Children's Ministry Christmas Curriculum & Advent Experience Event
Wonder Ink’s Waiting for Jesus series is a children’s ministry experience for the Advent and Christmas season. This lesson and family event bundle helps kids worship Jesus, our promised King, with lessons for toddlers through preteens.
Experience the wonder of Advent this season through the Waiting for Jesus series and event experience.
Waiting for Jesus is included with a full Wonder Ink Subscription. Try Wonder Ink for free today!
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Buy the Waiting for Jesus Series for only
$49.50
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originally $99. Get 50% off today!
Christmas Children's Ministry Curriculum Overview
The Waiting for Jesus bundle includes five engaging lessons for preschool, early elementary, and elementary kids (with adaptations for preteens), bringing to life the story of Jesus’ arrival. In this series, kids will celebrate Advent in a new way as they discover the prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament and the fulfillment of those prophecies in the birth, ministry, and promised return of Jesus.
Plus, there’s a family event, featuring interactive activities for kids and families to celebrate Jesus’ arrival together. It’s perfect for any Christmas or Advent event, midweek gathering, or evening family event.
Let’s make this season unforgettable for the kids and families in your community.
Scope and Sequence
“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and sure of what we do not see.”
Celebrate Advent in a new way this Christmas season. Kids journey from the prophecies of Jesus’ first coming in Isaiah to the fulfillment of those prophecies in His birth in the New Testament.
With the Waiting for Jesus Advent lessons and family experience event, you will help kids worship Jesus as they look to His return.
The Waiting for Jesus Series features:
- Jesus is our HOPE | Isaiah 7; Matthew 1
- Jesus is our PEACE | Isaiah 9; John 14
- Jesus is our JOY | Isaiah 35; Luke 2
- God LOVED us by sending Jesus | Isaiah 11; John 1
- Jesus will return—THE SECOND ADVENT | John 14; 1 Thessalonians 4
Buy the Waiting for Jesus Series for only
$49.50
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originally $99. Get 50% off today!
Lesson Materials
Wonder Ink’s Christmas Sunday school curriculum comes with the following planning materials:
- Scope and Sequence
- Customizable, pre-populated calendar tool
- Series checklist with prompts
- “All you Need” weekly preparation and master supply list for each series and lesson
Our Waiting for Jesus series includes the following resources:
- Welcome and Introduction letter
- Series Overview includes Scope and Sequence and a Leader Invitation
- 5 Lessons for each age level (Toddler; Early Childhood; Early Elementary; Elementary with Preteen)
- Series Resource for babies
- Early Childhood and Elementary Bible Story Videos
- Word of Wonder Scripture memory videos
- Wonder@Home Videos with at home discussion questions
- Volunteer Prep resources (lesson overviews, devotionals, and Bible foundation building blocks)
- Social media images and series slides
- Full-color Bible Story Pictures (one for each lesson)
- Coloring Pages (one for each lesson)
- Communication templates for sharing key information with volunteers and families
- Series worship playlists
Volunteers make our ministry world go around. We know just how valuable they are! So, it’s important we prepare them with everything they need to be successful. Wonder Ink series offer volunteer prep resources, as well as communication templates. These resources make it easier for your volunteers to do their jobs—and to gain something from the experience!
Included in every lesson is a ‘For Leaders’ section. This section gives an Invitation and Foundational Building Blocks for the lesson. In the Invitation, your teachers and volunteers are invited to pause, listen, and shift their gaze toward God.
Plus, each lesson includes the Lesson-at-a-Glance outline along with encouragement from a fellow children’s ministry leader.
The Waiting for Jesus Experience Event
The Waiting for Jesus Experience can be used any time during the Advent or Christmas season. It can be paired with the Waiting for Jesus series or used on its own. You could use this event on the first weekend of Advent to kick off the season. You could also use it at any time during the Advent season as a stand-alone event.
