Children’s Missions
Children love to share God’s love. And, children love to learn by doing. Through missions discipleship, children learn to share His love in multiple ways, from collecting school supplies for back-to-school backpacks to passing out water at sports events, from taking a meal to a homebound community member to even sharing a smile or a prayer with someone who needs it.
You can teach children about missions by helping them:
- learn about missions,
- pray for missions,
- give to missions,
- do missions, and
- participate in the work of the church.
We’re going on an amazing journey, and we will find joy in every twist and turn!
Join us this year as we learn what it means to be Joyful in Hope!
GIRLS IN ACTION (GA)
GA is a missions discipleship group for girls in grades 1–6. The GA Motto is “Go Forward!” and Girls in Action do just that—they grow closer to God as they discover their part in His plan and practice what they learn through hands-on missions opportunities. GA leads girls to a lifelong commitment to Christ, His mission, and His church.
CONNECT WITH GA:
Girls in Action (GA) is designed with girls’ unique characteristics in mind. GA helps girls grow spiritually, recognizing the varying developmental stages of girls in each grade. GA materials are designed to help both younger and older girls have missions experiences that lay a foundation for coming to faith in Christ as Savior and make missions an important part of their daily lives.
GA OBJECTIVES
- Pray for missions
- Engage in mission action and witnessing
- Learn about missions
- Support missions
- Develop spiritually toward a missions lifestyle
- Participate in the work of the church and denomination
Want to learn more about GA history? Download and print this GA History PDF.
Do you need some tips and ideas for leading your missions group? If so, you’ve come to the right place!
You can use these resources to help you start and/or lead missions discipleship in your church.
Just click on the links in the list below. You can view these resources online, or you can download and print the materials you need.
Missional Characteristics for Children—How do your children know they are missional people? Take a moment to learn about the characteristics of a missions lifestyle and how children can apply this to their own lives.
Missional Characteristics (handout)—Find out how children engage in missions discipleship in Girls in Action.
Getting Started with Girls in Action—Getting Girls in Action started in your church takes just a few simple steps. This PowerPoint presentation will help you get on your way.
How to Set Up Your GA Group—There are several ways to set up your Girls in Action group to truly customize your experience for the girls in your church.
GA Leader Responsibilities—What does it mean to be a Girls in Action leader? Start here to find out what it takes to be a successful GA leader.
Planning a GA Lesson—Hear from several GA leaders as they discuss how they plan for their weekly GA meetings.
Missions Journey: Kids Leader*
Missions Journey: Kids Leader is your guide to leading children grades 1–6 in missions discipleship. This quarterly guide provides three month-long units, each focused on the work of missions personnel in North America and throughout the world.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues) available in print, digital format or purchase as print + digital format.
Missions Journey: Kids Leader Kit*
Missions Journey: Kids Leader Kit contains full-color posters, games, and activities that coordinate with the lesson plans in Missions Journey: Kids Leader (sold separately). The quarterly kit contains a map of the missions area, a missions photo, and a memory verse poster for each monthly unit.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues).
Missions Journey: Kids Adventure
Missions Journey: Kids Adventure is a full-color activity book for children in grades 1–6. Including mission stories, prayer prompts, games, puzzles, recipes, and coloring pages that are coordinated with the weekly Missions Journey: Kids Leader lesson plans, Missions Journey: Kids Adventure will get children excited about learning!
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues). You will need to purchase one for each child.
GA PROMOTION PACK
Help your girls learn about GA and how to be on mission when they use the large posters in this pack. This pack includes posters for the GA Pledge, GA Motto, GA Scripture Verse, and GA Lifestyle Verse.
GA DIGITAL PACK
The GA Digital Pack provides resources for leaders like never before! Share your passion for Girls in Action with your community when you proudly display the GA logo, GA Scripture Verse, and GA Motto through these exciting designs. This package includes T-shirt designs, annual theme graphics, social media graphics, a new GA certificate, and more. Use the graphics in this pack to create your own identity items like T-shirts, mugs, and lunch boxes.
