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Fast Facts
Frequently asked questions
Question | Answer |
For Ages? | Any range of ages from age 3 through 6th grade |
Large Group Session? | Drama skits (included) to be performed by your own actors and puppeteers. These skits compliment and set the stage for the small-group lesson materials. |
Puppets Included? | No. We suggest Creative Ministry Solutions (http://creativemin.com) as a resource for puppets. |
Lesson Teaching Levels? | Four (3's & 4's, K-1st, 2nd-3rd, 4th-6th) |
Bible Versions? | NIV, KJV, ESV, HCSB (all included) |
Length of Program? | Each lesson series is 5 weeks long, and each week can fill 1-2 hours, depending on your needs. |
Scale of Program? | Scalable program can run in small churches and large churches |
Reproducible? | Yes. You are free to re-use or re-print materials freely for use within your own ministry. |
Format? | Digital web-based. Print your own materials as needed or teach straight from your mobile devices. No physical materials provided. |
Cost? | $50 per five-week series, plain and simple. Sure, you might incur other costs depending on how you choose to use our program (printing, games supplies, and so on), but all you'll pay US is the price we're showing you. We won't nickel-and-dime you. |
Are individual lessons or skits available? | Not at this time. The components described on this page are only available as part of this complete five-week Children's Church Series. Individual lessons, skits and/or teaching levels are not available for logistical reasons. |
What's Included
See what each series includes
Included Components | Description |
For Ages | Any range of ages from age 3 through 6th grade |
Four Bible Versions | NIV, KJV, ESV, HCSB |
Drama Skits | Entertaining and educational drama skits to be performed by your own staff to compliment and set the stage for the Book Smarts and Street Smarts Bible lessons (below). Printable scripts and teleprompter versions of each script included. |
Book Smarts Bible Lessons | Bible stories, written in storybook form, with discussion questions. Provided at four teaching levels for five weeks. |
Street Smarts Application Lessons | Interactive, illustrative object lessons for showing practical application of the Biblical principles found in the Book Smarts lesson. Provided at four teaching levels for five weeks. |
Scripture Sports Games | Optional, simple, active games that involve memorizing the day's Key Verse. Provided for five weeks. |
Homework Sheets | Send-home worksheets that include the Key Verse, study questions, an application challenge, and a place for parental signature. Provided at four teaching levels for five weeks. |
Family Study Sheets | A send-home Bible study for parents, providing in-depth Scripture references and commentary about the day's lesson. Provided for five weeks. |
Bonus Extras | Registration materials, printable name tags, printable birthday and superstar ribbons, clip art, gospel tracts, discipleship materials and more! |
Skits and Characters
Meet the characters from our skits
All of our Children's Church series kits include drama skits, meant to be performed by your staff in a large-group setting. These entertaining, funny, interactive skits are highly educational, effectively setting the stage for the Book Smarts and Street Smarts lessons that are also included in each series.
Each drama skit typically takes 20 minutes to perform and generally features one "live actor" and two secondary characters, who can either be performed as puppets or by other volunteers. For each skit, a five-page printable script is provided, along with a "teleprompter" script which can be shown on a tv or computer display on-stage, minimizing the need for your actors to memorize scripts.
We suggest beginning your children's worship services with a time of welcome and prayer, followed by our drama skits, and then by a time of musical worship using the music of your choice. Afterwards, we suggest splitting your kids into their various age groups and classrooms for their age-targeted Book Smarts and Street Smarts lesson times. Altogether, this makes for a fun, complete, and Scripture-rich Children's Church experience!
Below is a quick look at the full cast of TruthQuest drama characters, comprised of four live characters and seven puppet characters. You won't need all these characters for every series, but if you plan on using our Children's Church for a while, you'll probably need to build this cast in your church. Most of our series kits only use one of the four live characters and four of the puppet characters. To see which characters are needed for each series, select the series you're interested in and check the Series Overview. Let's meet the cast!
Meet the Drama Characters! (your characters may look different) |
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Doc | This lead character is a scientist who trusts the Bible. Although clumsy and silly, Doc shows the kids that true science is the study of God's creation and that proper science teaches us about God. |
Casey | This lead character is a detective who solves mysteries by searching God's Word. Casey teaches the kids that the Bible has the answers for life's questions. |
Blade | This lead character is something of a "discount" super hero. Blade, named for the Sword of the Spirit (Heb. 4:12) solves moral dilemmas by putting God's Word into practice. |
Reid | This lead character is a bookish adventurer. Reid takes kids on literary adventures through Bible stories, history and classic literature to show that God's Word is supreme. |
Becky | This puppet character is a sweet and silly little girl who is usually very chipper and enthusiastic, like a kid on an espresso-enhanced sugar high. |
Bobby | This puppet character is Becky's brother. Bobby likes sports and video games, but gets discouraged, confused or misled fairly easily. |
Arthur | This puppet character is a barely-sane adult man with some strange tastes who gets very easily confused. If there is a way to misunderstand a situation, Arthur will do it. |
Jimmy | This puppet character is Arthur's son. Jimmy is cocky and punkish and often needs to be corrected by one of the Lead characters, but usually learns his lesson. |
Candy | This puppet character is a little girl who has a bit of an attitude, but who is truly a sweet and smart girl. Candy is one of the more logical-thinking characters. |
Rob | This puppet character is a talking smart-aleck raccoon who interacts with the rest of the cast. He is a mix of Bugs Bunny and Cliff Clavin. |
Dr. Deceit | This puppet character is our "discount" villain, who always tries to deceive the kids with unbiblical ideas. His lies are easy for kids to see through, but he often manages to fool the other characters. |
What's Needed
Items you'll need to supply
Item | Explanation |
Classrooms Needed | One classroom will be needed for each age group (up to four) that you incorporate in your program. |
Drama Room | One room in which you can perform the drama skits for all of your kids. This room can double as one of your classrooms (above). |
Volunteers Needed | One teacher per age group, and ideally, one teaching assistant per group. One adult for every ten children is helpful. |
Performers Needed | Volunteers to perform the Lead Characters (usually one per episode) and the puppet characters (usually two per episode). |
Puppets | The full TruthQuest puppet cast includes seven puppets, which you'll need to acquire or produce. These puppet characters are described above in "skits and characters." Most series will not need ALL of those puppets, but other series kits will. While TruthQuest does not supply puppets, we can recommend Creative Ministry Solutions (http://creativemin.com) as a resource for puppets. |
Supplies and Props for Lessons and Skits | Whenever possible, TruthQuest includes printable props for use in our Drama Skits and Street Smarts Application lessons. However, you will sometimes need to supply some simple items and props. These are described in the introductions for each lesson and skit. |
Game Supplies | If you choose to incorporate our optional games, you'll need a few supplies like plastic balls, buckets, balloons, and parachutes. The specific items needed are described on each Lesson Pack's cover sheet. |
Paper | If you choose to print everything we supply for each series, you'll need about 60-120 sheets or more of paper. See "Printing Solutions" below. |
Ink or Toner | If you choose to print everything we supply for each series, you'll occasionally need to replace ink cartridges. Laser printing may be more cost-effective. See "Printing Solutions" below. |
Printing Solutions | It may not be necessary for you to print many of our materials. Using smartphones or tablets, you and your staff can access our materials from those devices and work straight from their screens. Or, you can have multiple people login to our website and ask them to print a portion of the materials you need. For example, you could ask teachers to print their own lessons, etc. |
Web-based
Stored for you on our servers...
Our products are digital, not physical. That means you won't have to wait for us (or pay for us) to ship you a box full of stuff. Instead, we deliver all of our materials to you INSTANTLY by hosting it all "in the cloud" on our website. This allows you to get started right away, without having to keep track of books, discs, or other stuff. You and your staff can simply log in to our website from any computer or mobile device, and all of your materials are right there waiting for you, right at your fingertips, wherever you are!
Better still, our servers will always have the most recent, up-to-date versions of our materials, all backed up regularly and waiting for you to access, now or years in the future, anytime you need them! It's a faster, smarter, and less expensive way to do children's church! See our information below about what each Children's Church Series includes!
Better Bible Content
It's our passion...
Our five-week Children's Church series kits aren't "watered down" to appeal to a broader audience--we teach what we believe, and we don't shy away from the tough issues which we believe our children face. Our Children's Church products are not only evangelical for unchruched children, but also to challenge believers to grow in maturity with Christ. We believe that Children's Church should not only be fun, but also life-changing. After all, that's the whole point, right?
No Fancy Packages
Because that's not the point...
Colorful packages with handles, popcorn cans, and kits filled with t-shirts, toys, and trinkets all make Children's Church look fun and exciting, and that's all great. But at the end of the day, none of those things are going to change a child's life. Those things are all about marketing (which, incidently, you are paying for).
There's nothing wrong with that, but that's not how we roll. Aside from the fact that our Children's Church products don't include packaging at all (they are delivered digitally), we believe that curriculum products should be judged on their CONTENT, not on their marketing. That's why we allow you to sample any of our Children's Church products at no charge for a limited time before you buy. We let our content speak for itself!
Digital, not Physical
Convenient digital materials...
All of our Children's Church products run for five weeks, but instead of shipping you a box full of physical, printed materials, we publish everything digitally and deliver it to you instantly. It may not be what you're used to, but this approach allows us to offer complete materials at low prices, all without bothering with inventory, packaging, and shipping, which would add to your costs. And after all, Children's Church isn't the paper it's printed on--it's the ideas and intellectual property. Instead of providing those to you on paper, we provide them digitally, which makes our Children's Church products easy to duplicate, reproduce, and use again and again!
Less Expensive
Great values for $50
Our Children's Church prices are among the lowest in the industry, providing your choice of full and complete five-week Children's Church series at one low price. Instead of "nickel-and-diming" you to purchase adequate copies and materials, we deliver our full, complete products to you digitally, allowing you to print your own materials on demand--from any computer and in any quantities you need! Even with paper and ink-toner costs factored in, our Children's Church products remain among the best values available.
Easier to Buy
One package, one price...
With our Children's Church products, you don't have to sift through big catalogs of accessories or fuss over ordering the right quantities of supplies. That's because our Children's Church products are all-inclusive five-week series packages that include all the components you need, all in easily reproducible and usable formats--all for one low price!
Instant Delivery
Get started right away...
In a hurry to get started? Our Children's Church products become available for you to use the moment you order them! At the time of your order, you'll be asked to set up an account on our website (if you don't already have one). This simple process will ask for your name, email address, and a username and password of your choice. After your order is complete, you'll login to your account with the username and password you created, and your purchased products will be right there waiting for you, ready to use immediately, and from then on!
Easy to Use and Re-Use
Print whatever you need...
If you're comfortable enough with technology to be reading this, you'll find our products easy to use. Everything is at your fingertips, ready to be accessed at your will, wherever you are. Better still, if you want to re-use our Children's Church products a few years from now, they'll still be waiting for you on our servers. Just log in to our website, and your curriculum will be there waiting for you.
Sampling and Ordering
It's easy. Here's how.
Tap for Series Selection
When you select one of our Children's Church series, three special buttons will appear at the bottom of your screen:
SampleWhen viewing one of our Children's Church series, this button will appear at the bottom of your screen, allowing you to print samples from the Children's Church series you're looking at for evaluation purposes. More detailed sampling may be done via our free trial. |
Free TrialWhen viewing one of our Children's Church series, this button will appear at the bottom of your screen, allowing you to sign up for a free, no obligation trial of the entire Children's Church series you're looking at. You'll have free, unlimited access to all the lessons and other materials for evaluation purposes for 15 days. At the end of the trial period, the access will terminate automatically with no charges assessed to you. We want you to judge our materials based upon their actual content, not based upon marketing! |
Buy It!When viewing one of our Children's Church series, this button will appear at the bottom of your screen with the price of the series. Tapping it will add the item to your cart at the price shown on the button. You may then continue shopping or check out, which involves signing into or creating an account on our website.Your name and email are securely saved by TruthQuest for managing your account and for occasional email communication with you, but your information is not sold. Your payment information is securely saved by the credit card company for fast, secure purchases, but your payment information is neither received or saved by TruthQuest. You will gain access to your purchase immediately upon completion of your order (nothing will be shipped to you) and you will be able to access your purchases from then on by logging into our website from any internet-capable device. All orders are refundable within 30 days in the event that you are not satisfied. |