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Resources for Children’s Ministry Leaders During Advent and Christmas
As the Advent season begins, we want to help you engage your community around the most wonderful time of the year. Look through these great resources you can use for your ministry or equip parents to share with their children at home.
We also have developed a FREE Advent Family Night Series. Check it out and much more from our Friends and Partners below!
Ministry & Event Resources
SitterTree for Churches
The only app for churches to book and pay reliable, background-checked child care providers for services, events, holidays, and more.
- SitterTree
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Gingerbread Bash Family Christmas Event
This stand-alone lesson from the RenewaNation curriculum line will help children discover the true meaning of Christmas. A family devotion is included to help parents take the lead in discipling.
- Go Curriculum
Christmas Activity Sticker Sheets
Choose from a set of four activity sticker sheets designed for hands-on connectivity. Each option has a place for your church info.
- Stickers and more
Special offer: Get 25% off by using the discount code “INCM25”.
Blitz Ministries
Need a Gospel centered, high-energy, holiday event? Through games and illustrations, they present the Gospel in ways children and families can understand together!
- Kidz Blitz
Special offer: Get $500 OFF your next event when you use the code “INCM25”.
What is the Meaning of Christmas?
This stand-alone lesson from the RenewaNation curriculum line will help children discover the true meaning of Christmas. A family devotion is included to help parents take the lead in discipling.
- RenewaNation
"Emmanuel, God With Us" Leader Kits
This Advent Resource Kit and Sermon Series Starter Kit make it easy to engage the whole church this December. Pairs perfectly with Advent Blocks and more!
- GoodKind
Instant Christmas Pageant
A fun, unique way to include children in your Christmas Eve service. You read the Christmas story from Luke and kids acted out the scene on-stage with nativity masks.
- Deeper Kidmin
Christmas Service Pack & Family Event
These downloads include 3 FREE children’s Christmas Services as well as a complete family event guide for children to walk through stations learning about the characters of the Christmas story.
- CTA
Love Came Down Family ADVENTure
This Digital Event Kit includes a complete event guide for a family event. Children walk through four stations, learning about the characters of the Christmas story.
- CTA
Spyence Christmas Curriculum
Enjoy 2 Christmas lessons with 15 minutes of high-quality video segments each week, large-group and small-group components, science experiments, opening games, memory verse activities, take-home activities, and more!
- Spyence
Special offer: Get 50% off by using the discount code “I-LOVE-INCM” at checkout.
Race to Bethlehem Christmas Game
Can you help the 3 wise men make it to Bethlehem? Follow the star wherever it goes, you may have to get active to stay on course. A great game for elementary kids.
- Church Visuals
Jingle Jam Family Event Kit
This free event kit includes planning files, marketing materials, games, graphics, production files and more. Simplify your holiday programming and allow the community to come together, create memories, and celebrate God’s greatest gift — Jesus.
- Orange Kids
The Christmas Jubilee
This customizable digital kit has everything you need including 5 weeks of lessons, event materials, worship, graphics, promo materials, videos, activities, supply lists, volunteer roles, decor tips & more!
- David C. Cook
Special offer: Get 4 FREE lessons when you sign up for a trial here!
Music & Worship Resources
Joyful - A Christmas Album
Jesus IS the reason we celebrate Christmas and He is the reason for life! Jesus is the greatest gift that has been given to us. This album was created to help kids experience the joy and wonder of Christmas!
- Seeds Kids Worship
Best Christmas Song Ever Musical
Lillenas Music is excited to partner with award-winning songwriter Yancy to present the new kids Christmas musical. It’s bursting with original songs that will have your children excited to sing, all while being accessible to learn.
- Yancy
Christmas Kids Worship Collection
This collection features everything you need for kids worship this Christmas! The 7 video bundle includes a countdown, transition video and 5 worship songs to create your Christmas worship sets.
- Yancy
Special offer: Get 20% off with code “YancyLovesINCM”.
