This morning in Kid’s Church I started a 2-week Kidmo series called Smackdown. I picked it up last week when I saw the Kidmo guys in Seattle. It was a hit. Here’s what made it great:

1) This is a short two-week series perfect for plugging into your program. My kids hadn’t seen Johnny Rogers since the summer when we did Fetch.

2) The media elements are excellent. The Kidmo team is getting better and better and have set the standard high for media-driven curriculum.

3) Smackdown is a funny story about Los Hermaños Stinkos (the three Stinky Brothers) as they search for the mighty El Salvador. The videos centers around the wrestling ring which the boys in my church loved.

4) Today’s episode was about communion. For the first time ever, I served communion to the kids. Was I nervous? Yes. I was second guessing it all the way until 8:00 this morning. How would I serve 150 kids communion without staining the carpet and having a mess on my hands? Well, it worked great. The video set the stage, I followed up with a five-minute talk about communion and what it means, and during some worship songs, I took the kids in groups of 10 to the back of the room where they were given a cracker and small cup of juice. It worked beautifully.

5) “It was funny but serious.” This is what one of my leaders told me after church about the Johnny Rogers video.

I think communion on Palm Sunday might be a new tradition in my kids church. It was very meaningful and the kids really took it seriously.