Our Selection of Website Links for SS at Home, Evening Church at Home, and similar
Please remember, these links are not intended to replace regularly meeting with local Christians as part of a local church that is growing in Christ. Rather, consider these links to supplement – strengthen and encourage you – in addition to meeting (even via technology if necessary) with believers in Christ whom you personally know.
Our Statement of Faith is at this link: ABOUT OUR FAITH. We might not agree with everything presented at each of these websites but the specific items mentioned below have been a blessing to notice online. We hope that they will be an encouragement in your spiritual walk with God.
Most of the links have free resources and/or ones that can be accessed quickly (e.g. downloads). Some of them have resources which to use would need to be purchased.
Each of the links BELOW will take you outside of our website. Full Disclosure: These are not affiliate links. We have had some products of a few of these ministries in our catalogues/shop in past years and may still have small amounts of discontinued items from them in stock however, we receive NO compensation for telling you about these links. (We chose to discontinue some excellent US ministries but still recommend the products we had before.) We are not responsible for what you see or how any linked websites behave. We checked these links shortly before putting them up here (April 2020) and hopefully you would also see what we saw. Please let us know about any broken or erroneous links if you find any.
Our family often has included non-web-based resources into our own “church at home/Sunday School at home” times over the years too (e.g. there is no evening service at our church) but we especially wanted to provide at least some weblinks which we felt were quite good online resources but might not be as commonly mentioned in this context. The typical purposes of “Sunday School” (evangelism and discipleship/teaching) are our focus, not entertainment or busywork. (Our family likes to add a worship time, singing together too!) We still have young children in our family and specifically wanted to keep the majority of these links appropriate for young children. We hope you enjoy this selection of links! ♥
The categories I roughly grouped the links into are as follows:
Children’s Short Lessons and Stories, Creation or Science, Geography-Related,
Longer Stories and/or Lessons/Seminars, Crafting or Artwork to Do that is Scripture-based,
Bible Memory Verses and Games that are Bible-based, Teaching in Children’s Ministry,
Sermons and/or Devotionals (short or regular length – suitable for children/teens/adults),
Concerts, Musicals, Screenplays, and Other Long Videos, Music (to sing with)
Children’s Short Lessons and Stories
- “For Children: A Little City of Refuge” – a special children’s story on video (Canadian pastor, 2020) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMB1TIlIAmc
- The Beginners Bible – There are several really good stories for preschoolers within the series, including this one on Adam and Eve – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9oh4YO8N7M and David – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7phn_d0Cok .
- Douglas Talks https://douglastalks.com/watch-douglas-talks/
- Chalk Art Presentation – Joseph Graber – “Two Ways” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sS7G5Y1G_U
- Chalk Art Presentation – Dwight Haynes – “Colossians 3” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBqRcl1tyuw
- Bible story filmstrips from the Moody Bible Institute, circa 1955 playlist at The Hymn Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBCA38CBE84D821C7
- Steve Green’s Prayer Bear series (teaches young children about prayer; for purchase) – https://stevegreenministries.org/product/the-adventures-of-prayer-bear-dvd/
- Keys for Kids Ministries (Retro) – this is a link to their classic (older) children’s radio stories – https://www.keysforkids.org/Programming/Retro
- Theo Presents – animated videos on various doctrinal themes (e.g. forgiveness, justification, etc.) for young children (or really, all ages) – This bonus episode is free – https://www.theopresents.com/products/good-news . (The DVDs are excellent!) This website also has free coloring pages, puzzlers.
- Charity Christian Fellowship Children’s Sermons (Lancaster, PA) – recordings of church children’s talks – http://charitychristianfellowship.org/sermons/children
- A newer song that goes along with the story of the woman brought to Jesus by the Pharisees (John 8:1-11) – “The Voice of Grace” (Marty Hamby, Word Music & Church Resources) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQd8kvzsYQ
- The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes (original version, Kenneth N. Taylor, read by Bill Pearce) – playlist for entire book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNwRtSfzKNs&list=PLNCiI4Fn84x8_Yz9NhGWDdo40lI6mrGWd
- The Jungle Doctor Animal Fables by missionary doctor Paul White (old filmstrip-like, stories with a spiritual lesson) – there are several stories – this link goes to one called “The Great Wall” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZURNG595F0
- Zechariah’s Benedictus: His Name is John (animated, by Glorious Films) – this is part of a longer musical called “The Promise” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm-2aEZKh4k
- Isaac and Rebekah (and other similar stories on that channel – Teaching Kids About Jesus) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwZrMzX09o
Creation or Science, Geography-Related
- Creation Quest (zoo, aquarium short videos) https://www.creationquest.net/
- Ian Juby (Canada) has travelled around with highly visual and science-related presentations which are free to watch online – https://ianjuby.org/watch-ians-videos/
- God of Wonders (creation, gospel video from Eternal Productions) – http://www.godofwondersvideo.org/chapters.htm
- Answers in Genesis Ministries, for example – https://answersingenesis.org/kids/videos/ , https://answersingenesis.org/
- Playlist of 20 Moody Bible Institute’s Science Videos (circa 1949, full length) – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_rC1cWgkGvMv8o-FTMF3hS37gOzfCSOQ
- Epic: An All Around-the-World Journey Through Christian History (10 episodes, 20+ countries) with Tim Challies https://epicchristianhistory.com/ (Episode 8 is posted free to watch on Tim Challies’ Facebook page; otherwise for purchase, Spring 2020.)
