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Resources for You

Informing and Inspiring

Music, online resources for children, study tools, current events, parenting tips and even online shopping!

Music choices for your listening pleasure and Christian growth.

If you like to keep up with current events, try these links!

An array of websites to build Christian character in your kids.

Like to shop online? Check these links and  go shopping!

Online study resources at your fingertips!

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News, Public Policy & Talk Radio

Marriage, Family, Parenting & Children

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Focus on the Family

“Focus on the Family exists to serve you and your family…Every day we’re at work on new programs and initiatives that will help you and your family even more.” At Focus on the Family, you will find valuable articles, books, and CDs that will aid in your pursuit to be a loving and effective parent.
 
 

Family Worship

Need a fun family activity? Check out Family Time, a web site designed to help parents lead memorable and fun family worship.
 
 
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Online Resources for Childen

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Here’s a list of websites for kids and teachers, used by permission from CE NationalAlthough CE National is happy to make resources available to churches, CE National does not endorse all the views of these publishers. Please use discernment when using any resources for your ministry.
 
Pioneer Clubs is a church-sponsored midweek club program for boys and girls age two through grade 12— and is the program of choice for more than 2,500 churches across North America. Each week this Christ-centered club program integrates spiritual and personal development; emphasizes evangelism and discipleship; and gives children opportunities to learn new skills, make friends, have fun, and develop Christian values that affect every area of their lives.
 
A play and learn site with free resources for kids and their teachers. The site has coloring pages, clipart, Bible memory verses and more. There’s a Sunshine Room with resources for Preschool, PreK and Kindergarten and a Holidays page with online games and puzzles. Plus there are links to other resource sites.
 
Standard Publishing has VBS and Sunday School curriculum for children and other children’s ministry resources.
 
Gospel Light has children’s curriculum and children’s ministry resources.
 
DC Cook has children’s curriculum and children’s discipleship materials.
 
At LifeWay Kids we want to provide resources that will equip you to offer kids opportunities to hear God’s Word, know God’s Word, and do God’s Word by applying it to their lives. Also for Pre-teens–Preteens live in that “somewhere-between-children-and-youth” land.
 
Church for the Unchurched. Resources designed to to help church leaders go further, faster. 
 
Children Desiring God exists to equip the body of Christ to spread to the next generations a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ. Our aim is to impart to children a vision of God, who He is, and who we are in relation to Him, and to establish them with a foundation of doctrine and truth. We want them biblically grounded, seeing God as the hero of every story, with a God-centered world view and a faith that will hold them when the days of testing come. We want them to love the Lord their God with all their heart, and to delight in Him forever. Areas of curriculum include: Infant, Nursery and Toddler, Preschool, Sunday School, Youth, Midweek Bible, Intergenerational, and Backyard Bible Club/VBS.
 
Kid’s Sunday School Place is your source for fresh, creative Children’s Ministry resources, Sunday school lessons, Bible crafts, activities, object lessons, stories, skits, games, songs & much more. Teaching elementary Sunday school has never been so much fun!
 
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HeartShaper Children’s Curriculum provides fun, focused Bible lessons that are perfect for classroom-based learning. Lessons can be adapted to large classes that are age-specific or small classes that include a range of ages and abilities.
Find musicals for kids and music for budding musicians.
 
Action-packed children’s church programs designed for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. The curriculum volumes come on compact disks, each containing 13 programs arranged in the same format as the sample programs featured on this web site.
 
Treasure Hunters Children’s Curriculum uses games, activities, Bible stories, science experiments, object lessons, and snacks, to teach children eight key principles that will help them be successful in family life.
 
Over 1 1/2 years of FREE Children’s Church Curriculum, plus 170 skits and puppet skits.
 
Here Comes Heaven – Kid’s Guide to God’s Supernatural Power – By Bill Johnson & Mike Seth
 
Publishing company that has curriculum and they also publish a bi-monthly magazine full of ideas and helps. Subscribe at www.kidskountpublising.com Family and children’s curriculum and resources. Including the Jelly Bean evangelism tool. 
 
Remove Sunday School Stress! Pre-Planned Lesson Plans, Ages 2-14.
 
Big City Studio & more! Children’s Church Bible Curriculum  
 
Here you can find information on and examples of the Elevate children’s curriculum as well as a place where you can share your ideas and learn from other Elevate users! (the sharing of ideas is a new feature and is being added).
 
If you are looking for books or Bibles for children as rewards or gifts this has lots of good options including tracts.
 
Music and lyrics sing-along DVDs for kids ministry. Works with any curriculum.
 
Curriculum that will have parents partnering with you, will have kids engage in exciting hands-on worship and having leaders embrace a strategy and plan for making a lifelong difference in the lives of kids.
 
Molly Pickens and the Rainy Day Castle. K-5th grade back to school or summer curriculum. Large group/small group. Unlock the mysteries of His love.
 
13 week ministry curriculum for children 5-12 years of age.
 
Devotions for kids. Also HeartShaper Children’s Curriculum at www.heartshaper.com by Standard Publishing.
 
A nine-week media-driven curriculum that takes kids down the Highway to Heaven.
 
Spark is a Sunday School faith formation program for kids ages 2-grade 6 with options for classroom, lectionary, and rotation curriculum models.
 
Truthopolis. SS, Children’s Church, midweek. Biblical, versatile, and powerful for churches and budges large or small.
 
Cd’s videos, curriculum, live concerts.
 
Links to YouTube channels with Bible stories for kids.
Check-in resources for churches who want/need to use technology to check kids in and out of your ministry.

Online Shopping

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Answers in Genesis

An apologetics ministry that helps people defend their faith and proclaim the gospel. They focus on issues like creation, evolution, science, and the earth’s age.
 

Christian Book Distributors

Enormous selection of books, cds, DVDs, curriculum, MP3s and more.
 

Christian Supply

Serving churches and individuals.

 

Crossroads Christian Bookstore

Books, gifts, music, bestsellers, read a chapter, music samples.

DaySpring

Cards, journals, devotionals, planners, gifts.
 

Gospel Publishing House

Sunday School curriculum, small groups, church supplies, Bibles, gifts, music, digital.

 

LifeWay

Owns and operates more than 170 stores; also order online.

 

My Healthy Church

Equipping Spirit-empowered people

 

New Growth Press

Books, small groups, sermons, mini-books, and Sunday School.

 

Thrift Books

Discounted Christian books and Bibles

Study Online

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Bible Study Tools

Bible Versions, Interlinear Bible, Parallel Bible, Commentaries, Concordances, Dictionaries, History,  Encyclopedias, Reading Plan, Audio Bible, and more.
 

STEP Bible

From Tyndale House, Cambridge UK. Find Bibles, commentaries, search terms, passages and the Hebrew and Greek translations of words.
 

Blue Letter Bible

Non-denominational Bible study tools.
 

Bible.com

Online and mobile Bible platform by YouVersion.

Bible Gateway

Bible Gateway is an online resource where you can read, listen to and study the Bible in multiple translations and languages. You can search for key words and find all of the verses that contain those words. Or, you can look up the passage. Try it here!
 
Lookup a word or passage in the Bible


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Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Providing access to classic Christian writings. Read the giants in the faith like Wesley, Spurgeon, Augustine. Also research, study and meditate.
 

Bible.org

Where the world comes to study the Bible. Special sections for men, women, children and pastors. Study by book, author, topic or verse.

Everything you need to Know and Grow!

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.  -2 Peter 3:18