Reaching kids to reach their world.

The Children's Gospel Box trains and equips children's ministers around the world so they can share the Gospel with the kids in their own communities.

Sponsor a Box — $150 How It Works
How the Box Works

Train the leaders. Reach the kids.

1

We gather them.

Children's ministers come together — sometimes from across a country, sometimes from across a region or a network here at home.

2

We train them.

A team from FMP teaches them how to minister to kids effectively, and equips them with the curriculum and materials to do it.

3

They put it to work.

Trainees spend time with real kids before they leave — often a children's rally — putting their new skills in front of the kids they'll be reaching for years to come.

$150 150 KIDS

On average, $150 sends a Box — covering the cost to train one children's minister and equip them to reach roughly 150 kids in their community with the Gospel.

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The Materials

Real things. Made by real people. Real kids use them.

PLACEHOLDER: Curriculum graphic — Jameson is making this

Curriculum

Lesson plans, teaching helps, and structured material for ongoing children's ministry — the backbone trainees take home.

PLACEHOLDER: Puppet graphic — Jameson is making this

Puppets

Hand-sewn by churches and families across the U.S., then sent overseas. Kids respond to a puppet in any language.

PLACEHOLDER: Praise wand graphic — Jameson is making this

Praise Wands

Drinking straws with colorful ribbons stapled to one end. Wave them around. Kids love them. That's the whole pitch.

PLACEHOLDER: Gospel bracelet graphic — Jameson is making this

Gospel Bracelets

A small leather band with a specific sequence of colored beads. Each color tells part of the Gospel — a story a child can wear, share, and remember.

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Impact

Twenty-plus years. Real numbers.

1M+ Kids reached
15K Workers trained
100+ Nations served
2002 Year founded

[Stats pending FMP confirmation]

The Story

Built by ministers. Run by ministers.

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PLACEHOLDER: Photo of Dr. Mary Lou Canata, ideally holding Tommy the puppet
Founder

Dr. Mary Lou Canata

Mary Lou spent more than forty years sharing the Gospel with children — in the U.S. and abroad — alongside her puppet, Tommy. After she retired from the field in 2002, FMP director Bob Hunt asked her to start a new program: something that would help local ministers reach kids long after a missions team had gone home.

That program became The Children's Gospel Box.

PLACEHOLDER: Photo of Natalie Werking, current CGBox director
Today

The work continues.

Natalie Werking leads The Children's Gospel Box today. The model has shifted over the years — from giant shipping crates of materials to in-person training trips that equip ministers on every continent — but the mission Mary Lou started is the same one driving CGBox now.

Get Involved

Three ways in.

Pick the one that fits your season. None of them is small.

Give

$150 sends a Box — the proportional cost of training one children's minister to reach roughly 150 kids.

Sponsor a Box

Make

Host a making-party at your church — puppets, praise wands, or gospel bracelets — and ship them overseas.

Start a Party

Go

Volunteer to come on a CGBox training trip with the team — most are international, occasionally stateside.

Volunteer
Questions

The honest stuff.

Honest answer: $150 is what it costs us, on average, to train one children's minister and equip them to reach about 150 kids. Your specific $150 doesn't get sealed in an envelope and tied to one specific minister — it goes into the pool that funds trainings, materials, travel, and the team that makes it all happen. The math is real, the average is real, and the work is real.

Yes. Sunday school classes, kids' clubs, and family groups can host puppet, praise wand, or gospel bracelet making-parties. We