A few months ago a friend at work asked me what our goal was when we teach preschoolers. I thought for a second and said, “to capture their imagination.”
When you capture a child’s imagination you do two massive things. First, you win their attention. This allows the message you have to reach them. Second, you mark them for life with your message. I can think back to my childhood and remember a few things that sparked my imagination. I want church to be one of those things for the kids at Fellowship Church and the churches around the world that use our curriculum.
Ultimately it boils down to this:
If you can capture a child’s eyes and ears, you have have the two pathways the Holy Spirit uses to capture their heart.
Below is the theme song from our first series in Elevate Jr., it shows clips from all eight weeks of our first series, Spy Chase Jr. Elevate Jr. is targeted at 3-5 year olds and this 8-week series teaches the character trait of friendship.
We are already well into post production on our second series, which will teach the stories of Jesus. To find out more, visit ElevateKids.com.
How do you know you are doing the right thing and speaking the right things to these kids? If my kids were in your church and you spoke like this, how would you answer me?
Deacon & Usher were here…
Deacon - our team focuses most of our time on the Bible Story and it’s delivery. We go through 2-3 theological reviews during the scripting process. The Skit portion shows an application of the lesson taught through the Bible Story and we always give examples to the children about how they can apply the lesson we are teaching as well.
After the lesson is shot and the Bible Story is animated, we do another review that includes a theological look into the curriculum and how we’re presenting the lesson.
We take the privilege of teaching children very seriously and want to make sure we (1) teach a solid lesson, (2) give children creative ways to remember the lesson and (3) make sure they have a way to apply the lesson.