Big hearts. Growing faith. Compassion Kids!
Children are a vital part of our church family. Their ideas, kindness, and faith have so much to offer right now! As a child-focused ministry, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries wants to help your church empower kids to share God’s love and help bring hope for a better future.
Compassion: Showing God’s Care for Others is a FREE four-week resource with separate lessons for early childhood and elementary kids. Together, you’ll explore Ruth’s story, meet neighbors around the world through stories from NCM, and discover everyday ways to put compassion into action.
Games, crafts, Bible stories, and prayer invite kids to welcome others, share burdens, bring hope, and care for their neighbors. Along the way, they’ll discover that they belong to a global church family and can participate in God’s work right where they are.
Nazarenes around the world partner together through local churches and NCM to share God’s love. This resource is our gift to your church in gratitude for that partnership. We look forward to seeing how your children grow as Compassion Kids, ready to see, care, and act!
What’s Included
Both four-week curricula include complete lesson plans, Bible stories, NCM stories, activities, prayer experiences, and leader resources—each thoughtfully adapted for its age group.
Early Childhood
Designed to help young children learn through play, repetition, and discovery.
- Short, focused teaching segments with simple language
- Visual storytelling and memorable Bible-story moments
- Movement, sensory play, games, and hands-on crafts
- Repeated key ideas that reinforce each week’s lesson
- Preschool-friendly prayer and everyday applications
Elementary
Created to invite deeper engagement, conversation, reflection, and action.
- Expanded Bible teaching and age-appropriate discussion
- Questions that encourage reflection and personal connection
- Collaborative games, activities, and creative projects
- Global NCM stories connected to real-world compassion
- Practical challenges that help kids put faith into action
Explore the Early Childhood Resources
Take a look at examples from the Early Childhood curriculum. Select any image to open a larger preview.
Curriculum Overview
See the complete Early Childhood curriculum and its approach to helping young children explore compassion.
Weekly Overview
Preview the four-week scope, Bible stories, big ideas, service objectives, and global NCM stories.
Week 1 Sample
Explore the first week’s big idea, service objective, Bible story, memory verse, and compassion focus.
Explore the Elementary Resources
Explore examples from the Elementary curriculum. Select any image to open a larger preview.
Curriculum Overview
See the complete Elementary curriculum and its approach to connecting biblical learning with compassionate action.
Weekly Overview
Preview the weekly big ideas, teaching objectives, Bible passages, activities, and global ministry connections.
Week 1 Sample
Explore the first week’s teaching focus, Bible story, basket items, and NCM story connection.
Help Kids Put Compassion into Action
Download the FREE Early Childhood and Elementary curricula and help children discover how they can share God’s love in their communities and around the world.
Get the Free Curriculum