Resources and Ideas for
Your Children's Ministry
Be encouraged, supported, and stay up-to-date with Wonder Ink through these helpful articles, videos, and downloads.
Partnering with Parents in Everyday Faith Formation
It’s worth thinking through how you can partner with families to help them as they raise their kids to know and love Jesus!
A Very Wonder Ink Christmas: What Makes The Christmas Jubilee Great for Your Church
With The Christmas Jubilee early childhood and elementary kids get to see into Jesus’ family tree through 5 weeks of lessons, a family event, and more!
Inclusive Ministry: Seeing God’s Wonder in His Children
Inclusive ministry shows that no matter a child’s ability, they deserve to know how loved and valued they are by their Creator in heaven, and by you.
Support Volunteers and Encourage Them in Ministry
There is no doubt that we are able to see kids and families grow in faith because of the amazing leaders we have in children’s ministry.
Celebrate Jesus with The Christmas Jubilee in Your Children’s Ministry
Captivate kids and families with The Christmas Jubilee—a Wonder Ink children’s ministry curriculum and event!
Hear from Leaders Using Wonder Ink
Hear from Wonder Ink users on how the curriculum is impacting their children’s ministry as they share Jesus with Gen Alpha.
Scripture Connection: Does It Really Matter?
When you connect your kids to Scripture you help them see themselves as God sees them: infinitely valuable, desperately loved, and entirely welcome.
The Jesus Family Tree: Jesse and David (Elementary Lesson Preview)
This lesson preview is pulled from the 5-lesson Christmas Series from Wonder Ink. It can be used in large group/small group and in classrooms.
New Wonder Ink Series: Think Again
This series explores five Old Testament stories of people who wander from God—every time, God invites His people to think again. And every time, He is faithful.
New Wonder Ink Series: Known, Loved, Led
To be known and loved—that’s just golden. In your children’s ministry, you’re uniquely positioned to help kids feel known and loved.
How to Encourage Volunteers in the Wonder of God
Do the volunteers that serve alongside you in ministry each week know that Jesus is enough for them?
Live with Wonder Ink: Partnering with Parents and Families
Children’s ministry is not just for Sunday. It’s our desire to make it easy for children’s ministry leaders to partner with parents and families all week long.
Wide-Eyed Wonder in Faith Formation
Kids stand out as the best wonderers of all. We should encourage their wonder as we journey with them to trust in our big, amazing God!
Created for Wonder: Getting Your Wonder Back
The simple reality is we were all created for wonder. God designed us with wonder, and our wonder is what draws us to Him.
Family Connection: Making Space for Transformation
This space with our kids is sacred space and we should treat it as such—making space for our holy God to invite us to holy ground to be transformed by Him.
Maximizing Tech for Faith Formation? It’s Time
In person, hands-on discipleship is so important, as relationship is important. But could there be more connection through technology?
How Serving Together Shows Us God’s Wonder
When we come together in unity as believers, God’s light shines so bright that the whole world can know that He is who He says He is.
The Wonder of Family: God’s Creation
God’s creation of family as a reflection of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit gives a more complete picture of God as one who delights in His children.
New Wonder Ink Series: Be Like Jesus
This series affirms God’s role in spiritual formation. As we allow the Holy Spirit to work in us, He is faithful to help us with His command to be like Jesus.
Children’s Church: Discipling the Church of Today
Children are the church of today. Just as we are. The ministry work that takes place in children’s ministry—it’s all important.
Children’s Ministry Curriculum: What You Need to Consider
When purchasing children’s ministry curriculum, whether for Sunday school, midweek, large group or small group—consider these 6 things!
The Holy Spirit: Our Friend, Our Comforter, Our Guide
As followers of Jesus, we are given a forever friend in the Holy Spirit. Be encouraged today. You are not alone.
Equipping Parents to Lead Their Kids Spiritually
We need to go together on the journey of discipleship with each other, for the sake of the spiritual formation of this generation of kids.
Wonder Ink Live: Making Room for Worship Response
In worship response, it’s our job to set the table and invite kids to respond as they experience God as He moves.