- Kids Around the World (short missions-related videos for children posted by the Weave family) – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_RdkMF_kzHoWL1seZlb0EQrYL-ihzqv9
Longer Stories and/or Lessons/Seminars
- Good Seed International – “The Lamb”, a children’s program going through the Bible’s gospel message (overview of Old Testament, New Testament; available in multi-languages for purchase) – https://www.goodseed.com/the-lamb.html
- Bible Visuals International – Christian biographies and Bible story visuals (paper and electronic formats) – https://biblevisuals.org/free-resources/ and https://biblevisuals.org/shop/
- A Missionary Story – “Bad Legs” (Elinor Young – a young girl with polio grows up to be a missionary overseas) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuRvXePv_wA Elinor’s comments on COVID-19 are here on the March 25, 2020 post: https://www.facebook.com/biblevisuals/
- Down Gilead Lane Radio Drama series (modern-day Christian family adventures) – can listen-on-demand here: https://www.keysforkids.org/Programming/Down-Gilead-Lane/Read-Listen
- Brinkman Audio (e.g. ages 10 years +) – true missionary stories, modern-day with application/encouragement towards missions (for purchase) – https://brinkmanadventures.com/
- Moody Bible Radio – There are some former radio programs for kids on this site. One example is the “Stories of Great Christians” (audio biographies) – https://moodyaudio.com/store/archive/stories-great-christians
- BBN Radio (teen and adult audio sessions on a variety of Bible topics) – https://bbn1.bbnradio.org/english/start-here/
- The Harvest (a call to the gospel, missions – farming story) (trailer can be seen here: https://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1387#, DVD can be purchased here: https://crustore.org/the-harvest.html
- Our Daily Bread Films and Day of Discovery videos (explaining parts of the Bible showing the land of Israel, common Q & A, Christian biographies, and more) – some are posted at this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/DayOfDiscoveryVideos and some are posted at this link: https://ourdailybreadfilms.org/course_category/day-of-discovery/ and some are posted at this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Qj-VDYJY5OX1YSk81C59g/ .
- Christ in the Passover (visual presentation by “Jews for Jesus” ministry) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBGz3k37kDE
- Musical piece that teaches about Zion and God’s purposes (by Aaron Shust) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_GsKLJcum8
- Joe Amaral’s videos explaining the Hebrew context of the Bible – We have seen God’s Holy Days (the Feasts of Israel and how they relate to Christianity) and Hebraic Roots/Messianic Miracles. https://joeamaral.org/shop/
- Walk Thru The Bible (an overview of the Bible, explaining the general message and key events/people with motions – all ages) Watch the sessions for free – https://www.walkthru.org/stepintothestory/
Crafting or Artwork to Do that is Scripture-based
- Bible Visuals International – free colouring pages (e.g. for Easter, Christmas, etc.) – https://biblevisuals.org/free-resources/
- King of Glory – free (sample) colouring pages here – https://rockintl.org/rock-resources/king-of-glory/kog-coloring-book
- Tauna Meyer’s Book of James study (sets of full-page-size printable Scripture cards to paint – for purchase) – https://proverbialhomemakerstore.com/collections/prayer-devotion/products/james-family-bible-study-bundle
- Coloring Pages, available in multi-languages – https://christiananswers.net/kids/clr-indx.html
- Bible Verse Printables – https://biblestoryprintables.com/bible-verse-printables-kids/ and https://biblestoryprintables.com/bible-verse/
- Hands-On Bible Teacher – Ronda Duvall – This is a huge website of ideas for teaching Bible stories with hands-on components. Look along the righthand side for specific stories to find lesson ideas – https://handsonbibleteacher.blogspot.com/
- Danielle’s Place – another huge compilation of craft ideas for Bible lessons, for example – https://www.daniellesplace.com/html/palm-sunday-bible-crafts-sunday-school.html#lesson
- Joy’s Pinterest site has a number of boards relating to Bible stories, crafts, colouring pages – these are organized according to sections of the Bible. See our Pinterest at this link or click the symbol on the top of any page on our website.
