Elementary (2nd-5th) Ministry Resource

Thankful to have your servant's heart in discipling the next generation of Christians! We hope this resource is a blessing in both your pre-ministry prep and Sunday service.

  • 🧠 Prior to Sunday Prep
    Review this week's Volunteer email. Meditate on the lesson (see materials section below) to tune your heart to what God wants to do in the lives of our MBC kids.
  • 📱 Day of Sunday Ministry
    Utilize this guide's 1st/2nd hour checklist, then put devices away to give kids your full attention.
Gospel Project
From Wonder to Rejection
As Jesus' ministry furthered, God's plan to provide a King came to fruition. The divine miracles, teachings, and example of Jesus show us how to live differently in light of the sure hope we have.
  • 💻 Laptop Password
    L0vingGod
  • 📁 Google Drive
    Contact David if Google Drive is not allowing for PowerPoint download without Google Drive password.
  • 📱 Checkin iPads
    Unlock PIN: 1115
    Breeze Login: If "Check-in" app is logged out, username DTAN password MBC12345
    Checkin Station Setup: Turn on printers first (3 sec hold down power button). Always restart "Check-in" app to ensure correct printer pairing. (far most printer without label is "Kids Label 2").
    Troubleshooting: If "Check-in" is stuck, verify iPad is connected to Wi-Fi before restarting app.
    End of Service: Turn off the printers, close out "Check-in" appp on each iPad before plugging back on the charging cart.
  • 🔄 Swap
    Arrange in advance. Notify David if unsuccessful.
  • 📖 Study
    Use Teaching Guide for lesson's Bible Passages, Key Passage, Big Picture Q&A and Christ Connection.
  • 💻 Review
    Do a quick dry-run of the lesson powerpoint.
  • 🙏 Pray
    For God's work in the hearts of our 2nd–5th grade kids.
  • 🔄 Swap
    Arrange in advance. Notify David if unsuccessful.
  • 📖 Review
    3 pages listed on the Volunteer email of the Teaching Guide.
  • 🙏 Pray
    For God's work in the hearts of our 2nd–5th grade kids.

Arrival (9:40am)

  • ⏰ Arrive
    Be in room by 9:40am. Print nametag from checkin iPad.
  • 🛑 Enforce
    NO KIDS without 2 adult volunteers present.
  • 👋 Asst 1
    Manage door, collect slips, assist guests.
  • 👀 Asst 2
    Monitor free play until 10am countdown.

Service (10:00am - 11:15am)

  • 🎶 Sing
    Stand in back. (Step out with Grayson if noise bothers him).
  • 📖 Assist
    Help kids find Bible passages.
  • 🚶 Move
    Shift positions every 10-15 mins. (Text Alicia/Keith if Grayson needs bathroom).

Transition (11:15am)

  • 🛑 Stay
    DO NOT LEAVE until 2nd-hour arrives.
  • 📚 Help
    Have kids return borrowed Bibles back to table.
  • 🚪 Asst 1
    Collect 1st-hr sign-outs & 2nd-hr sign-ins.
  • 👀 Asst 2
    Monitor free-play.

Arrival (11:15am)

  • ⏰ Arrive
    Immediately after service. Print nametag from checkin iPad.
  • 🎫 Collect
    Pickup Slips from Parents for kids not staying for 2nd hour at the door.
  • ▶️ Play
    5-minute recap video at 11:20am.

Small Groups (11:25am - 12:00pm)

  • 🗺️ Split
    2nd-3rd Girls: Left | 4th-5th Girls: Right
    2nd-3rd Boys: Right | 4th-5th Boys: Back center
  • 🙏 Pray
    Share requests. Depending on group size, have a few or all kids pray for their neighbor.
  • 🗣️ Discuss
    Use worksheets to build relationships.

Review Quiz (12:00pm - 12:15pm)

  • 🧹 Clean (All 4 group leaders)
    Have kids cleanup desks before returning to main benches for review quiz.
  • ❓ Review Quiz (2 group leaders)
    Use the below sections for Review Quiz Questions and Review Quiz Points Spinner.
  • 🚪 Parent Engagement and iPad Putaway (2 group leaders)
    Assist with dismissal with pickup slip collection. Turn off the printers, close out of the Check-in app on iPad before plugging into the charging cart.
A big wedding feast.
One man went to his farm, and another man went to his business.
They captured the king's servants and killed them.
He was angry, sent out his army, punished the murderers, and burned down their city.
He told them to go out to the streets and invite everyone they saw.
No, they invited all the people they saw—good people and evil people.
He was not dressed in the right clothes for a wedding (or wedding clothes).
"Tie this man up hand and foot, and throw him out."
"Many people are invited to God's kingdom, but only a few are chosen."
It represents heaven, and Jesus invites us to join Him there.
His righteousness.
They represent the sin in our lives, because we cannot enter God's kingdom when our sin has not been washed away.
Salvation is a free gift for everyone who trusts in Christ.
Because the kingdom of God is a place of joy, abundance, and goodness, unlike our broken world of sadness, pain, and death.
What did Jesus teach when He was on earth?
Jesus taught about God and His kingdom. He taught that all Scripture is about Him.
St. Louis (an inner-city neighborhood).
Sharing meals with them, offering group cooking lessons, and taking people to the grocery store.
We should be faithful to share about Jesus and not get discouraged, knowing we are working for the Lord and not people.
All people, because without hearing the gospel they cannot be saved, and everyone needs an opportunity to be invited to trust in Jesus.
1 Chronicles 29:11.
They passed a table tennis ball back and forth with a partner while alternating saying one word of the verse at a time.
Because God created everything.
Our sin separates us from God.
God sent His Son, Jesus, to take the punishment we deserve.
God sees us as if we lived the perfect life Jesus lived.
We must trust Jesus as Savior and Lord (or turn from self and sin and turn to Jesus).
We don't have to work to enjoy the feast because Jesus has done the work for us.
The new heavens and the new earth.
People in God's kingdom live to honor God and treasure His kingdom; God's kingdom is growing and we participate; and everyone is invited to become a part of His kingdom when we place our faith in Jesus.