Before the Bell is a short training podcast for volunteer leaders at Crossroads Kids Club, an after-school Bible program for K–6 students in public schools. Each episode runs about eight minutes and walks leaders through that week's lesson before they teach it: covering the Bible story, the key takeaway, and how every activity in the room is designed to work. New to leading kids? This is your weekly briefing. Already part of a CKC club? This is a new way to show up ready. New episodes for all 28 lessons this school year.
Host Kim Kline walks you through Lesson 10, the story of Israel’s exile from 2 Kings through Ezra. Today, kids will understand that God didn’t lose track of his people when everything fell apart. He was present in every scene, every city, the whole long road home.
12 Oct 2026
9: The Widow and the Prophet
Host Gabe Holton walks you through Lesson 9, the story of Elijah and the widow from 1 Kings 17. Today, kids understand that God meets his people even when they feel empty, one day at a time.
12 Oct 2026
8: The Faithful Friend
Host Kim Kline walks you through Lesson 8, the story of David and Goliath from 1 Samuel 16 and 17. Today, kids will understand that this story was always about a God who acts for his people in ways nobody saw coming.
6 Oct 2026
7: The Faithful Friend
Host Gabe Holton walks you through Lesson 7, the story of Ruth and Naomi from Ruth 1-4. Your prep for helping kids understand that God works through ordinary people who choose to stay and love well, even when it costs them something.
6 Oct 2026
6: Into the Unknown
Host Kim Kline walks you through Lesson 6, the story of God leading his people through the wilderness from Exodus, Numbers, and Joshua. Today, kids learn that God doesn't hand his people a full itinerary; instead, he leads them one step at a time, and that's enough.
5 Oct 2026
5: The Mountain of Promise
Host Gabe Holton walks you through Lesson 5, the story of Exodus 19 and 20, where God brings his people to a mountain and gives them his way to live. Today, kids understand that the Ten Commandments aren't a test to pass, but a mirror handed to people God had already rescued and already called his own.
5 Oct 2026
4: From Fight to Friendship
Host Kim Kline walks you through Lesson 4, the story of Jacob and Esau from Genesis 25, 27, and 32-33. Today, kids understand that God changes our hearts before we've done anything to earn it, and that reconciliation starts with him, not with us.
5 Oct 2026
3: The God Who Sees Me
Host Gabe Holton walks you through Lesson 3, the story of Hagar and Ishmael in Genesis 21. Today, kids learn that God sees and cares for the people everyone else overlooks, which includes them.
5 Oct 2026
2: The First Fight
Host Kim Kline walks you through Lesson 2, the story of Genesis 4 and the first conflict between brothers. Today, kids understand what jealousy looks like before it turns into something worse, and they hear about a God who warns us while there's still time to choose differently.
5 Oct 2026
1: Made to Care
Host Gabe Holton walks you through Lesson 1, the story of Genesis 2, where God makes a world and hands it off to the people he created. Today, kids learn that they have a job that matters .
5 Oct 2026
0: Leaders, Start Here
Before your first lesson, watch this. The host, Gabe Holton, walks you through everything you need to know to get started: what Before the Bell is, how a typical week of Crossroads Kids Club runs, what the five core questions are and how they're used, and what success actually looks like in the room. This is your orientation before episode one.
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