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As I am working on putting together the lesson plans for the book of Leviticus, I have prayed through some of the details of "Empowering Children Today". 

Below is a general plan to share with you the direction Empowering Children Today is heading.  

We have played around with several titles for the core curriculum, and have finally found a name that agrees with the mission and vision of Empowering Children Today. 

Empower Me!

Hearing the Word of God is what builds faith.  Knowledge of the Word and who we are in Him transform lives by giving boldness, authority, and power, and a life of abundance in every area to us.  The focus of this project is to empower children the youth through the Word of God.

Empowering Children Today

THE PLAN

The basic plan for Empowering Children (and Youth) Today covers a well-rounded selection of materials designed to take a small or large church from selecting and Children’s Pastor/Leader to a fully functional Children’s and/or Youth ministry. 

Materials in the making and in future plans:

·         Senior Pastor’s guide to choosing a Children’s pastor/leader & how to start a children’s/youth ministry in your church.

·         Teacher/Volunteer Orientation Training & ongoing training modules

·         Core Curriculum:  Empower Me:  Survey of the Bible OT

      Empower Me:  Survey of the Bible NT

·         Other Core:  curriculum to offer at a much later date will cover topics such as Men and Women of the Bible, Topical Bible Studies, Word Studies, and more.

·         Children’s bible story books in three sets:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-8, Ages 9-11

·         Youth Bibles:  Ages 12-14, Ages 15-17

·         Journals designed for each age group and each core curriculum. 

·         Accompanying materials that will follow the lessons in the core curriculum in the future may include:

ü  A book of messages for youth that follow each lesson in core curriculum.

ü  Craft Ideas – The youngest three age groups

ü  Games, skits, and other fun stuff – each age group

ü  How to Journal through the Bible for the two oldest age groups

ü  Book of weekly teacher/volunteer Short pep-talks for the Children’s Pastor/Leader

ü  Daily Encouragment Devotional for the Children (each age group)

The immediate focus is to create the basics of the materials necessary to get a children’s/youth ministry up and running.

ü  The Senior Pastor’s guide to choosing a Children’s pastor/leader & how to start a children’s/youth ministry in your church.

ü  Teacher/Volunteer Orientation Training

ü  Core Curriculum:  Empower Me:  Survey of the Bible OT

                                    Empower Me:  Survey of the Bible NT

ü  Children’s bible story books in three sets:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-8, Ages 9-11

ü  Youth Bibles:  Ages 12-14, Ages 15-17

ü  Journals designed for each age group and each core curriculum.