Kids Ministry Curriculum
Worship-centered, gospel-grounded lesson preparation guides for ages 5–10
The Book of Ezra
God brings his people home from exile — through pagan kings, bureaucratic decrees, and a temple that disappointed everyone. A story about the God who works in the ordinary, shows up in the diminished, and finishes what he starts.
The Book of Nehemiah
A cupbearer leaves comfort to rebuild what's broken. A God who cares about walls, works behind the scenes, and cannot be stopped — even when enemies attack from outside and greed rots from within.
Preparing the Way
After 400 years of silence, an angel appears to an old priest in the temple. God breaks the quiet with a baby who will point the way to Jesus. The hinge between the Old Testament and the New.
Jesus’ Triumphal Entry
Four Gospel writers, one event, four revelations. A king on a donkey, a crowd that will turn, and a God whose power looks like weakness — and that is better.
The Baptism of Jesus
The sinless one gets in line with sinners. Four Gospel writers reveal a God who steps into the mess, tears the sky open, and declares his delight — before Jesus does a single miracle.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Jesus' first Passover in Jerusalem. Tables flip, animals scatter, and a riddle hangs in the air: tear down this temple and I'll raise it in three days. The fierce love of a Son protecting access to his Father's house.
He Must Become Greater
John the Baptist’s disciples come back jealous: everyone is going to Jesus. John smiles. He is the friend of the bridegroom. His joy is full — not in spite of becoming smaller, but because of it.
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
Jesus takes the long road through Samaria to a well at noon. A woman who has organized her life around being unseen finds the one person who knew her whole story before she said a word — and stayed.
The Year of the Lord’s Favor
Jesus reads from Isaiah in his hometown synagogue and stops mid-sentence. He had been waiting his whole life to announce the Jubilee — and to tell them it was going further than they wanted.
Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath
Hungry disciples pick grain. A withered hand gets healed. Watching Pharisees see two rule-breakings; Jesus reveals a rest-giver claiming authority over the very day he made.
Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son
A funeral procession and Jesus’ crowd collide at a town gate. Nobody asks him for anything. He sees a grieving widow, touches what should have made him unclean, and speaks four words that undo the one thing no one else could reverse.
Treasures in Heaven
A man asks Jesus to settle an inheritance dispute. Jesus answers with a farmer whose barns can’t hold his harvest — and a Father who feeds ravens, dresses wildflowers, and is pleased to hand his whole kingdom to anyone who’ll stop building barns long enough to receive it.
The Parable of the Sower
The crowd is so big Jesus teaches from a boat, and he tells them a story where most of the seed is lost. Two Gospel writers show a God who scatters his word on every kind of heart, hard path and thorns included, and returns a hundredfold wherever it takes root.
Jesus Walks on Water
The disciples row all night against the wind and get nowhere. At three in the morning a figure comes toward them across the waves, and the voice says, “It is I.” Three Gospel writers show a God who sees us in the dark, walks on what we fear, and grabs a sinking man’s hand before he says a word.
How I Show Them Jesus
The preparation framework behind every lesson. Five movements for turning any passage into a worship-centered, gospel-grounded encounter with the beauty of God.