Scripture: Psalm 145:9, 86:5, 1 Chronicles 16:34, Romans 12:2 Bible Lesson Title: God is Good Target Age Group: Toddlers, age 18-24 months Original Teaching Context: Toddler Sunday School (these are also great for parents who desire to bring the knowledge/wonder of God to their children during daily playtime). Main Idea: God is good; he loves to bless his children! Supplies: Bible … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Kid’s Club lessons are great for children of all ages! This second lesson about letting our lights “shine” for Jesus will help children understand that everyone can serve God and lead others to Jesus. TARGET AGES: 4-12 SCRIPTURE: Matthew 5:14-16 MAIN IDEA: We should strive to “shine” as lights that point others to Jesus. ——————————————————————————————————————- Mission Project (15 minutes) MATERIAL(S): … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Elijah lived during a time when it was extremely unpopular to worship and obey God. However, Elijah didn’t let peer pressure keep him from delivering God’s message of truth and he experienced God’s protection and blessings because of his obedience. Furthermore, the impact of Elijah’s obedience was experienced beyond his family and spread throughout the entire nation of Israel. Children … More Children’s Ministry Resources
This printable devotion is #4 of the “Kids Can!” devotions (print the instruction page here). Perseverance is hard, especially when circumstances are tough. This devotion explains perseverance and will help children grow through faithful obedience, deliberate action, and reliance on God’s word. In addition, they will discover the rewards awaiting believers who stand firm in the faith! Click on the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Scripture: Psalm 36:5, 91:4, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, Hebrews 10:23 Bible Lesson Title: God is Faithful Target Age Group: Toddlers, age 18-24 months Original Teaching Context: Toddler Sunday School Main Idea: God is faithful-He always keeps His promises! Supplies: Bible (See additional activities below for supply list.) With toddlers, you want to keep your lesson simple. If your class is able, … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Lesson Title: David Trusts God Bible Reference: 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Psalm 37 Target Age Group: Preschool Learning Context: Children’s Church Target Time Frame: 1 ½ hour Gospel Connection: David was chosen to be king when he was just a child, but his road to the throne was not easy. Along the way he had to fight Goliath, escape from Saul, … More Children’s Ministry Resources
This is lesson 25 of 33 in a series of lessons called “Praise God Through the Psalms.” “Praise God Through the Psalms” – Psalm 90 Lesson focus: Through the book of Psalms and the worship of the people of Israel, we get a glimpse into the character of God and how we should rightly respond to Him in worship. In … More Children’s Ministry Resources
When was the last time you had 100 percent turnout to your volunteer training? What about 50 percent? Or even 25 percent? Don’t be discouraged—we’ve all been there! But if your volunteers don’t come to your training, how can you ensure that kids are having the very best experience in classrooms and growing closer to Jesus? If this is your … More Children’s Ministry Resources
“What is Trust?” is the third devotion of its kind. Click here to see the first devotion on hope, the second devotion on love, and the instruction page. Children are given a scripture to read and a question to answer each day to practice studying God’s word. While it can be hard to trust imperfect people, especially after they have … More Children’s Ministry Resources
One of the most common questions I hear from new teachers (or those considering serving in children’s ministry) is about classroom management and discipline. How do I keep them all under control? What are the rules? What do I do when someone disobeys? What does discipline look like in the classroom? These are all great questions and should all be … More Children’s Ministry Resources
This post is very different from any I have previously written. I have been privileged so far to be used by God to write two VBS programs and dozens of Sunday school lessons. My passion, my calling, is to write Christian curriculum. But today I need to share something different. I have to be honest, I have put off writing … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Reading the Bible is such a great habit to build into kids. Having them read a little bit of the Bible each day gets God’s Word into their minds and hearts. Proverbs is a great book of the Bible to read in a month, since there are 31 chapters in the book and a lot of the months in the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
How does God want to use each child’s specific abilities and talents? What admirable traits has God given each child that will help them serve him and others? In this second lesson of Kid’s Club (a fun time for children of all ages to get together and learn about God), children will discover how God has uniquely equipped them to … More Children’s Ministry Resources
“Kid’s Club” activities are geared toward helping kids become more excited about the bible! It’s a great way to learn about God’s word through hand’s-on approaches such as crafts, mission projects, games, devotions, and more. Children will experience how fun it is to grow in their relationships with Christ and act on their faith. TARGET AGES: 4-12 TOPIC: The Fruit … More Children’s Ministry Resources
For children (and often adults!), the word “discipline” carries a lot of negative connotation. We tend to think of punishment and hardship, of consequences and strict regimes. With a look at the book of Hebrews, this lesson focuses on the meaning of discipline, and the contrasts between the hardship of discipline and benefits of rewards in Christ. Lesson focus: Life … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Job was a man of immense personal faith and integrity, but how did his actions help his family? In “The Story of Job for Kids,” children will make the connection that individual obedience to God reaps outward blessings that positively affect their families. Everything we do affects others, and that includes obedience too! TARGET AGES: 9 – 13 Older Elementary. … More Children’s Ministry Resources
When I was a kid, we used to watch the Bozo Show. Bozo was a clown and they had kids play different games on the show. We loved watching the kids win their prizes. My favorite game on the show was called the Bozo Game. It was where there were 6 buckets line up behind each other in a line. … More Children’s Ministry Resources
This is part of our Old Testament Bible Character trading cards. This is Part 3 of the Old Testament cards and includes: Saul, Jonathan, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Esther, Nehemiah Click on the image above to download the printable version We’re uploading the whole series (51 cards total). If you’d like to download the whole set, click here for the file (2.4 mb). They have a Bible … More Children’s Ministry Resources
“But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he … More Children’s Ministry Resources
This is part of our Old Testament Bible Character trading cards. This is Part 2 of the Old Testament cards and includes: Joshua, Rahab, Gideon, Naomi, Ruth, Boaz, Hannah, Samuel, Samson Click on the sample picture above to download the print-friendly file We’re uploading the whole series (51 cards total). If you’d like to download the whole set, click here for the file (2.4 mb). They have a Bible … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Whether you love it or hate, or have strong misgivings about it, we can all agree that Pokemon Go is here to stay. At least until the next “Go” game comes out. (Which by all reports will be a Harry Potter rendition but let’s cross that bridge when we come to it.) Here’s my attitude about Pokemon Go. And you … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Don’t you love the phrase “do over?” I do! Especially when it concerns children’s ministry because I’m a bit of perfectionist and I always fall short. A few times in my life I’ve had the pleasure of heading up a reboot for children’s church. On one occasion, we had an abrupt change in pastoral leadership; another time we’d allowed our … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Remember this verse? I do! So many times I’ve felt like the woman described her. Before I encountered Jesus, I was a chronic sinner so I can relate to this. And Jesus’ words here encourage me. “Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven–as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.” Luke … More Children’s Ministry Resources
I’m so excited to share this resource. Our friends at Children’s Ministry Deals were inspired by our 52 Bible Memory Verse list and turned them into printable graphic cards. You need to check out these free memory verses for kids graphics. I can tell this took a lot of work and the results are amazing. These are short and easy … More Children’s Ministry Resources