GA BADGES
Badges are a great way to encourage girls’ participation in GA and keep them excited to continue year after year! No matter how you choose to award badges, the most important thing is for girls to learn about, pray for, give to, and do missions.
How to Attach Badges and Patches (PDF) — A step-by-step guide to help parents and leaders attach badges and patches with ease. Includes link to instructional video.
GA BADGE CATALOG
Your Girls in Action are learning to make missions personal. How are you recognizing them for all of their achievements through the year? Need a little inspiration?
From brownies cooked in a mug to fun pennant banners, your girls will have a blast using the project ideas in our FREE GA Badge Catalog. And, as a leader you will love the simple instructions for leading projects to help your girls earn each badge and our creative ideas for awarding badges.
*Leaders can find posters and digital images to enhance your GA experience on our webstore.
FREE DOWNLOADS
GA Motto:
Go Forward! (watch video)
GA Scripture Verse:
“Give thanks to the Lord. Worship him. Tell the nations what he has done. Announce how honored he is.”
— Isaiah 12:4 (NIrV). (Watch video)
GA Lifestyle Verse:
“The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of you. You must treat people fairly. You must love others faithfully. And you must be very careful to live the way your God wants you to.” — Micah 6:8 (NIrV). (watch video)
GA Pledge:
As a GA, I will do my best to live a missions lifestyle that honors God by learning about missions, praying
for missions, giving to missions, doing missions and participating in the work of the church. (watch video)
GA SONG
The words to the official GA song, Girls in Action, are printed below. For music to this song, download an MP3 with voices or one without voices, or you may choose to download sheet music.
Chorus
We’re Girls in Action.
We’re girls with a mission,
And we’re reaching the world.
We’re Girls in Action,
And we’re spreading God’s love around the world.
All around, around, around the world. (Repeat.)
Verse —
Jesus, You’ve shown Your love,
The greatest love we know.
You said to tell the world,
And that is where we’ll go.
Verse —
Jesus, You died for us,
And saved us from our sin.
We’ll tell the whole wide world,
And we’ll start with our friends.
Verse —
Jesus, You help us live,
You guide us every day.
You teach us from Your Word,
And hear us when we pray.
Written by Kelly Jones-Parks and Derek Shacklett
Copyright © 2004 WMU, Birmingham, Alabama
FORMS AND CHARTS FOR LEADERS
NATIONAL WMU GIRLS IN ACTION CONSULTANT
Heather Keller
hkeller@wmu.org
(205) 995-4816
Heather is the Children’s Resource Team ministry consultant for national WMU. She is responsible for program planning and leadership development for Girls in Action and Children in Action. It only takes a minute or two of seeing Heather interact with children as she helps them learn about missions and do missions projects to know she is in her element.
If you would like to more information from your local state office, please find their contact information here.
ROYAL AMBASSADORS (RA)
Royal Ambassadors (RA) is a missions discipleship group for boys in grades 1–6. RA provides an opportunity for boys to grow spiritually, physically, mentally, and relationally with others through missions involvement and character development.
CONNECT WITH RA:
Now more than ever, the Church must commit to discipling boys as they follow Jesus and live on mission. By developing missions discipleship groups for boys, you create firsthand experiences that will prepare them to live each day as ambassadors for Christ.
Through missions discipleship, boys will:
- develop a biblical worldview,
- explore ways to demonstrate the love of Christ to others,
- discover how God is working around the world, and
- learn they are a part of God’s plan.
If you would like to know more, download more RA history.
Do you need some tips and ideas for leading your missions group? If so, you’ve come to the right place!
You can use these resources to help you start and/or lead missions discipleship in your church.
Just click on the links in the list below. You can view these resources online, or you can download and print the materials you need.
Missional Characteristics for Children—How do your children know they are missional people? Take a moment to learn about the characteristics of a missions lifestyle and how children can apply this to their own lives.
Missional Characteristics (handout)—Find out how boys engage in missions discipleship in Royal Ambassadors.
Getting Started with Royal Ambassadors—Getting RA started in your church takes just a few simple steps. This PowerPoint presentation will help you get on your way.