Bible Memory Verses and Games that are Bible-based
- Extreme Bible Drills – ideas that expand on the traditional sword drill game of looking up a Bible verse quickly (I especially like the first idea about grabbing an object) https://ministry127.com/childrens-ministry/extreme-bible-drills
- Topical Bible Drills – references provided on a variety of clickable topics http://sermons.ambassadorapp.com/sword-drills
- Bible Challenge Quizzes – https://www.backtothebible.org/bible-challenge-quizzes
- Scripture Talk Ministries – (hand motions; for purchase) – https://www.scripturetalkministries.com/Media.html also their links page has more Bible memory resources from other websites)
- A-B-C Say It With Me Bible Memory Verses (preschool/primary age video; for purchase) http://www.moorefamilyfilms.com/p/abc-say-it-with-me.html
- Sing the Word – Scripture Memory Songs (several instruments plus voice; professional family of musicians) – https://singtheword.com/
- Bible Truth Music – Bible memory verse songs for children https://www.bibletruthmusic.com/product/bible-songs-for-kids-1-downloadable/
- Ruth Graham’s ABC Gospels (a free download of 26 Scriptures printable for children) – found at this blog post link: https://billygraham.org/story/cissie-graham-lynch-encourages-parents-to-slow-down-during-covid-19/
- Bible Verse Posters in Multi-Languages (e.g. French, Spanish, etc.) – http://seedsowersonline.com/product-category/bible-posters/bible-posters-in-other-languages/
Teaching in Children’s Ministry
- E-quip.net Website – https://e-quip.net/ (e.g. type in search “Sunday School” or “Children’s Ministry”)
- “God’s Bridge To Eternal Life” (online tract explaining the gospel) – https://wilds.org/resources/how-can-i-know-god/
- Walk Thru the Bible (teaching methods – relevant objects, hand motions, creative voice, etc.) Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk5rHpngRyc
- Disciple Land Curriculum (various formats – topical/doctrinal (e.g. “Summit”) or systematic-through-the-Bible-Genesis-to-Revelation; preschoolers to pre-teens (although teens can like the older levels too). Canadian distributor: https://bcmintl.ca/product-category/discipleland/
- (There are more places we could list here later.)
Sermons and/or Devotionals (short or regular length – suitable for a wide age range of audience including children)
- Back to the Bible Canada https://www.backtothebible.ca/
- Back to the Bible USA (e.g. Warren Wiersbe, Theodore Epp, Woodrow Kroll, etc.) – https://www.backtothebible.org/
- Thru the Bible Radio (teaching through the Bible in 5 years) – http://www.thruthebible.ca/
- New Brunswick Bible Institute’s video and audio resources from past events – http://nbbi.ca/resources/
- Devotional Studies with History of Christian Hymns (Robert Cottrill) – https://wordwisehymns.com/hymn-index/
- Living in the Light (free weekly 25 minute audio recordings’ Bible studies with application) – https://www.annegrahamlotz.org/living-light-weekly-podcast/ and free seminar (video) for one method of learning how to study the Bible for yourself – https://www.annegrahamlotz.org/learningtohearhisvoice/
- (Scroll down to the bottom of our ABOUT OUR FAITH page for a few more links of free full-length messages (on YouTube) that our family listened to also from Anne Graham Lotz.)
- Gospel Tent Meetings (various musical and message videos, audio, from family camp in Pennsylvania) – http://tentmeetings.com/
- Triple C Camp (audio sermons from a camp in Ontario) – http://www.christcenteredcamping.ca/index.html
- Ian Leitch – Easter Message (MEF Branson) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TQwyenkhTY (part 1) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4BJSwoQSRA (part 2). He also spoke at Moody’s Founders Week (“No One Like Him” at Moody Bible Institute) at this link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AFdOeFqyXg Ian Leitch’s website is The Herald’s Trust. On it are free apologetic videos on various questions relating to general Christianity (under tab “Discipleship”) https://www.theheraldstrust.org/discipleship/rocksolid .