The event kit is digital and customizable, and it includes everything you need to host the event:
- Editable, downloadable event guide (planning timeline and checklist, supply list, volunteer roles and descriptions, decorating tips, games and activities, interactive worship stations and activities, snack ideas, teaching script, and more!)
- Slides and teaching video
- Registration forms
- Social media graphics
- Promotional materials (posters, flyers, postcards, social media)
Buy the Waiting for Jesus Series for only
$49.50
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originally $99. Get 50% off today!
Wonder Ink’s Children’s Christmas Lessons: An Active Relationship with God
Teach the Christmas story the way you’ve always wanted to.
The Christmas season is busy! We’ve been there as church leaders, searching for a curriculum with weekly lessons that offer joy and hope, highlighting the good news of Jesus. You want to give children an experience they’ll carry with them. We get it!
With Wonder Ink’s fully resourced lessons, you can purchase a Christmas series that kids will carry with them. Whether you purchase this kit separately or have access within the yearly subscription, you’ll be sharing the hope of Jesus with the children in your ministry. Plus, Wonder Ink’s fully resourced lessons cover the entire Bible throughout the 52-week, three-year curriculum.
Faith formation happens every day.
Wonder Ink Bible curriculum for kids is a trusted and fun solution for your children’s church, weeknight, or Sunday school program—through the Christmas season and beyond. Count on Wonder Ink to help you inspire curiosity through Bible people and themes as children discover their place in God’s story.
What's Included
- Ready-to-use lessons—choose from 30, 60, or 75-minute versions
- Customize lessons as needed by adding text, rearranging or removing slides, videos, questions, and worship playlists
- Bible story videos for elementary and early childhood age levels
- Wonder@Home take-home sheets and videos connect to what you teach at church and empower parents in faith formation at home
- Social media images
- Series graphics and slides
- Series worship playlists
- Event materials and promotional materials
How Kids Benefit:
- Children discover who God is as they build a relationship with Him through interactive lessons
- Kids learn that Jesus loves them and that His story connects to their own
- Children find their place in God’s Word
- They come to understand that God knows them, Jesus loves them, and the Holy Spirit leads them so that their lives can tell of His wonder
Discover the Wonder Ink Difference
Ministry can be hard! Especially when something isn’t working in your curriculum.
- Are you tired of pulling bits and pieces from multiple places?
- Are you tired of having to fill-in the blanks in curriculum you’re using?
- Do you like to customize your curriculum but don’t want to build from the bottom up?
What Do Children’s Ministry Leaders Like About Wonder Ink?
We’ve earned the confidence of kids’ ministry leaders, just like you who want a better way to help kids connect with God. Leaders love Wonder Ink because it is easy for them to use, and kids love it!
Teach the way you’ve always wanted to—with an inspiring curriculum that adapts to your needs. Train and inspire volunteers, empower parents, and spark curiosity and wonder in kids.
Walk through what’s included in Wonder Ink children’s Bible lessons for Christmas.
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You can purchase Wonder Ink any time of the year, and you’ll get a recommended schedule for that year’s subscription. Plus, when you purchase Wonder Ink, it comes with a 90-Day satisfaction guarantee!
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Try a free week of curriculum for early childhood and elementary age levels. Get ready for fun and childlike faith as you welcome curiosity and awe in your ministry!
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Why Wonder Ink?
Wonder Ink is all about sharing God’s wonder with kids. We want them to know who God is and who He created each one of them to be. We want to empower children in their faith every day—not just on Sundays.
Every child should know they were made in God’s image and that He desires a personal relationship with them. With Wonder Ink, kids discover:
- God Knows Me
- Jesus Loves Me
- The Holy Spirit Leads Me
- I Am A Child of God
Through age-appropriate, theologically-sound lessons, you can facilitate deep and personal connections to kids’ faith with lessons suitable to different age groups.
Plus, the customizable materials allow you to edit lessons as you’d like. Or choose the various ready-to-go lessons and accommodate diverse learning styles and increase engagement through multi-sensory activities.
Reach every child with the gospel.