How to Set Up Your RA Chapter—There are several ways to set up your Royal Ambassadors chapter to truly customize your experience for the boys in your church.
RA Leader Responsibilities—What does it mean to be a Royal Ambassadors leader? Start here to find out what it takes to be a successful RA leader.
How-To RA—Want to learn how to lead your own RA chapter meeting? Join us as we discuss how to prepare for and lead a successful meeting. Learn about resources, leader tips, and much more!
Missions Journey: Kids Leader*
Missions Journey: Kids Leader is your guide to leading children grades 1–6 in missions discipleship. This quarterly guide provides three month-long units, each focused on the work of missions personnel in North America and throughout the world.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues) available in print, digital format or purchase as print + digital format.
Missions Journey: Kids Leader Kit*
Missions Journey: Kids Leader Kit contains full-color posters, games, and activities that coordinate with the lesson plans in Missions Journey: Kids Leader (sold separately). The quarterly kit contains a map of the missions area, a missions photo, and a memory verse poster for each monthly unit.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues).
Missions Journey: Kids Adventure*
Missions Journey: Kids Adventure is a full-color activity book for children in grades 1–6. Including mission stories, prayer prompts, games, puzzles, recipes, and coloring pages that are coordinated with the weekly Missions Journey: Kids Leader lesson plans, Missions Journey: Kids Adventure will get children excited about learning!
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues). You will need to purchase one for each child.
RA PROMOTION PACK
Help your boys learn about RA and how to be on mission when they use the large posters in this pack. This pack includes posters for the RA Pledge, RA Motto, and RA Virtues.
RA DIGITAL PACKAGE
The RA Digital Pack provides resources for leaders like never before! Share your passion for Royal Ambassadors with your community when you proudly display the RA logo, RA Virtues, and RA Motto through these exciting designs. This package includes T-shirt designs, annual theme graphics, social media graphics, a new RA certificate, and more. Use the graphics in this pack to create your own identity items like T-shirts, mugs, and lunch boxes
RA PATCHES
For over a century, RA has given boys a greater understanding of God’s work in the world and how they can join Him in His work. Reward boys’ spiritual growth as they advance through RA each year.
How to Attach Badges and Patches (PDF) — A step-by-step guide to help parents and leaders attach badges and patches with ease. Includes link to instructional video.
RA BADGE CATALOG
Your Royal Ambassadors are learning to make missions personal. How are you recognizing them for their achievements through the year?
From hosting a MK FunD night to creating sensory activities to helping Tell the Story to senior adults, the project ideas in our FREE RA Patch Catalog will challenge your Royal Ambassadors to take active roles in God’s kingdom. As a leader, you will appreciate the simple instructions for leading projects to help your boys earn RA Awards.
FREE DOWNLOADS
- RA Attendance Chart
- RA Fitness Exercise Guide
- Sons of Virtue
- Campcraft: Outdoor living Skills
- Becoming a Christian Flyer
FORMS AND CHARTS FOR LEADERS
NATIONAL WMU GIRLS IN ACTION CONSULTANT
Heather Keller
hkeller@wmu.org
(205) 995-4816
Heather is the Children’s Resource Team ministry consultant for national WMU. She is responsible for program planning and leadership development for Girls in Action and Children in Action. It only takes a minute or two of seeing Heather interact with children as she helps them learn about missions and do missions projects to know she is in her element.
If you would like to more information from your local state office, please find their contact information here.
CHILDREN IN ACTION (CA)
Children in Action (CA) is a coed group designed for boys and girls to come to faith in Christ as Savior while making missions an important part of their daily lives. They learn what it means to live a missional lifestyle while they participate in Bible studies, missions projects and engaging activities. They also have a lot of fun as they "travel" to various places around the world when they learn about and pray for the work of missionaries.
CONNECT WITH CA:
Children love to share God’s love. And, children love to learn by doing. Through missions discipleship, children learn to share His love in multiple ways, from collecting school supplies for back-to-school backpacks to passing out water at sports events, from taking a meal to a homebound community member to even sharing a smile or a prayer with someone who needs it.
