2. How-to Sunday School Guide: Curriculum Workshop for Children’s Leaders

3. Characteristics of Good Children’s Sunday School Curriculum
A Age Suitable
B Bible Based
C Child Centered
D Doctrinally Dependable
E Educationally Sound
F Foundationally Firm

4. Characteristics of a Good Children’s Sunday School Teacher
A growing Christian
A positive/active church member
A calling to teach children and to see them grow in Christ
A loving concern for children and their families
A commitment to Children’s Sunday School and its mission
A willingness to prepare
A cooperative and enthusiastic team member

5. Enlistment Practices Pray, pray, pray. Start early.
Determine the needs.
Use a job description.
Share the joy.
Commit to training.
Follow your church’s guidelines for enlistment.

6. Sunday School
Sunday School is the foundational strategy of a local church for leading people to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and for building on-mission Christians through open Bible study groups that engage people in evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, ministry, and worship.

7. Levels of Biblical Learning
According to God’s grace that was given to me, as a skilled master builder I have laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it.
1 Corinthians 3:10 (HCSB®)

8. Basic Assumptions • The Bible Is Our Textbook • The Child as Learner
• The Teacher as Guide
• Parents as Primary Teachers

9. Concept Area: JESUS • Grades 5-6 • Grades 3-4 • Grades 1-2
Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, and resurrection were a necessary part of God’s plan for the forgiveness of sin.
• Grades 3-4
Jesus died to pay the penalty for sin.
• Grades 1-2
Jesus died on the cross, and God raised Jesus from the dead.
• Kindergarten
Jesus died on the cross and is alive.
• 3’s–Pre-K
Jesus loves all people.
• Birth – 2
Jesus loves me.

10. LifeWay’s Sunday School Curriculum

11. Younger Children’s Resources

12. Middle Children’s Resources

13. Preteen
Resources

14. Broadly Graded Resources

15. Family Bible Study Personal Bible Study Preview Power Up Plug In
Gather and Do
Preview
Power Up
Plug In
Personalize

16. G-Force: Experiencing God Full Blast

17. G-Force: Experiencing God Full Blast
IGNITION
VELOCITY
POWERCEL 01 02
RE-ENTRY

18. Everything You Need to Know to Be a Teenager Resources

19. Everything You Need to Know to Be a Teenager
DISCUSS AND DO
Get Ready
Get Set
Get Started
DIG
DECIDE

20. How to do Ministry in Children’s Sunday School
Care4Kids
contact 1•2•3
Steps to Leading a Child to Christ
Fellowships for Teachers
Fellowships for Children

21. Care4Kids
Reaching
Praying
Fellowshipping
Ministering

22. contact 123
contact 1 - Mail
contact 2 - Telephone
contact 3 - Visit

23. A B Cs of Becoming a Christian
Admit
Believe
Confess

24. Fellowships Fellowships for Teachers Fellowships for Children
Fun and Fellowship
Training
Fellowships for Children
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer

25. The Great Commission with Children
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20 (HCSB®)