Junior Soldier Preparation Course

A Junior Soldier Preparation course gives every opportunity for the leader to chat with individual children about their spiritual journey.  I've found that when you invite children who are not yet Christians to the preparation course, they hear the gospel and respond.  

A KidZone style journal is part of the preparation for Junior Soldier course.  You will need to order a FREE journal for each child.  Order from robyn.prussing@aue.salvationarmy.org or phone (02 9266 9538)

Why a journal? We believe that it is important for kids to have an opportunity to reflect on the things that they are learning and exploring. It is also important to give them opportunity to solidify some of the thoughts that they have learnt that day or the things that God and others are teaching them. This journal will give kids that opportunity in a variety of ways as well as being a visual reminder of the exciting process that they have gone through during these sessions. It will also hopefully set into place a spiritual discipline that might be a helpful tool in their faith journey.

The journal includes:

• scripture that has been the focus for the lesson;
• a space for an activity or reflection on the key message for the lesson;
• spaces for including photos from some of the activities the kids have participated in, and
• ‘Home and Beyond’ sections that will provide conversation starters, challenges and activities that will hopefully continue the conversation at home.
• There are five lessons in this preparation material that can be delivered in a variety of ways—be creative.
• You can run the lessons weekly, fortnightly or even  as a sleepover or aSaturday  with an another activity (ie a swim or 10 pin bowling to break up the lessons)  as you prepare your children to be enrolled as Junior Soldiers.
• You might like to think about the possibility of a ‘boot camp’. 
• This might be a divisional event, perhaps over a weekend or just a full day option.  It might be a couple of corps combining together to make the most effective use of leaders, time and space.
• Being able to sit with the kids over a meal and connect while playing games etc. in a ‘boot camp’ style is a really special opportunity to engage and connect on a deeper level with the kids relationally.
• The preparation lessons could be run by
• a Junior Soldier leader or a corps officer or by a divisional rep or you could advertise with the corps around you so that you might be able to join together.
• While it is nice to start out with the person who will be discipling the kids in the program, it is not essential.  For corps that have just one child needing to do preparation classes, it can be helpful to join together with others, not only for the leader (time affective) but also for the child’s enjoyment level.

Important Notes for Leaders to read.

Preparation for Junior Soldiers Notes for Leaders

Sessions

Preparation for Junior Soldiers Session 1

Preparation for Junior Soldiers Session 2  Powerpoint Scenerios to use with Session 2 Click on either answer & it takes you to the next question.

Preparation for Junior Soldiers Session 3  Video Clip for use in Session 3 I pray

Preparation for Junior Soldiers Session 4

Preparation for Junior Soldiers Session 5  PowerPoint Logos to use with Session 5 Powerpoint.

Video Clip used in Session 5 Salvos started in Australia

Junior Soldier Uniform Options Click here