- Sermon Audio – a large collection, various speakers, topics https://www.sermonaudio.com/main.asp
- Cedarville University Chapel Archives – https://www.cedarville.edu/Chapel/Archive.aspx
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association – A Current 2020 Special (free viewing) – https://billygraham.org/video/the-cross-easter/ . Other TV Specials and BGEA Classics can be seen here – https://www.youtube.com/user/bgeainternet/playlists .
- Ken Davis – “How to Live Life to the Fullest” (First Baptist Orlando) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xqYHfaKSTI
- Dr. Bob Parschauer (2016 sermon with a very visual ppt presentation) – “A Working Faith” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5fUCnToJNc (The speaker is part of the Word of Life Quartet which sings “As the Eagle Cares for His Own” in the subsequent video linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vBjm4sqaYo .)
- Mennonite families singing for services with devotional/message – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_21W8o67o8 (click on the church’s channel that uploaded it to find additional ones).
Concerts, Musicals, Screenplays, and Other Long Videos
- Easter Play 2014 – “Dead or Alive” – Greater Grace Church https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTZHN7lR8I
- Fat, Fat Jehoshaphat https://www.kathiehillmusic.com/ acted out by Calvary Baptist Church, 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAPadTdv7ow
- Family Programs with Uncle Charlie Vandermeer (ventriloquist with Children’s Bible Hour) – 2010 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0vELBKGI6Q&list=PLTPu3_EHa0c-cqG-QeWwr3sjCooEPSAvh&index=31&t=0s and 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32cTAw0F9I&list=PLTPu3_EHa0c-cqG-QeWwr3sjCooEPSAvh&index=51
- The Pilgrim’s Progress (a 2017 musical from Rogue Valley Fellowship) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faeen3y7PV0
- The Story of Jesus for Children (approximately 1 hour) – https://www.jesusfilm.org/watch/jfp-interests-student-resources.html/the-story-of-jesus-for-children/english.html
- The Visual Bible – Acts (1994; the script is word-for-word (NIV) Bible for all chapters) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezC9qyBRBV4
- Music Mission Kiev (Ukrainian professional musicians; their website tells of missions using music in an interesting story; https://www.musicmissionkiev.org/ourstory and for listening to music – https://www.musicmissionkiev.org/listen-1 )
- CBH Ministries (Keys for Kids Ministries) – older children’s tour presentations (up to the year 1999) with music and a story each – https://www.youtube.com/user/cbhministries
- “Brother Andrew” (Open Doors Ministry) – 2015 webcast – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLslz7ARLw
- The Good Journey (family-friendly modern-day story about relationships, the prodigal son, the good Samaritan) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOamGdm2IMQ
- King of Glory the Movie (Rock International) Very long but can be viewed in chapters; this is a detailed overview of the Old and New Testament with pictures (available in 37 languages) –- https://rockintl.org/resources
- The Secrets of Jonathon Sperry (DVD) – https://www.christianbook.com/the-secrets-of-jonathan-sperry/pd/012997
- A Man Called Norman (2014 Focus on the Family movie) – https://mikeadkins.org/products.html
- Billy Graham Films (Worldwide Pictures) – Some old films can be viewed through this link: https://billygraham.org/story/bgea-films-available-on-amazon-prime-starting-jan-17/
Music (to sing with)
- Kaleb Brasse piano https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOuPaqHkKORFp-_9N-y-KLA
- Getty’s home sing-along – https://www.youtube.com/user/KeithAndKristynGetty/playlists
- Greg Howlett (concert pianist with orchestra, scenery) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcZqMeQmOZ8 (He also offers tips for musicians on his website here: https://greghowlett.com/free-instructional-videos )
- Jenifer Cook (concert pianist also with tips for musicians here: http://thechurchpianist.com/ and hymns, sometimes by request, on live Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/thechurchpianist/ )
- Steve Green’s Hide ‘Em In Your Heart series, etc. https://stevegreenministries.org/?s=Hide
- Chandler Music – some contemporary music to sing along with – https://www.chandlermusic.com/adult/17446-instant-worship-choir-collection-the-080689461170.html
- Jiah Veinot (pianist from NS) – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQr1Q7VFN2QywNZ3CvYNaXg
- Palm Village Old-Fashioned Hymn Sings – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWvr0ebBwMU
- Bible Visuals International – song visuals – words with pictures to enhance their meaning (paper and electronic formats) – https://biblevisuals.org/product-category/hymns-and-songs/
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