Elementary 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 the 1st/2nd hour checklist, then put devices away to give kids your full attention.
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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 Breeze application is logged out, you can use your Breeze login credential (ask David if you need one).
    Before Service: Always close and reopen the Check-in application to ensure correct printer pairing.
    Troubleshooting: If you see a spinning icon, verify the iPad is connected to Wi-Fi before restarting the application.
    End of Service: Turn off the printers, close out of the Check-in application, and plug the iPads back into 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.
In an area where Gentiles—or non-Jews—lived.
They had been with Jesus for three days, some had come a long distance, and Jesus said, "If I send them home, they will collapse on their way."
"We are not near a city. Where can we get enough bread to feed them?"
They answered, "Seven," and they also had a few small fish.
He told all the people to sit down.
He took the seven loaves, gave thanks to God, and broke the bread into pieces.
He blessed the fish and served them too.
The disciples collected seven baskets full of leftover pieces.
Four thousand men (plus women and children).
They got into a boat and left that place.
The Bread of Life.
Because only He provides forgiveness, peace with God, and eternal life.
Is Jesus God or a human?
As the Son of God, Jesus is both fully God and fully human.
There are many good things we may want that may not be what God knows is best for us, but He has promised to meet our needs, which will always be rooted in Jesus.
Jesus multiplied the food to bless the many and meet their physical needs, and His body was broken on the cross to bless many and meet our greatest spiritual need—forgiveness of sin.
John 1:18.
Henderson Hills Baptist Church.
Because only one percent of the people living there are Christians, and 481 million people need to hear that Jesus loves them.
Because God created everything, He is in charge of everything (Revelation 4:11).
Our sin (disobeying God) separates us from God (Romans 3:23).
Jesus took our punishment for sin by giving His life, and He gives us His righteousness so God sees us as if we lived the perfect life Jesus lived.
It showed that no ordinary human can multiply bread to satisfy a hungry group, but Jesus has the power to meet all our needs.
Hunger No More, Jesus' Broken Body, Gives Life to the World, and Live Forever.
False; only trusting in Jesus as our Savior will make us complete and take away the guilt of sin.
He shows us compassion daily when He cares for us and meets our needs, pointing back to His greatest act of compassion on the cross.
To serve as a daily reminder of how much God cares for them and is with them to meet their needs.
Joshua 1:9; Psalm 23:1; Psalm 86:15; and 1 Peter 5:7.
They looked at their surroundings ("We are not near a city") and their small amount of food instead of trusting Jesus' power.
It reminds us that God is always with us, He cares for us, and His power is more than enough to provide for us and satisfy our souls forever.