Engage God’s Wonder with Your Children’s Ministry Volunteers
Your volunteers are image bearers who are made to be known, loved, and led by God. Here are 4 ways to engage God’s wonder with your team.
The Wonderful Thing About the Curiosity of Kids
Kids are great at wondering. At being amazed. At being curious. Let’s encourage them and support families as they wonder in God’s truth!
Embracing Digital Learning in Children’s Ministry
In 2023, every child (and parent) in your ministry was born into a technologically-connected, digital world. The good news: screen time can be God time.
The Power of the Holy Spirit
Before the first child peeks into your classroom or races over to you for a hug this week, pause and give the Holy Spirit full access to your heart, your mind, your soul.
New Wonder Ink Series: Power of the Spirit
There is no such thing as a junior-sized version of the Holy Spirit for young followers of Jesus. The Holy Spirit is for everyone who believes!
Leaders: Why Being Known, Loved, and Led by God Matters
We have been given a precious opportunity to lead the children in our ministries, yet we cannot give away the things that we do not possess.
Live with Wonder Ink: Teaching Multi-Age Groups
In this live video, you’ll get tips and ideas for how to teach Wonder Ink in a group of kids of various ages.
Creating Wonder-filled Conversations in Your Kidmin Culture
Discover how to create a kidmin culture that cultivates wonder-filled conversations and God-led encounters for kids.
New Wonder Ink Easter Series: Created New
During this series, you will lead kids through the story of redemption. The story that reaches into our lives and changes the very core of who we are!
Equipping Volunteers to Lead Kids in God’s Big Story
Equipping volunteers with language, discipleship, encouragement, and training is important for the health of our children’s ministries as we lead kids.
God’s Amazing Story Changes My Own
God’s amazing story for you is still being written and might look different than what you had imagined.
Bringing the Bible to Life in Your Children’s Ministry
When we look at bringing the Bible to life for our children, let’s move from why to how as we help them discover they are known, loved, and led by God.
Moving Beyond the Behavior: Getting to the Heart in Your Children’s Ministry
Jesus cares so deeply about matters of the heart in children. After all, He is the one who said to let them come. So, what if we began doing the same?
Live: Setting Up and Using Technology in the Classroom
Watch this video for tips and easy ways to set up technology in your classroom while using Wonder Ink curriculum.
Live: How to Customize Wonder Ink Lessons
Check out this in-depth video about how you can prepare and customize your lessons as you share them with your volunteers for Sunday.
Tips for Using the Wonder Ink Lesson Builder
Learn how to edit lesson content, add slides, and more in this helpful video for using the Wonder Ink lesson builder.
Series and Lesson Resources: Using the Resource Library
The resource library is where all the images, videos, audio files, and documents are stored in Wonder Ink. Watch this video for more.
Signing Up for Wonder Ink as a Church Volunteer or Staff Member
Discover how to sign up for Wonder Ink as a church volunteer or staff member in this step-by-step video.
How to Use Wonder Ink’s Calendar Feature
Using the calendar feature, you can delete lessons or drag and drop lessons to any date you wish. Learn more in this video.
How to Set Up Parents, Volunteers, and Staff on Wonder Ink
In this video, you’ll learn how to add and manage parents and church volunteers on Wonder Ink.
Signing Up for Wonder Ink as a Parent
In this video, learn how to sign up for Wonder Ink as a parent and get engaging activities for your family to do at home.
Family Portal Overview
Wonder@Home is filled with activities, conversation starters, worship songs, and games that reinforce what kids learn on Sunday.
The Wonder Ink Scope and Sequence
Join our team as they walk through how the Wonder Ink scope and sequence reflects our core values as kids find themselves in God’s Big Story.
5 Things that Make a Great Children’s Curriculum
When it comes down to it, what makes a good children’s curriculum great? Let’s dive into 5 things that make some of the best children’s curriculum.
Network and Collaboration Overview
Connecting and collaborating with others is so helpful, so we want to help you connect and share ideas with other ministry leaders.
How to Present a Lesson
In this video, learn how to present a lesson using the Wonder Ink platform.
Welcome to Wonder: Platform Overview
In this video, we review some features of Wonder Ink, so you can help share the wonder of God’s Big Story with kids.
