Material - Living Words

Children’s ministry should be rewarding, not draining.

Our curriculum has been carefully crafted and presented in a way that all children’s ministry leaders can understand and implement.

Living Words content makes Bible teaching easier than ever — even if you’ve never worked with children or have no teaching experience.

Each package contains four ten-week units designed to be used across your whole kids’ ministry from early childhood to high school.

Still not sure? Let’s breakdown the Living Words process.

TERM 1	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s Old Words, The Stories	Topic	Creation	The Fall	Covenant with Abraham	The Great King’s mighty act	The Law	Into the land	Kings	Kings	Exile	After exile
	Reference	Genesis 1.26-2.15	Genesis 11.1-12.4	Genesis 12.1-13.18	Exodus 2.23-4.9	Exodus 19.1-20.21	Numbers 22.1–35	1 Samuel 17.1-53	1 Kings 18.1-40	2 Chron 36.11-23	Daniel 3
	Title	Ruling under the Great King	How do you get a great name?	The Great King’s promise	The Great King’s messenger	The mountain of the Great King	Can a blessed people be cursed?	The Great King of Israel Part 1 David, Israel’s faithful king	The Great King of Israel Part 2 The Great King above all gods	Can the Great King break his promises?	King of kings

TERM 2	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s Old Words, The Wise Words	Topic	Psalms	Psalms	Psalms	Wisdom books	Wisdom books	Wisdom books	Prophets (Major)	Prophets (Major)	Prophets (Minor)	Prophets (Minor)
	Reference	Psalm 2	Psalm 23	Psalm 33	Job 1, 2	Job 3	Job 38	Ezekiel 34.1-16	Ezekiel 37.1-14	Habakkuk 1.1-2.4	Habakkuk 3
	Title	For the king of Israel	The Great Shepherd	Our hope is in the Great King	But he didn’t do anything wrong	Why?	Where is God in all those hard times?	What can the Great King do with dry bones?	More shepherds	How can you just sit there and do nothing?	Faithfully following the Great King

TERM 3	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s New Words, Jesus, The Word	Topic	Who is Jesus?	Who’s in?	Stories about the Kingdom	Jesus in charge	The unkingly King	The transfiguration	Position in the Kingdom	The anointing	The Lord’s Supper	Various responses
	Reference	Mark 1:1-15	Mark 1:21-2:17	Mark 4:1-20	Mark 4:35-5:43	Mark 8:22-38	Mark 9:2-10	Mark 10:13-52	Mark 14:1-9	Mark 14:12-26	Mark 14:53-16.6
	Title	Introducing Jesus, recognising God	Do you see the King?	The Sower and the Seed	There’s a new King in town	Not my type of King Part 1 The upside-down Kingdom	Not my type of King Part 2 A sneak preview	How to be 1st in the Kingdom	King Jesus	The meal of the Kingdom	Who do you say I am?

TERM 4	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s New Words, The Letters	Topic	What Paul says	What Paul says	What Paul says	What Paul says	What Paul says	What John says	What John says	What John says	What John says	What John says
	Reference	Colossians 1:1-14	Colossians 1.15-23	Colossians 2.6-10	Colossians 3.1-17	Col 4.7-9 + Philemon	Revelation 1.4-20	Revelation 2, 3	Revelation 4, 5	Revelation 11.17, 18; 12.10-12	Revelation 21.1-5; 22.1-7
	Topic	Paul prays for the Colossians	Who Jesus really is	How we keep going	A whole new wardrobe	Reconciliation: Onesimus + Philemon	Jesus like you’ve never seen him before	What’s wrong with the church?	The Great King in control	The serpent is crushed	The bride, the city and the garden

TERM 1	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Who is God?	Title	No one made God	God created everything	God is the Great King	God is the only God	God made people	God cares for people	God is holy	God never changes	God makes promises and keeps them	How do we live faithfully with God as our Great King?
	Reference	Genesis 1.1 + Psalm 90.2	Genesis 1	Genesis 1.1 + Acts 17.24	Deuteronomy 4.32-40	Genesis 1.26-2.15	Psalm 8.3-9	1 Samuel 2.2 + Isaiah 59.2	Numbers 23.19 + Psalm 102.25-27	Deuteronomy 7.9	Psalm 119.9-11

TERM 2	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
What is in the Bible?	Title	God’s words	God’s Old Words	The Law	The Stories	God’s Messengers	The Wise Words	God’s New Words	The Gospels	The Letters	What do we learn from the Bible?
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TERM 3	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Who is in the Bible?	Title	Adam	Noah	Abraham	Moses	David	Elijah	Isaiah	Peter	John	Paul
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TERM 4	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Who is Jesus?	Title	God with us	The Promised King	King of creation	King of sickness	King of sin	The Unkingly King	Faithfully following the Promised King	Who is Jesus?	Jesus dies	King of death
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TERM 1	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s Old Words: The Stories	Title	The Great King	The great sin	The great promises	The great rescue	The great mountain	The promised land	The faithful king of Israel	Israel breaks	Unfaithful Israel	Is God still the Great King?
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TERM 2	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s Old Words: The Wise Words	Title	The faithful follower	The Great Shepherd	The Great King who knows me	How wisdom begins	Trust in the Lord with all your heart	A time for everything	What Isaiah says	What Jeremiah says	What Hosea says	What Jonah says
	Reference	Psalm 1	Psalm 23	Psalm 139	Proverbs 1.7	Proverbs 3.5, 6	Ecclesiastes 3.1-8	Isaiah 5.1-7	Jeremiah 31.31-37	Hosea 11	Jonah 1-4

TERM 3	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s New Words: Jesus, the Word	Title	A special baby	Preparing for the Promised King	New beginnings	What Jesus says	Jesus feeds	Jesus heals	Jesus forgives	Jesus prays	Jesus dies	Jesus lives
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TERM 4	WEEK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
God’s New Words: What happens next	Title	Jesus goes up	The Holy Spirit comes down	What Peter says	God’s new people	Philip tells a man from Africa about Jesus	Saul=Paul	Paul goes	Churches, churches everywhere	What Paul says	What John says
	Reference	Acts 1.1-11	Acts 2.1-13	Acts 3.1-41	Acts 4.23-37	Acts 8.26-40	Acts 9.1-19	Acts 12.25-13.52	Acts 16.1-19.22	Ephesians 2.1-10	1 John 4.7-21

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