Membership is easy and, when
children earn it, they will receive
American Flag:
I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the United States of
America and to the republic
for which it stands;
one nation, under God,
indivisible with liberty and
justice for all.
Canadians:
Memorize “Oh, Canada.”
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
a membership patch. This patch
and other awards can be placed on
their Bible cover or backpack.
Christian Bible: Church:
Flag: I pledge allegiance I pledge allegiance to
I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God’s my Church, and to
to the Christian Flag Holy Word. I will my Lord upon Whom
and to the Savior for make it a lamp it is built. I will love
Whose Kingdom it unto my feet and my pastor, and all
stands; One Savior, a light unto my the members; and
crucified, risen and path; I will hide its will faithfully support
coming again, with words in my heart my church with my
life and liberty for all that I might not sin attendance, money,
who believe. against God. service and prayers.
Philippians 3:14 Challengers | Grades 1 & 2
Conquerors | Grades 3 & 4
Sometimes, Jesus, it is hard to follow You, for I want to
do what I want to do. But when the Devil tempts me to Champions | Grades 5 & 6
stray, Oh, this is what I’ll say...
I’ll raise my torch up to the sky, I’ll fly
my banner way up high, I’ll follow
Jesus right behind, I will run the
race.
I’ll be a Champion for my Lord, I’ll
conquer temptation with His Word.
I’ll challenge all those who have
never known His grace, to accept
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God’s gift by faith.
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Children’s Ministries

We desire to impact the lives

 Salvation of children
of children with the Word  Children and coaches growing
of God in a fun, dynamic in Christ
 Children with a purpose in life
way. What you don’t need
that honors God
is another program to layer  Having fun while serving God
 2 Timothy 2:15  Joshua 1:8  2 Timothy 3:16-17
upon what you already
have. What you do need
is a program that is based Know– Jesus Christ as Savior. Provide students a vehicle for study, meditation and
upon biblical principles. Grow– Develop godly ideals for a instruction from the Word of God.
We believe that the Word of dynamic Christian life.
Show– Learn how to reach out to the
God makes the difference lost with the Gospel.
in the life of a child. To train youth to accurately handle Scripture, resulting in
obedience and equipping them for service.
At Word of Life
To evangelize and disciple young
Children’s Ministries, we people to a dynamic Christian life by
want children to have mature leadership through the local
In six years you will cover every book in the Bible in
the time of their lives church.
the Bible Survey course. Each year you will get 16 Old
while engrafting the Testament lessons and 14 New Testament lessons. Along
Word of God into with these there will be Character studies, lessons on the
their lives. How do Reaching youth whose needs constantly change Life of Christ, Holiday and Theme nights and much more.
we do this? How with biblical truth that never changes! The needs You will receive a total of 48 lessons each year.
of youth change as they grow older, and we need to
do we strive to adapt our program to the various age groups without Each lesson has suggested adaptations to meet specific
develop godly compromising the biblical principles. needs of your children. Some of the adaptations include ones
children? for small groups, large groups and mostly unchurched kids.
We believe The Bible Study walks you through exactly how to teach the
that you start lesson and includes group dynamics.
 Matthew 28:19-20  2 Timothy 2:1-2
with . . .
 Colossians 1:9-11; 2:6-7
Applying the Word of God to everyday life to live a
The following pages will show you in detail victorious Christian life.
how this dynamic program produces godly
children.
 Begin the week by reading
the overview. These extra facts will
increase your understanding
of the week’s passage.

 1 Peter 2:2  Psalm 5:1  Matthew 22:29

Complete the activity
 Deuteronomy 6:6  2 Timothy 2:15  Proverbs 8:17 for the day.
 2 Peter 1:3  Philippians 3:10  Joshua 1:8
 Jeremiah 20:9  Psalm 5:3  Psalm 1:1-2

A Quiet Time builds an intimate relationship and

fellowship with God.

To develop intimacy with God through prayer and systematic

daily reading of the Word with personal application.
Each day, read the Daily
Scripture Passage.

You will cover the major portions of the Word of God in six years.

Developing a personal relationship with God through

His Word and prayer.

Then see how to apply the

passage to your life!

Write down your prayer

requests in your diary and
talk to God in prayer.
 Psalm 119:11  Psalm 1:2  Joshua 1:8  Colossians 3:16 The Olympian Christian Service
Manual is designed to encourage
students to get involved in a variety
Internalizing Scripture to connect to life’s needs and of opportunities to share their faith.
problems is essential for a growing, obedient Christian.

The systematic memorization of Scripture will help  Matthew 28:19  1 Peter 4:10  Hebrews 10:24  Acts 1:8
a believer to sin less, witness more and encourage others.

Engrafting the Word of God in lives to the point that it is

demonstrated in compassion and care for others.
The verses that the children are asked to memorize come
right out of the lessons. This will help reinforce what they are
taught in the lesson. Each verse also has a question that goes
with it to help tie the verse to everyday living. Direct and equip children in various avenues of serving God
through individual and group evangelistic and service projects.
All verses are on a verse card in their student book along with
the books of the Bible they are to memorize.

 Grades 1 and 2 memorize 12 verses each year.
 Grades 3 and 4 memorize 18 verses each year.
 Grades 5 and 6 memorize 24 verses each year.
The purpose is not quantity, but quality. Children are not only
to learn the verse but also to remember it and how it applies to
their lives.
 Sin less.
 Witness more.
 Encourage others.
Each child is encouraged to participate in Christian service
activities. The Christian Service manual has 30 individual services
and 24 group opportunities. A Challenger needs to do six a year; a
Conqueror, nine; and a Champion, twelve.
 Develop a habit of serving God through others.
 Sense the joy that comes in serving others.
 Have the privilege of leading others to Christ.
An incentive program that is creative and fun awaits your children.
As you look through the next few pages, you will find many different
ways to reward the children for being faithful to biblical principles.
You can put together the awards that you want to make your program
fun and exciting.

Every Olympian needs to get their Olympian student book (which

includes their Quiet Time and verse card). In order to encourage the
children and inform parents, a progress chart especially designed for
Olympians is located inside each front cover.

The Olympian Record/Award Sheet also serves as an individual record

sheet for the coach. As you peel off stickers to put on the manual, you
also write down the date on the sticker sheet. This will automatically
show you their progress.

On the back of this sheet there is a place to put name, address and
other vital information about the children, as well as a place to keep
track of Olympian attendance. This will greatly simplify the paperwork
for the coach.
 Challenger
3 summer pins
3 winter pins
Conqueror
3 summer pins
3 winter pins
Champion
3 summer pins
3 winter pins

Each year a child can earn three award pins—

one for bronze level, silver level and gold level.
The pins alternate from summer to winter each year. There are 18 pins in all to
collect!
Children can place these pins on their backpack or Bible cover. (See back
cover for pictures.)
Olympian bronze, silver, and gold medals are available to reward children
for being faithful throughout the year. These are beautiful medals with a
place to write the date and name of the Olympian on the back. The ribbon
comes with it in the color of their appropriate group.

What parent doesn’t enjoy

putting something positive about
their child on their refrigerator?
These are certificates you can Children love getting trophies. If a
present as a child accomplishes child is faithful in earning a gold
each level. A great idea is to medal for six years, they can earn
do this in a church service, so the Steadfast Trophy.
you can give praise in front of There is also a trophy
everyone! for two and four years
of faithfully earning
gold medals.

This is a great way to keep all the awards that

a child has won throughout the year. Children
can place the patch, medal and pins all in this
beautiful box for display or as a keepsake.