The Kids Sunday Toolkit turns a single lesson theme or scripture into a complete children's ministry package — a kid-friendly Bible story, an object lesson, detailed activity plans, memory verse learning activities, a family activity sheet, and a parent note — so your team can prepare an age-appropriate Sunday lesson and send families home with everything they need, all from one upload. This article walks you through running the toolkit end to end.
New to toolkits? Start with What Is a Toolkit in Equip for an overview of how toolkits generate content inside a project.
Before You Begin
To get the best results from the Kids Sunday Toolkit, gather the following before you start:
- A project in Equip where the generated content will live.
- A source document that defines the lesson — for example, a scripture passage, a weekly theme, or the age group and focus for your children's ministry.
- Access to run toolkits within your ministry area.
The quality of your outputs depends on the quality of your source content. If the source is vague, the generated content will be too.
Step 1: Open or Create Your Project
- From the Equip sidebar, click Projects.
- Open the project you want to work in, or click New Project and give it a descriptive name.
- Confirm your project is set to the correct ministry area so the right teammates have access.
Generated toolkit content is automatically saved inside the selected project.
Step 2: Add Your Source Document
The toolkit needs a source document to work from—the content Equip's AI reads to generate each output.
- Inside your project, click Add Source Content.
- Upload your file (scripture passage, lesson theme, or age-group notes) or select existing content from your Content Library.
- Wait for the upload status to change to Ready.
Tip: A clear theme with its key scripture and target age group produces stronger, more age-appropriate lessons than a vague topic.
Step 3: Select the Kids Sunday Toolkit
- From your project, click Run a Toolkit.
- In the Toolkits library, locate Kids Sunday — it displays a Default badge.
- Click the toolkit tile to open the toolkit detail modal and review the tools that will run in sequence.
Step 4: Run the Toolkit
- In the toolkit detail modal, click Run in Project (or Run in Library).
- Confirm the source document you added in Step 2.
- Click Start.
Equip runs each tool in sequence in the background. You can leave the page — progress continues while you work on other things. If a toolkit contains an unavailable tool, it is skipped when the toolkit runs.
You can track progress per tool with the following statuses:
- Queued — waiting to run
- Running — currently generating
- Completed — output is ready
- Failed — can be individually retried without re-running the entire toolkit
Step 5: Review the Generated Outputs
When the toolkit finishes, the generated items appear in your project as Draft content, ready for review. The table below describes the content types confirmed from the sample outputs provided.
# | Content Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
1 | Bible Story | A kid-friendly retelling of a Bible story with an introduction, telling time, visual aids, key lesson, discussion questions, participation actions, take-home activities, memory verse, and closing prayer |
2 | Object Lesson | A hands-on object lesson that teaches a spiritual truth through a physical demonstration |
3 | Activity Plans | Detailed, age-graded activity plans with overview, supplies, allergy warnings, setup, activity flow, biblical connection, teacher talking points, adaptations, and cleanup |
4 | Memory Verse Activities | A memory-verse curriculum with hand motions, songs and chants, visual aids, progressive learning games, review activities, and a take-home practice sheet |
5 | Family Activity Sheet | A take-home sheet with activities families can do together to reinforce the lesson |
6 | Parent Note | A short note that explains the lesson's theme to parents and suggests ways to support it at home |
Step 6: Edit and Customize Content
Each generated item is a starting point, not a finished piece. Open any output to refine it for your children's ministry and age group.
- Click any generated item to open it in the rich-text editor.
- Adjust wording, reading level, and activities for your specific age group.
- Verify scripture references and translations, and add class-specific details (names, dates, room setup).
- Use the workflow controls to move the item from Draft → Pending Review → Approved → Published as it moves through your team.
Best Practices
- Match content to the age group. Review the reading level and activity complexity, and use the built-in adaptations for struggling, advanced, or sensory-sensitive learners.
- Check allergy and safety notes. The Activity Plans include allergy warnings (crayons, inks, markers) and cleanup steps — review them before class.
- Confirm scripture and translation. Verify verse text and translation (e.g., NIV) against your source before printing take-home materials.
- Review every output before sharing. AI-generated content is a draft — verify facts, scripture citations, and wording against your source.
- Retry failed steps individually. If one tool fails, retry just that step rather than re-running the whole toolkit.
- Send the whole set home. Pair the Bible Story and Memory Verse Activities in class with the Family Activity Sheet and Parent Note to ensure learning continues at home.