Continuing our training series on how to run an effective kid's church, we're excited to announce The Kid's Church Cookbook - Part 2: Setting the Mood. 

This installment features a 39-page PDF training manual written by Karl Bastian that picks up where Part 1 left off.  "Setting the Mood" explores environments and settings in children's ministry. 

In addition, your download includes a 21-minute companion video of the Kid's Church Cooking Show, Episode 2: Puppets!  Plus, you'll receive a bonus collection of sound effects that can be used to "establish a scene" in your ministry.

Haven't started cooking yet?  Pick up Part 1: Called to be a Chef of God's Word and then don't forget Part 2: Setting the Mood.

There are 7 parts in all, available individually or via subscription plan at significant savings!

» Part 2: Setting the Mood - Members save $3
» Part 1: Called to be a Chef of God's Word - Members save $3
» Learn more about The Kid's Church Cookbook

Make your children's ministry dollars stretch farther by shopping for bargains on used items from other Kidology members in the Kidology Garage Sale!

Take a look at some recent offerings:

• KidMo: Fetch - Members save $8.10
• KidMo: Power Stack - Members save $8.10
• KidMo: Imagine - Members save $8.10
• KidMo: I Am! - Members save $8.10
• Elevate: Adventures in Science - Members save $9.53
• Elevate: Super Sports Spectacular - Members save $9.53
  
• Promiseland: 5-G Challenge Q2 2/3G Guidebooks - 5 available!
  
• Promiseland: Making It Connect Q3 2/3G - Members save $14.62
• Postmodern Children's Ministry Book - Members save $0.96
• VeggieTales VBS: Jonah - An Overboard Adventure - Members save $11.43
• 3-2-1 Penguins VHS Collection - Members save $0.96
• Group: Hands-On Bible Q2 Ages 3-4 - Members save $3.57

If you are a Kidology member, then you can use the Kidology Garage Sale to sell your used children's ministry stuff!

» Shop the Kidology Garage Sale
» Sell your used items today

"This movie was visually stunning," opens CP Team member Alan Phillips' review of Avatar. "Even though this movie is 2 hours and 30 minutes long, the spectacular world portrayed is of such imagination it doesn't really seem like it is that long."

As with all Kidology movie reviews, we provide children's ministry-oriented teaching tools such as an overview, areas of concern, teachable themes with scripture, and discussion questions.

» Read the Review
» Discuss the film in the Forums
» Post a comment using your Facebook account

INCM's annual Children's Pastors' Conference is taking place right now in Nashville, TN.  Kidology's Karl Bastian is covering the event live via Twitter.

Not at the event?  See what others saying via blogs, Twitter updates, and other web-based resources! 

» Karl's Twitter updates
» #cpc10: CPC Twitter updates
» Kidologist.com: Updates from Karl's blog
» Official CPC Blog

Kidology Open Source Curriculum is a collection of teaching tools you download, remix, and share with others!

AVAILABLE NOW!  Get a complete 3-year children's ministry curriculum for FREE.  This collection consists of three 1-year programs: Old Testament Chronological Study, New Testament Chronological Study, and Value Keepers of the Bible. 

All you need is a Kidology Membership - whether that be at the FREE Basic level or the all-access Premium option -- to download our Open Source Curriculum.

Then go ahead and upload your changes to the curriculum so that others can use it as well.  Each unit features interactive discussions via the Kidology Forums.  Pull down the content, modify it, and upload your new version. 

Let's do something collaborative and benefit everyone who works with kids at church, school, and home!

» Learn more about Kidology Open Source Curriculum
» Discuss this FREE curriculum in the Forums
» Join Kidology with a Basic or Premium Membership!

The wait is over... DiscipleTown Unit 4 is now available for immediate download!

"How to Make Good Friends" is the latest installment in the DiscipleTown Kid's Church curriculum developed by Karl Bastian and DiscipleLand.

One of the more important skills we can impart to children is the wise ability to choose good friends. Helping children to be intentional and thoughtful about their choices in friends is a skill that -- if gained as a child -- can have lifelong benefits.

This stand-alone unit is a 4-week series that will help children understand that friendships are not only a gift from God, but something that we are to be intentional about.


» Download "How to Make Good Friends" - Members save $5
» Unit 1 - "How to Worship God"
» Unit 2 - "How to Use My Bible"
» Unit 3 - "How to Grow Spiritual Fruit"
» Learn more about DiscipleTown curriculum

Kidology now offers Deena Stirling's Discovering God's Path curriculum FREE to Kidology Premium Members, released on a rotating quarterly basis in the Kidology Zones.

These easy-to-use, reproducible lessons are ideal for your weekend or midweek programs for kids in grades 2-5.   If your curriculum budget has shrunk and you are seeking affordable alternatives, let your Kidology Membership come to the rescue!

Each lesson features the following:

• Lesson Plan - Showcasing opener options, prayer, and stories
• Inventory Needs - Detailed list of the needs for the lesson
• Activity - Overview of suggested activities for both younger and older kids
• Snack Idea - Edible ideas to support the lesson
• Memory Verse - Biblical text and passages for children to remember
• Coloring Sheet - Visually reinforce the teaching
• Parent Page - Insights to each story that parents can discuss with their kids each week

This visually-appealing curriculum series is executable with the resources you already have, thus saving you both time and money. Spend less time on curriculum planning and more time helping kids experience God in a practical and fun way!

» Learn more about God's Path Curriculum
» Discuss this FREE curriculum in the Forums
» Join Kidology with a Premium Membership!