Church.tech empowers you to take your sermon further than ever by transforming it into custom children's ministry curriculum. With just a few clicks, you can generate engaging lessons for kids that align with your sermon and help reinforce key messages across all age groups. Here’s how you can create children's ministry content using the platform.
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Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Children's Ministry Curriculum
1. Upload Your Sermon or Outline
You can start with either your uploaded sermon or your sermon outline. If you’re still working on your sermon, you can use an outline to generate children’s content early in the week, ensuring it’s ready for your leaders in time.
Upload your sermon or outline to the platform.
Head to the Playground and click on Saved Prompts.
Select Church.tech and find the Children's Ministry option.
2. Generate Children's Ministry Lesson
Once you select the Children’s Ministry option, the system will generate a comprehensive lesson plan based on your sermon. It’s not just about simplifying language; it creates a well-rounded curriculum designed to help kids connect with the sermon’s core message.
Your children's ministry lesson will include:
Worship Time: A guide to lead the children in worship.
Opening Prayer: Instructions for an opening prayer session.
Scripture Passage: A relevant Bible passage to read together, along with tips to help kids locate the scripture in their own Bibles.
Scripture Explanation: A modern-day retelling of the passage to make it relatable for children, plus an application for how they can live it out in their daily lives.
Discussion Guide: A list of discussion questions for breakouts or small groups within your children's ministry.
Activity: A hands-on activity that reinforces the lesson’s message, complete with step-by-step instructions.
3. Customizing the Content
You can easily modify any part of the children’s ministry curriculum. For example, you might want to:
Change the Activity: Simply type in a request, such as “give me a different activity that is free” or “suggest an activity with a $100 budget,” and Church.tech will generate an alternative based on your specifications.
Make Adjustments: If you want the activity or any other element to take a different direction, you can provide more specific instructions to tailor the curriculum even further.
4. Generate a Parent Guide
Church.tech also allows you to generate a Parent Guide that helps parents reinforce the lesson at home:
The guide includes an overview of the sermon lesson, scripture references, discussion questions, and tips for when and how to engage with their children during the week.
As always, the Parent Guide can be copied into a Church.tech Page for easy sharing and tracking.
5. Share Your Curriculum with Pages
Once you've customized your children’s ministry content and parent guide, use Pages to share the content with volunteers, parents, and your ministry team:
Copy the page URL and send it out to parents via text or email.
Track real-time analytics, including who has viewed the page, how long they stayed, and how many times links were clicked.
Add announcements or next steps to keep parents and volunteers informed and engaged.
6. Align Your Entire Ministry
By using Church.tech, you can align your preaching calendar and discipleship strategy across all generations. Your children’s ministry curriculum will connect with your sermon, and parents will have resources to reinforce the lesson at home. You’ll create a unified message that spans small groups, children’s ministry, and parent-child interactions throughout the week.
Conclusion
Church.tech makes it simple to create a fully-aligned children’s ministry curriculum based on your sermon. With powerful tools that allow you to customize content and track engagement, you can deepen your church’s discipleship strategy by ensuring kids, parents, and small groups are all connected to the same message.
If you need help along the way, don’t hesitate to contact our support team. We're always here to assist!