illustrated Ministry. He is an artist, pastor, pastor’s spouse, and father of four (two living). Adam is an ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and after doing youth ministry for over 15 years, he founded Illustrated Ministry, LLC in 2015. He resides in Racine, Wisconsin with his wife and their two children.

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Comments

  1. Shelley Byrnes says

    January 11, 2016 at 12:26 pm

    I am interested in purchasing the vector files only. Please let me know how I can pay and when I can expect to receive them with printing instructions. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 11, 2016 at 12:28 pm

      You can order them by going here. They will be released on January 27th and will come with instructions on printing. I hope that’s helpful.

      Reply
  2. Valerie Ritter says

    January 11, 2016 at 2:50 pm

    I’m so excited. I have several retired ladies who really love their coloring books. I can already see them working on this. Thank you!!
    Valerie

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 11, 2016 at 4:40 pm

      That’s awesome! I’m sure they’ll love it – and they’ll love it even more when they’re coloring with some young kids as well!

      Reply
  3. Jeff Greathouse says

    January 11, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    Can you help me with the Vector option. I think that this is the option that I want to go with and I believe I will just contact the printer we use and ask, Hey, I have an EPS file and wanted to print it off; it is 2’x3′.

    Is there anything else that I should include/know before I make this decision.

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 11, 2016 at 4:46 pm

      Jeff, thanks for asking the question. That’s the way you’d print out the vector files. You’ll have Illustrator files, EPS Files and PDFs. And you can find a local printer, if you already have a relationship with one of them, or you can go to your local Staples or FedEx and they can print them for you as well.

      Reply
      • Jeff Greathouse says

        January 14, 2016 at 1:59 pm

        I don’t live anywhere near those and I just got off the phone with my printer and they do not print those sizes w/o coating and with coating, they are not conducive to coloring; thus they can’t print. Do you know, how much shipping would be to Marshall, MN (56258) before I submit an order; is there a calculator on the order site?

        Reply
        • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

          January 14, 2016 at 2:01 pm

          Shipping is $10.

          Reply
  4. Debi Turley says

    January 11, 2016 at 3:30 pm

    Love these! We are wondering how one prints a poster that is 2′ x 3′; our printer/copier only goes up to ledger-size paper. Also, what is the price for the Family Devotionals (81/2 x 11)?
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 11, 2016 at 4:48 pm

      Hi Debi – thanks for your questions.

      Yes, you would need to go to a local printer, or a Staples or FedEx store, to have them printed that large for you. Or you could buy the already printed ones. 😉

      Also – I’ll have an 8.5×11 version of the coloring sheets available later in the month.

      The Family Devotionals are part of An Illustrated Lent: Family Edition, and that is priced based on the size of your church. Individual families can purchase it for $9.99 – and it comes with devotionals, coloring sheets, and more…or churches can purchase it so send out to their families. I haven’t nailed down the pricing yet but will be sharing more information about the Family Edition on my blog this week – so please keep an eye out here for that.

      I hope this has been helpful.

      Reply
  5. Margot Wright says

    January 11, 2016 at 6:12 pm

    I want to order today using the discount that expires tomorrow and when I go to purchase the Lenten files and the prints there isn’t an option to add the 20% discount. Please advise me on how to do this. Thanks

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 11, 2016 at 7:18 pm

      Margot – thanks for asking. So, a bit of clarification perhaps. There is no 20% discount for the Lenten Coloring Posters. But when you purchase them by 11pm CST tomorrow night – you’ll receive a promo code that you can use to purchase An Illustrated Lent: Church Edition when it comes out on January 27. I hope that clears things up.

      Reply
  6. Debi Turley says

    January 12, 2016 at 9:54 am

    Is there any possibility you could make a sample of the 8 1/2 x 11 sheets available for us to print to see whether we think they will work for our congregations? Even if it had SAMPLE across the front, it would be helpful. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 12, 2016 at 11:51 am

      Debi – no problem. You can find it here.

      Reply
      • Jessica Stonecypher says

        February 25, 2016 at 10:09 am

        Do you have a link to where I can purchase the 8 1/2 by 11 coloring sheets?

        Reply
        • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

          February 25, 2016 at 10:17 am

          Hi Jessica. You can get them here.

          Reply
  7. Kristen says

    January 13, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    Will either the family edition or the church addition have devotions that correlate to the focus word? I’m doing Revised Common Lectionary, but I’m thinking I could use the focus word and ICM devotions for the children’s sermon time….

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 13, 2016 at 3:57 pm

      Yes! Definitely. I’m going to blog tonight about the other two resources, and let you know what is included, and how they can tie together. But yes – our devotionals for the Family Edition are being written to match the posters.

      Reply
  8. Tanya Linn Bennett says

    January 20, 2016 at 7:25 am

    Hi! I want the hardcopies only. Can you provide the link for ordering? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 20, 2016 at 8:00 am

      Hi Tanya – you can find the hardcopies only right here.

      Reply
  9. Pastor Lynne says

    January 20, 2016 at 7:50 am

    Interested but need the cost please

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 20, 2016 at 9:12 am

      Lynne, in the above post under the section “More Details, Please…” you will see the three options listed for ordering the posters (including the links to purchase each option) and the price is listed after the description. Hopefully that clears things up.

      Reply
  10. Jessica Torgerson says

    January 22, 2016 at 9:59 am

    Trying to order but link seems to be missing. How can I order prints and vector file package? When I click on “go here” it just takes me to a page that describes the products. Help!

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 28, 2016 at 8:02 pm

      Did you find the link? It is here: Lenten Coloring Posters – Physical Posters & Vector Files
      https://gumroad.com/l/LentenColoringBoth

      Reply
      • Jessica Torgerson says

        January 29, 2016 at 6:33 am

        Found it, thanks. Pre-ordered the posters and vector files last week! Looking forward to receiving everything (already downloaded vector files). Thanks again for your help.

        Reply
  11. Joy says

    January 31, 2018 at 7:41 pm

    How do we order this? Thanks

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 31, 2018 at 10:42 pm

      If you’re wondering about these specific posters, then you can order them here. We also have a new set of posters called the Psalms Coloring Posters which you might be interested in.

      Reply
  12. Rev. A. David Paul says

    January 12, 2021 at 10:14 am

    I went to the link to download and there were conflicting messages. One said sold out and the other said not for sale.
    I would like to buy the digital version for our bulletin art.

    Reply
    • Adam Walker Cleaveland says

      January 12, 2021 at 10:16 am

      These coloring posters are no longer available for ordering.f

      Reply

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