Orange

ORANGE IS A STRATEGY.
FOR COMBINING CRITICAL INFLUENCES IN LIFE TO FUEL FAITH IN THE NEXT GENERATION.

Orange is a path, a strategy that combines the strength of two—yellow and red—to create the brilliance of another, Orange. By combining the critical influences of...

Orange Conference

Orange is impacting thousands of churches around the world. It’s a strategy that’s focused on helping churches and families combine influences, and work together to fuel faith in the next generation.

The Orange Conference is where your entire team can discover and...

Family Ministry

Family Ministry is an effort to synchronize church leaders and parents around a master plan to build faith and character in their sons and daughters.

Policies and Procedures

Establish guidelines for ministry staff and volunteers to follow for the purpose of protecting children (and volunteers) in a preschool ministry environment, including background screening and adequate training of volunteers to ensure the safety of preschoolers.

VBS and Summer Curriculum

Summer can be a great time to intentionally shift what we do and how we do it! Typically during the summer months, churches have fluctuations in regular attendance. Summer then, is a great time to mix up presentation style and programming, while giving volunteer staff...

Volunteer Roles

Volunteers are vital and key to the success of any ministry. Defining and then creating specific roles for each volunteer can maximize your impact within your ministry. Give each volunteer a significant role, rather than a task to complete.

Production

Production is not just for the older kids. Taking time to produce a large group/small group experience is so important for preschoolers. There is nothing like seeing their eyes light up when they connect to the Bible story, when they know the answer to the question, or...

Portable Church

Church plants and multisite churches often choose to meet in spaces that involve portable equipment. This provides unique opportunities in how ministries create irresistible environments for their preschoolers both in what they create and where they meet. It also...

Partnering with Parents

Parents have more potential than anyone to influence the spiritual development of their preschooler. We want to equip parents during the early years of their child’s life by creating a rhythm at home and setting a pace for shaping their child’s faith. We also have...

Worship

If you have ever seen a preschooler worship, then you know it requires their whole body!

Family Experience

We have identified three times each year when we offer parents some additional ideas that they can do at home with their preschoolers. All of these ideas connect to what they are learning at church, and give parents tools to create some special teaching moments at home.

Curriculum

First Look is a web-based curriculum that uses engaging activities to introduce preschool children (ages one to five) to God. First Look gives children a first impression of their heavenly Father and the wonder of His love for each one of them.

Baby Dedication

More than just an event, Baby Dedication is the beginning of a partnership between parents and the church. It is an opportunity for parents to commit to partnering with the church to raise their child and take the primary responsibility to invest in the spiritual...

CUE Box Promo

CUE Box is a great resource for kids and parents to interact with the monthly virtue.  So much so, that you want to make sure and let every family know about it at your church.  Have you ever wondered how to promote CUE Box in a creative way?

Volunteer Roles

Volunteers are vital and key to the success of any ministry. Defining and then creating specific roles for each volunteer can maximize your impact within your ministry. Give each volunteer a significant role, rather than a task to complete.

Policies and Procedures and Systems

Systems are tasks that are routinely carried out and need to be completed with excellence to keep processes functioning smoothly and efficiently. These are tasks that, when done well, create an enjoyable and attractive environment. But when executed poorly or ignored,...

Portable Church

Church plants and multisite churches often choose to meet in spaces that involve portable equipment. This provides unique opportunities in how ministries create irresistible environments for their children both in what they create and where they meet. It also involves...

Production

Everything works better with a plan and structure. There is freedom in preparation. Kids can tell the difference between something that’s been thrown together last minute (possibly the morning of!) and something that has had planning and preparation. To give your...

Service

Kids won’t feel significant until they are given something significant to do! In our children’s curriculum, 252 Basics, children learn about how God has gifted them with specific talents and abilities, and that He has a specific purpose for their lives. This,...

Small Groups

Small groups provide intentional community for kids. One of the greatest gifts your church can provide families is a consistent community of caring adults who are there to be a second voice and give wise direction when life gets complicated. This community of adults...

VBS and Summer Curriculum

Summer can be a great time to intentionally shift what we do and how we do it! Typically during the summer months, churches have fluctuations in regular attendance. Summer then, is a great time to mix up presentation style and programming, while giving volunteer staff...

Plan of Salvation

Presenting God’s story of rescue and having a child accept Christ is the big win for children’s ministry. Imagine though, what it would mean to parents if they were invited, not only to be present for the most significant milestone of their child’s life, but to...

New to Orange

The Orange Strategy is a strategy built on the principles that two influences (the church and the home) can have a greater impact when they work together. There are five principles of the Orange Strategy: Integrate Strategy, Refine the Message, Elevate Community,...

Worship

We were all created to worship God. We don’t have to wait to become a Christian adult to be a worshipper. Just look at Psalm 8:1-2: “God, brilliant Lord, Yours is a household name. Nursing infants gurgle choruses about You; toddlers shout the songs that drown out...

Family Experience

Family Experience is a live event or service centered on a key monthly virtue, designed for parents and kids to experience together. Through engaging characters, creative drama, media and worship segment options, this experience is designed to be a fun, engaging event...

Curriculum

Many youth pastors have a love/hate relationship with student ministry curriculum. For those who hate it, they often feel that there is no way any curriculum can fit the needs of their students and the style of their ministry. Believe it or not, we feel the same way....

New to Orange

XP3 Students is a curriculum for middle school/high school students that enables student ministries to implement the Orange Strategy—a strategy built on the principles that two influences (the church and the home) can have a greater impact when they work together....

Partnering with Parents

Partnering with parents is about creating a strategy recognizing that what goes on at home is the greatest influence in the life of a student. The church has a key role in working with parents and students to navigate this relationship. Over the course of a year,...

Portable Church

Church plants and multisite churches often chose to meet in spaces that involve portable equipment. This provides unique opportunities in how ministries create irresistible environments for their students both in what they create and where they meet. Also, it involves...

Small Groups

Small groups are critical in leading students into a growing relationship with Jesus. Having adult leaders invest in middle and high school students is one of the best ways to ensure a godly influence is present in their lives through the teenage years. Imagine if...

Service

Students want to make a difference now. They won’t feel significant until they are given something significant to do.
There is a direct link between spiritual growth and how a teen serves. The church should be a place where teenagers can find significant...