The Missions Support Team wants to thank you in advance for your interest in "missions educating" the children attending your church.  Your efforts to add a Southern Baptist missions component to your children's education ministry will yield eternal results: the children you are reaching will learn why and how to reach others themselves and how to partner with others to obey the Great Commission.

You can use these resources to add mission education to your TeamKid or Awana ministry:

Printed Curriculum
Child-Oriented Missions Videos
Child-Oriented Missions Websites
Free/Downloads: "Missions Moments"
"DIME"- Drop In Missions Education
Awana Handbook Missions Supplement

Printed Curriculum

It is very easy to customize missions education curriculum designed for use by ongoing missions education organizations.  It is simply a matter of editing the leader's lessons plans to fit your goals and time constraints.  These materials will also give you plenty of ideas you can use to involve children in ministry outside the walls of the church.

For example, WMU's coeducational organization for children in grades 1-6,  Children In Action, offers curriculum called Missions MatchFile which can easily be adapted for council time use. In addition, MissionKids curriculum is available from the North American Mission Board. 

You can also use gender specific materials in a coeducational setting.  Girls in Action (GA) materials by WMU and Royal Ambassadors (RA) materials by the North American Mission Board are used in many situations for both genders and work very well.

Child Oriented Missions Videos

Videos are great additions to your training inventory!  Involving children's eyes and ears helps them learn.

      The Kids on Mission video series by the International Mission Board. 

The Kids on Mission video series teaches children about the world and God’s plan for it. With help from Mr. Christopher, Penny and Surfer Bob, children explore ways they can be Kids on Mission in their communities and beyond.  

Order other Kids On Mission materials, including a free Kids On Mission Newsletter and stickers, and back issues of the videos by clicking here, or order by phone: 1.800.999.3113. 

Ideal for ages 5-12

 

• Tapes and DVD's are $10 apiece (discounts available on volume purchases)
• Newer versions have three episodes per DVD or video with an average run time of 10-15 minutes
• Older versions, still available, have nine episodes in volume with an average running time of 10-15 minutes
• Includes kid-friendly study materials
  

Child-Oriented Missions Websites

KidsOnMission.org  This International Mission Board sponsored interactive site even has video (with choices for low, medium and high bandwidth video delivery).  If you don't have an internet hookup in the church, you can give kids "assignments" and have them report the next week.  This is a wonderful tool to help children explore missions around the world.

KidzPlace.org  This North American Mission Board site has ministry ideas, devotions, games ideas and more.  Also, see the "flash" gospel presentation "Show and Tell" and download it for your use independent of the internet. 

KOMpray Website  Parents, Grandparents and Children's Leaders! KOMpray: Kids on Mission Pray is a new prayer resource that offers prayer requests about children—children around the world who are just learning about Jesus and Missionary Kids (MKs) who share His love along with their parents. The goal is to encourage children of all ages to pray and trust God to answer!  Sign up for weekly emails!

Missions Moments

Missions moments are five to ten minute missions education lessons designed for use during Council Time or other appropriate short periods of time. These downloadable files are in .pdf format. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download, view and print these pages.  Some mission moments include a corresponding activity sheet. New lessons are periodically added so come back often!

Instructions: Left-Click to open each file in a new window and print. To save the file to your hard drive, Right-Click on the file, click on "Save Target As", choose the location where you want the file to go, then click "Save."

Missions Moments Archives

The following missions moments are archived from past years. 

 

Preschool	Younger Children	Older Children
Bible Stories in Bolivia	The Pastor Missionary	Water in Sudan
The Busy Missionary	Hola Means Hello	Missions in Bolivia
Missions at the Campground	Staying Healthy in Bolivia	Tennessee Resort Ministries
Cowboy Church	Church in the Stockyard	A Different Kind of Church
Bible Stories in Sudan	Drops in the Bucket	Medical Missions in Bolivia
God is Good	Missions in the Mountains	On Mission in Sudan
The Doctor Missionary	Stories in the Desert	The Potters House
Native American Missions	Native American Missions in Oklahoma	Native American Missions in Oklahoma
Churches in Zambia	Medicine in Zambia	Life in Zambia
Alike but Different	Hispanic American Missions	Dios te Ama
Missions in the Mountains	Missions in the Andes Mountains	Church in the Mountains
Missions in the Jungle	Missions in Panama	Helping Others in Panama
Partner Church Missions	Church Missions	Church Strategy Coordinators
Praying for Missionaries	M&M Prayers	Praying with M&M's
What do Missionaries Do?	I Can Be a Missionary	How Can I Be a Missionary?

 

(The following children's "sermons" are designed to be used separately or as a series.  Used by permission from the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.)

DIME 

Drop-In Mission Education (produced by the North American Mission Board) is a group of resources specifically designed to allow ministry leaders to infuse mission education into their existing programs. All DIME lessons are available at no cost. Completion of a short registration form is required.  Navigate to NAMB's DIME web page by clicking HERE.