Worshiping God in His Stories
TCS transforms a classroom into a worship space for children (PS-2nd). God's covenant stories are told through storytelling and interactive objects to inspire reflection.
Do you believe young children are eager to know and love God?
Do you believe children need excellent spiritual nourishment?
Would you like to explore how a worship-based curriculum helps children form faith?
TCS uses worship as a pedagogy for a child's head, heart, and hands.
Liturgy Each class begins with a Call to Worship, Praise, Scripture, and Prayer and concludes with a Benediction. Many of the Scriptures are repeated allowing children to become so familiar with the passages, they have them memorized.
Storytelling Bible stories are chronological and follow the theme of God's covenant. Engaging objects help the children understand abstract concepts such as sin, death, and the promised coming of the Savior. Teachers become co-learners with their students telling God's story with few notes.
*Note: Objects are not included. A resource list helps users locate and create the materials.
Reflection After the Bible story, children have 15-20 minutes to re-experience and reflect on the story through art, prayer, books, or journaling (older children). Reflection allows the Holy Spirit to work in children's hearts and gives them an opportunity to ponder what God is doing in the story.
TCS Provides
Lessons that lead you through the entire class time from the Welcome and Call to Worship to the Benediction.
Videos to guide you in how to create a worship space, tell a Bible story with few notes, and introduce children to this new setting.
Coaching and encouragement via phone calls, email, and/or Zoom.
TCS Provides
Lessons that lead you through the entire class time from the Welcome and Call to Worship to the Benediction.
Videos to guide you in how to create a worship space, tell a Bible story with few notes, and introduce children to this new setting.
Coaching and encouragement via phone calls, email, and/or Zoom.
Presenting
The Children’s Sanctuary
For Parents
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For Churches
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For Religious Organizations
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For Parents 〰️ For Churches 〰️ For Religious Organizations 〰️
Sample Lesson Themes
God Punishes and Promises - Genesis 3
Even in the midst of the catastrophe of sin entering the perfect world, God promises that a Savior will come.
No one knew it then, but this promise would be the hope of the world. This promise would eventually change the world back to how it had been in the Garden of Eden.
A treasure box with a replica of a small child appears. The baby represents the “seed” of the woman who will one day crush the head of the snake.
God Asks Abraham to Return the Gift of Isaac - Genesis 21-22
How could God ask Abraham to sacrifice the promised child, Isaac? It was through Isaac that kings would come, that the world would be blessed.
Just as Abraham was about to slay his son, (who is inside a small gift box on the altar) the angel of the Lord yelled STOP!
Jehovah-Jireh, the God who provides, provided a substitute sacrifice for Isaac. The gift of Isaac is exchanged for the gift of the ram in the brambles. Abraham’s great faith helped him obey the hardest command God had ever given him.
A Redeemer is Born - Exodus 1-2
God’s people flourished in Egypt until Pharaoh began to enslave them. They cried out to God for relief and rescue. God heard them and responded.
God had planned for their rescue through the birth of a boy who was doomed to be killed by the midwives. However, the faith and courage of his mother allowed Moses to live because she bravely hid him in a basket and sent him on his way down the river.
Once again, the children see a special baby. Once again, the baby is preserved to fulfill God’s promise of redemption.
Moses is not the promised Savior of the world, but God is working his plans to fulfill his promise of sending the one who will destroy the snake. Moses is part of that great plan.
Jesus is Crucified for Us - Matt. 26-27
Without this hard story, God could not forgive our sins. We’ve seen how the people thought Jesus would be their king. They were not wrong; Jesus is the King of the world. But first, He came to die for us.
The hardest part of Jesus’ dying was not the physical pain, which was horrible. It was the pain of carrying all the sins of the whole world. Jesus bore all our sins, past, present, and future, and He did it for the people who lived before He came to earth, and those who would come after him. That includes you and me.
The Crucifixion story ends with the sins of the whole world, symbolized by small pieces of dark felt, and then by an entire piece of dark felt covering Jesus’ body.
The dark felt is a somber teacher.
Success Stories
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![Jesse Robinson - Headshot]()
"Many children's curricula presume our children are too young to know God or their primary problem is a lack of information. TCS recognizes our children as worshipers and God as invested in speaking to their hearts. It is a full-bodied experience of God’s Word that presents the gospel, body, and soul, to our children."
Jesse Robinson, Pastor, Indelible Grace Church, San Francisco, CA. PCA
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![Tasha Chapman - Headshot]()
"This is the most worshipful and educationally sound children's Sunday curriculum I have seen. Using the best of learning and child developmental theory, Fischer integrates Gospel-centered Reformed theology and engaging Bible storytelling. In this space, children will learn, wonder, imagine, and create while expressing their faith and experiencing their loving heavenly Father."
Tasha Chapman, Ph.D., former Professor of Educational Ministries, Covenant Theological Seminary
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![Daniel Song - Headshot]()
"Our church was blessed to be the first recipient of TCS. The curriculum’s depth quickly resonated—parents valued its richness, and children asked profound questions about God. With its grace-centered storytelling and invitation for children to engage personally, TCS offers a meaningful way for them to grow in faith."
Daniel Song, Lead Pastor, Restoration Community Church, PCA, St. Louis, MO
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![Scottie May - Headshot]()
"When a skilled writer and educator develops materials for children to worship, it's a reason to rejoice! TCS has beautifully designed and clearly laid out lesson plans that will help young children reflectively engage in biblical stories."
Scottie May, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Christian Ministry & Formation Emeritus, Wheaton College
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![Kelly Scott - Headshot]()
"First and foremost, the curriculum is faithful to Scripture. Week-by-week the lessons orient the hearts and minds of children in the grand narrative of redemption in Christ. The curriculum takes children seriously affirming that God is truly at work in the lives of our children. TCS' holistic approach leads children to deeper knowledge, wonder and worship."
Kelly Scott, Associate Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, PCA, Charlottesville, VA
Meet The Curriculum Creator
Hi! I’m Cindy
I created The Children’s Sanctuary out of my passion for nurturing children’s faith through the Gospel. With years of experience as a Montessori educator and Children’s Ministries Director, and degrees from Wheaton College, St. Louis University, and Covenant Theological Seminary, I bring a heart for children to love, know, and follow God. My hope is to provide children with transformative encounters with God’s love through worship and reflection. Click the button below to learn more about me and my heart behind this curriculum!
Choose your plan
Downloadable Lessons in Google Drive allow you to easily share these with your teaching team and include notes and changes specific to your setting.
Downloadable Lessons in Google Drive allow you to easily share these with your teaching team and include notes and changes specific to your setting.
Downloadable Lessons in Google Drive allow you to easily share these with your teaching team and include notes and changes specific to your setting.