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Family Edition — $15: The full workbook, answer keys, and Leader's Guide. Print unlimited copies for the kids in your household, forever, including younger siblings later.
Church & Classroom Edition — $49. Everything above, plus the 20-page Leader's Guide and Certificate of Completion.
Print unlimited copies for every child in your ministry, classroom, or co-op — every year, no repeat fee.
VBS & Multi-Site Edition — $99. Everything above, plus the five-day VBS pacing chart and a license covering multiple campuses or classrooms.
Not sure which one fits? Email us and we'll tell you straight — newtonapplebooks@gmail.com. We'd rather answer than have you guess.
The workbook — 9 steps, over 100 pages
Each step includes a Big Idea, a Bible story, a Popcorn story, two memory verses, a coloring page, a word search, a crossword, questions that make kids think, and a Prayer Spot where children write their own prayer.
Plus bonus sections: Why Do We Believe the Gospel Is True? and What Is Prayer? Let's Talk to God.
Answer keys for every puzzle.
The Leader's Guide — 20 pages - Nine steps are plans built on the same six-part rhythm, timed to 35–45 minutes. Every step tells you what you're really teaching, how to open the class, what to watch for in the kid's emotions and questions, and what to send home.
It also tells your volunteers how to handle the hard moments — the child who gets frightened by the crucifixion, the child who asks about a grandparent who died, and how to respond when a child wants to pray to follow Jesus without ever pressuring them into it. Hand it to a nervous first-time volunteer and they'll be fine.
Also included: parent letter to send home, printable Certificate of Completion, and a five-day VBS pacing chart.
This wasn't written by a committee at a publishing house. It was written in a children's ministry room and fixed by the kids who sat in it.
This workbook doesn't skip the hard parts. Kids learn that sin is real, that it cost a life, and that Jesus died. It also never leaves them there — every session that raises something heavy resolves it before the children go home, and the Leader's Guide tells you exactly how.
Can I make copies for my whole class? With the Church & Classroom Edition, yes — unlimited copies for every child at your location, every year, no additional fee.
Can I use it again next year? Yes. Buy once, teach forever.
Can I share the file with another church? Please don't — but send them here and we'll take care of them. Every license sold funds the free story videos we publish for families who can't buy anything at all.
What if our budget genuinely can't cover it? Write to us. We have never turned down a church that asked.
Can I print at a copy shop? Yes. Bring the file and show them the license page — it's your written permission to have copies made.
Do I need color? No. The coloring pages, word searches, and crosswords are designed to print beautifully in black and white. Kids supply the color.
Teaching this in the fall? We send occasional notes to children's ministry leaders — new free sessions, seasonal printables, and what other churches are doing with it. No more than once a month.
