Church Bible Lessons for Children
Bring the Bible to life for the children in your ministry.
Bible curriculum that kids AND teachers love!
- Dynamic multimedia content – Exciting videos and activities engage, entertain and teach today's media-savvy children.
- Easy, quick lesson preparation – Perfect for the busy volunteer teachers in your ministry!
- Flexible for a wide age range of children (designed for ages 5-12) – Great for Sunday School in small and mid-sized churches, or settings like mid-week services or children's church where a range of ages are grouped together!
- Outreach-friendly – Excellent even for kids with little or no church background.
"Kids AND teachers love the curriculum." KZ, children's minister
"Jam-packed with ideas." PM, children's minister
"Wonderful tools for Bible teaching." MA, children's minister
Many churches and ministries find Friends and Heroes Children's Bible Curriculum to be ideal for:
- Children's Sunday school lessons / Sabbath school curriculum
- Mid-week kids Bible lessons and outreach activities
- Children's church lessons
- Special children's ministry events, family activities, and much more!
Friends and Heroes Bible Lessons are provided via download or on CD-ROM with the purchase of a Friends and Heroes Church and School Pack.
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Curriculum Summary
- Bible stories: The curriculum provides a balance between Old Testament and New Testament stories. For details, you can download a list of the Bible stories and learning objectives.
- Length of video segment used in each lesson: 12-14 minutes on average (each lesson uses approximately one-half a Friends and Heroes episode).
- Length of entire lesson: Easily adaptable to a 45-60 minutes class time.
- Designed for ages 5 to 12 years.
- Lessons per pack:
Series 1 Church and School Pack - 26 lessons
Series 2 Church and School Pack - 25 lessons
Series 3 Church and School Pack - 26 lessons
- Introductory page - (Teachers' resource) Lists the objective(s) for the lesson, a summary of the Friends and Heroes adventure and Bible story, preparation tips and resources needed for any crafts and/or activities included in the lesson.
- Starting off - Children watch the video segment (12-14 minutes) and are introduced to the theme of the lesson. This usually includes a fun craft, game or activity which reinforces the lesson's theme.
- In deeper - Kids learn more about the meaning and application of the theme of the lesson. Often includes discussion questions and sometimes another activity to keep the children engaged with the theme or the story.
- Prayer Time - An active segment built around a craft or activity which is designed to lead the children into thinking about prayer in relation to the theme of the lesson. In some lessons they are asked to write their own prayers and in others a group prayer is suggested.
- Printable Resources - (Teachers' resource) Included for nearly all lessons as needed. They are very helpful and well-designed resources – especially for those who may have limited arts and crafts skills!
- Extra, extra! - Fun activities that children can take home with them to reinforce what they have learned. This often takes the form of a puzzle or quiz.
- DVD Extras - Still images gallery, music videos, quizzes for each episode
- Friends and Heroes Children's website provides many additional resources like quiz questions for each episode, fun puzzles and coloring sheets.
Leader's Resources
You can view and print the lists of Bible stories in all three series of Friends and Heroes here. Bible Lesson Objectives
For details you can view, download, or print the full list of Bible stories and learning objectives in all three Series of Bible Lessons.
Children's Activity Website
Teachers often find much of the material on our award-winning children's website to be extremely useful in the classroom. This site is filled with exciting puzzles, quizzes and games, plus information on people and places from the Bible and Friends and Heroes characters and storylines as well.
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Access to Bible Lessons
- Download Bible lessons for all three series (this link is for those who have access to the curriculum for Series 1, 2, and 3)
- Download Bible lessons for Series 1
- Download Bible lessons for Series 2
- Download Bible lessons for Series 3
Purchase Options
- Purchase details from the Friends and Heroes store.
- Purchase details from Amazon.
License and Lesson Upgrade Packs - include public display license and curriculum. (Designed for those who already have the appropriate video episodes on DVD, or via download or video on demand.)
- Purchase details from the Friends and Heroes store.
- Purchase details from Amazon.
Friends and Heroes also offers excellent School Bible Curriculum!