Family Resources
Advent Calendar
This FREE downloadable calendar features daily activities with Bible verse references followed by conversation prompts to walk families through the Christmas story in a fun and engaging way.
- Orange Kids
The Joy of Advent
Family celebrations for Advent & the twelve days of Christmas. From Advent through Epiphany, this includes activities for all ages.
- Paraclete Press
Special offer: View their free resource library here!
Devotional Dippers
A great interactive devotional that will get your whole family of all ages into the Bible, without taking too long!
- 10 of Those
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Family Advent Devotional
Based on the best-selling, award-winning Bible, the Laugh and Grow Bible for Kids Family Advent Devotional will guide families on a journey through the Christmas story.
- Minno
Special offer: Use code “CPC25” to get 50% off the devotional or “CPCBULK25” for an extra 10% off bulk orders.
Judah Tree Advent
The Judah Tree Advent is a free, printable resource for families to explore the story of Jesus’ lineage throughout the Christmas season.
- Gospel Games
Promises Made Promises Kept
This book from Marty Machowski’s shows families how the birth and life of Jesus fulfilled God’s Old Testament promises of a Savior.
- New Growth Press
The Best News of All
A Christmas-themed edition of the Bible Verses to Remember series for ages 4-7. Includes bright, fun illustrations by Sengsavane Chounramany bring the angels’ message to the shepherds to life.
- New Growth Press
A Wondrous Mystery
Thirty daily devotions, from the sermons of Charles H. Spurgeon, to help keep your heart focused on Christ in the busy holiday season.
- New Growth Press
Longing for Christmas
Twenty-five short, easy-to-read Advent devotions to help teenagers see how God keeps his promises. Each devotional includes a daily promise, Scripture passage, questions for reflection, and a prayer.
- New Growth Press
The Christmas & Advent Bundle
5 holiday resources equipping parents to lead their families this Christmas.
- Ministry Boost
Felt Christmas Tree Activity
This 3-foot (you read that right) felt tree will attract kids like a magnet! Use the four free devotions with them as you decorate the tree through the month of December. Includes 34 felt ornaments!
- CTA
Special offer: Download free devotions here!
Family Advent Calendar Kit
This kit will help families focus on the birth of Jesus this Advent/ Christmas season! It includes 3 things families can add to their Advent calendar: Scripture cards, Song cards, and Service cards.
- Family Faith Builders
Fill the Ark Calendar
Help feed struggling families with a different sort of Advent Calendar! This family devotional calendar gives families in your ministry a meaningful way to gather together in gratitude and generous giving each day.
- Heifer International
Explorer Bible for Kids
This Bible makes a great Christmas gift! It helps kids place God’s Word in the middle of God’s world. Within its engaging, full-color pages, kids will interact with the people, places, and things of the Bible and God’s creation.
- B&H Publishing
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Advent Calendar
This FREE downloadable calendar features daily activities with Bible verse references followed by conversation prompts to walk families through the Christmas story in a fun and engaging way.
- Orange Kids
Jesus, the Best Gift Ever
This reading plan from YouVersion talks about GIFTS! Over the four days, it will focus in on the greatest gift we could ever hope to receive: the Savior of the world… Jesus!
- One Hope
Jesus is Born!
This reading plan from YouVersion shares some Good News you don’t have to wait for: Jesus is born! God has saved the world from sin! And guess what? He’s coming back again!
- One Hope
Christmas Activities: Ornaments and Coloring
For ministry leaders and parents alike! These ornaments and corresponding coloring page feature God’s recurring, faithful promise to rescue us.
- David C. Cook
ANM Coloring Book
Use “An Unusual Day at Grandma and Granddaddy’s House” to help children engage in missions.
- Advancing Native Missions
Family Advent Guide
Sign up for the Friday Family Email to receive our Advent guide immediately, plus easy-to-use family discipleship ideas delivered every week — during Advent and all year long.
- Awana
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