The annual Easter Egg Hunt at St. Francis will take place immediately following the service on Easter Sunday. All children are invited!

Easter egg hunts are said to have originated in the late 1600s when Martin Luther started a tradition of having the men of the congregation hiding eggs for the women and children to hunt for. This was supposed to be a nod to the Biblical story of women discovering the empty tomb on Easter. Queen Victoria later refreshed the practice of Easter hunts when she and her husband hid Easter eggs in baskets throughout the palace for their children to find, although they routinely did this activity on Maundy Thursday instead of Easter Sunday. The late 1900s brought a resurgence of old traditions, leading to Easter hunts becoming popular once more.