Sunday School Lesson Plans for Kids (12-Week Plan)

Volunteering to run kids' church for a term? Here's a 12-week Sunday school plan you can print, hand to your team, and run without a prep binder.

The rhythm (45 min)

- 5 min gather / worship - 15 min Bible story - 10 min memory verse - 10 min craft/activity - 5 min prayer

The 12 weeks

1. [Creation](/bible-stories/creation) — Genesis 1:1 2. [Noah's Ark](/bible-stories/noahs-ark) — Genesis 6:9 3. [Abraham and Isaac](/bible-stories/abraham-and-isaac) — Hebrews 11:1 4. [Joseph's Coat](/bible-stories/josephs-coat) — Genesis 50:20 5. [Moses and the Red Sea](/bible-stories/moses-and-the-red-sea) — Exodus 14:14 6. [Joshua and Jericho](/bible-stories/joshua-and-jericho) — Joshua 1:9 7. [David and Goliath](/bible-stories/david-and-goliath) — 1 Samuel 17:47 8. [Daniel in the Lions' Den](/bible-stories/daniel-in-the-lions-den) — Daniel 6:22 9. [Jonah and the Whale](/bible-stories/jonah-and-the-whale) — Jonah 2:9 10. [The Birth of Jesus](/bible-stories/the-birth-of-jesus) — Luke 2:11 11. [The Good Samaritan](/bible-stories/the-good-samaritan) — Luke 10:27 12. [The Easter Story](/bible-stories/the-easter-story) — Matthew 28:6

Send the verse home

The hardest part of children's ministry is Monday–Saturday. Every ArkQuest family plan lets parents assign the week's verse as a 3-minute quest at home — [Sunday school ministry tools here](/for-sunday-school).

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