You can teach children about missions by helping them:
- learn about missions,
- pray for missions,
- give to missions,
- do missions, and
- participate in the work of the church.
If you would like to know more, download CA history.
Do you need some tips and ideas for leading your missions group? If so, you’ve come to the right place!
You can use these resources to help you start and/or lead missions discipleship in your church.
Just click on the links in the list below. You can view these resources online, or you can download and print the materials you need.
Missional Characteristics for Children—How do your children know they are missional people? Take a moment to learn about the characteristics of a missions lifestyle and how children can apply this to their own lives.
Missional Characteristics (handout)—Find out how children engage in missions discipleship in Children in Action.
Getting Started with Children in Action—Getting Children in Action started in your church takes just a few simple steps. This PowerPoint presentation will help you get on your way.
How to Set Up Your CA Group—There are several ways to set up your Children in Action group, but none of them are overwhelming. Take a few moments to decide how to set up your church’s CA group how it will function.
CA Leader Responsibilities—What does it mean to be a Children in Action leader? Start here to find out what it takes to be a successful CA leader.
Missions Journey: Kids Leader*
Missions Journey: Kids Leader is your guide to leading children grades 1–6 in missions discipleship. This quarterly guide provides three month-long units, each focused on the work of missions personnel in North America and throughout the world.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues) available in print, digital format or purchase as print + digital format.
Missions Journey: Kids Leader Kit*
Missions Journey: Kids Leader Kit contains full-color posters, games, and activities that coordinate with the lesson plans in Missions Journey: Kids Leader (sold separately). The quarterly kit contains a map of the missions area, a missions photo, and a memory verse poster for each monthly unit.
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues).
Missions Journey: Kids Adventure*
Missions Journey: Kids Adventure is a full-color activity book for children in grades 1–6. Including mission stories, prayer prompts, games, puzzles, recipes, and coloring pages that are coordinated with the weekly Missions Journey: Kids Leader lesson plans, Missions Journey: Kids Adventure will get children excited about learning!
This is an annual subscription (4 quarterly issues). You will need to purchase one for each child.
CA PROMOTION PACK
Help your children learn about CA and how to be on mission when they use the large posters in this pack. This pack includes posters for the CA Pledge, CA Motto, and CA Scripture Verse.
CA DIGITAL PACKAGE
The CA Digital Pack provides resources for leaders like never before! Share your passion for Children in Action with your community when you proudly display the CA logo, CA Scripture Verse, and CA Motto through these exciting designs. This package includes T-shirt designs, annual theme graphics, social media graphics, a new CA certificate, and more. Use the graphics in this pack to create your own identity items such as T-shirts, mugs, and lunch boxes.
CA Badges
Wear them like badges of honor!
How to Attach Badges and Patches (PDF) — A step-by-step guide to help parents and leaders attach badges and patches with ease. Includes link to instructional video.
CA BADGE CATALOG
Children in Action are learning about, praying for, giving to and doing missions. How can you recognize them for all of their achievements?
Badges are a great way to encourage children and keep them excited to learn more about missions year after year! The project ideas in our new free CA Badge Catalog will inspire your children to get involved in missions.
FREE DOWNLOADS
FORMS AND CHARTS FOR LEADERS
*Leaders can find posters and digital images to enhance your CA experience on our webstore.
CA Motto:
Send Me! (watch video)
CA Scripture Verse:
“I can do everything by the power of Christ. He gives me strength.” — Philippians 4:13 (watch video)
CA Pledge:
As a member of Children in Action, I will pray for missions, give to missions, learn about missions, and do missions through the power of Christ. (watch video)
NATIONAL WMU CHILDREN IN ACTION CONSULTANT
Heather Keller
hkeller@wmu.org
(205) 995-4816
Heather is the Children’s Resource Team ministry consultant for national WMU. She is responsible for program planning and leadership development for Girls in Action and Children in Action. It only takes a minute or two of seeing Heather interact with children as she helps them learn about missions and do missions projects to know she is in her element.
If you would like to more information from your local state office, please find their contact information here.
MISSIONS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN
