Kid's Lesson Calendar - Volume 2

Kid's Lesson Calendar: Volume 2

A 52-week roadmap through topics like Jesus, community, Lent, beliefs, sports, technology, death, and more.

The Main Thing

This four-week children’s series will help young people understand what it means to keep Jesus and his kingdom at the center of their lives, every day. It will challenge the young believer to live in the power of Christ’s forgiveness and provision, while providing practical suggestions on how to live that life.

My Neighborhood

This four-week children’s series examines our responsibility to our neighbors. Neighborhood watch programs came about to help communities look out for one another. Sometimes people felt fearful of others, worried that there were bad people that we needed to watch out for. God says instead of being fearful, we should take time understand who our neighbors are and how BIG our neighborhood is.

Lent

This six-week series for the Sundays during the season of Lent (plus Ash Wednesday) helps children navigate the concept of death on Ash Wednesday and moves them toward a joyful vision of the new heavens and the new earth on the last Sunday of Lent. This pathway—from death to everlasting life—helps them understand the true hope of the resurrection.

Easter Sunday

As Christians, when we think about Easter, we often focus on Jesus dying on the cross for our sin. In this message, children are reminded that the true hope of the gospel is found in Jesus being made alive through the resurrection!

The Movies

This four-week sermon series discusses what it’s like to live in the “in-between.” How do we prepare for the resolution to God’s great story? How do we live out the resurrection of Jesus today? As the Bible makes clear, God’s work in the world brings us into right relationship with him and empowers us to live out that redemption to others.

Guest Speaker

Use this bundle to welcome and announce a guest speaker sharing in your children’s service. Included in the bundle is an announcement slide, bulletin graphic, Facebook cover photo, postcard graphic, along with several other multi-purpose layouts.

The Original

This four-week children’s series deals with common wrong teachings or “heresies,” that many people believe. By examining some of these beliefs through a biblical lens and seeing the struggles Christians have had throughout history, we can see the truth of God’s Word and how to stay focused on that truth through correct beliefs.

Guest Speaker

God And My Country

This message would work well around Independence Day in the United States. What is the goal of the faith we are teaching our children? To seek after the kingdom of God or to pursue the American dream? In this stand-alone message, we will examine what it means to God put before the American dream.

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The Games

This four-week children’s series examines how the Bible uses several different sports metaphors to describe the Christian life. As followers of Jesus, we are called to seek after an eternal crown through faithfully running the race God has set before us, by fighting the good fight of faith, and by working together with other believers to advance the kingdom of God.

Tech Wise

This four-week children’s series walks through the positive and negative effects that technology—including social media—has on our faith, our relationships, and our overall character and integrity. For all of us, the internet can be a useful tool to spread the love of Christ and to enjoy sweet, everyday moments with family and friends. However, we must remain careful to balance the negative aspects that come with it. This series will cover common bad practices we see in online behavior, the balance of physical community and online community, the proper treatment of others online, and social media evangelism.

The Church

Some people think that the church is in trouble. Many people are willing to learn about Jesus, but they don’t want to be around some of the people you meet at church. This four-week series uses the two letters of Paul to Timothy to talk about what the church is and why it’s important in the life of Christians. “The Church” wrestles with thoughts and ideas that might keep people from church. It also examines what the Bible teaches about the importance of the local church.

God Is Greater

This children’s series examines a difficult subject: the topic of death. For many kids, death can be confusing and scary. As Christians, however, we know that Jesus has conquered death for good. One day, the last enemy, which is death, will be destroyed, and its sting will be gone forever. Children can find hope and comfort as they study Jesus’s victory and the promise of eternal life that he offers to those who follow him.

Dinner Is Served

What does it mean to feast? Eating together has always been important throughout the Bible and in our homes. This four-week children’s series examines how the table becomes a setting for joy, unity, and being yourself. When Christians have a healthy biblical view of food, they are able to recognize how God provides through the table. Pull up a chair and learn how God meets our needs for real food, real family, and a real Savior who is also our friend.

Behold

This four-week Christmas (or Advent) series for kids celebrates how faith in Jesus Christ allows us to see and experience the world in wonderful and unique ways. Using texts from the New and Old Testaments, we’ll recognize that the gifts of faith—trust, joy, determination, and commitment—have come to us through the birth of our Savior.

To The Future

This stand-alone message is great following or on New Year’s Day. It will help the children focus on the future and not on the past as they begin a new year. It is a good reminder that because God is making us new, we should focus on the new creation we are becoming!