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Elevate (el·e·vate) (est. June 2006) is a children’s curriculum for church and home that provides age appropriate Bible teaching for children ages three to twelve. Elevate is written and produced by Fellowship Church and is used by 5,000 children’s ministries in churches across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Elevate is listed as (the greatest children’s ministry tool available at this time (is there anything we could do along these lines that we know for sure from surveys etc?). Elevate was established at Fellowship Church by Pastor Mike Johnson (Michael Frank Johnson, born 20 October 1964) in 2006. Johnson is the global Children’s Pastor of Fellowship Church and the head producer of Elevate. Fellowship Church has several campuses in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, two in Miami, Florida and one in London, England.

Curriculum
The Elevate curriculum contains Bible Story videos, Skit videos, original songs and music videos. Mike Johnson is videoed teaching the Bible Lessons and the skits are also acted out and filmed by Fellowship Church Staff and volunteers. Elevate includes large group activities, team competition, and small group application activities. Within Elevate, there are five maps and each map contains seven lands where each series takes place. Within any single series there are eight weeks’ worth of curriculum for a church’s children’s ministry to utilize. In total, Elevate and Fellowship Church have produced over 270 weeks worth of curriculum.

Formation
Over the last 21 years Johnson has seen the children's ministry of Fellowship Church grow from 150 to over 4,000 children across ten Fellowship Church campuses. The Elevate curriculum was originally formed out of Johnson’s desire for consistency within Fellowship Church's children's ministry. Johnson desired for a child at the Fellowship Church Miami campus to have the same experience as a child at the Fellowship Church Dallas campus. Elevate was created when Johnson realized it was possible for children to have a great experience at every Fellowship Church campus through essential video elements. Elevate Kids was created in 2006 for children ages 6-12 and Elevate Jr. was developed in 2008(?) for children ages 3-6.

Development
As Elevate was developing, Mike Johnson realized this curriculum was a resource he should share with other churches. Elevate At Church is an organization through Fellowship Church that sells Elevate curriculum to churches around the world. Churches who purchase Elevate can watch Bible Lesson videos, Small Group training videos and Skit videos which have all be created and produced at Fellowship Church to teach children about God. The Elevate staff writes, records and produces it’s own music and music videos. Fellowship Church also animates the Bible Lessons that are seen within the curriculum. The Elevate curriculum is produced entirely out of Fellowship Church. The amount of churches who use the Elevate curriculum has grown over the years and is now used by 5,000 churches worldwide. Fellowship Church and Elevate have created an at-home element for families to use during the week, called LeadershipForKids.tv. Through this website, families watch Bible Lessons with their child that feature different Leadership traits. The Elevate curriculum was originally created only for Fellowship Church because of a need for consistency throughout different Fellowship Church campuses, however it has grown to include much more. Elevate is a tool thousands of churches can use to teach children about Christ.

Series
Within Elevate there are 34 series containing videos based on different lessons from the Bible. Each series contains eight weeks worth of material for a church's children’s ministry. The series of Elevate:


 * On The Trail - learn about the Israelites as they got out of Egypt
 * Heroes Of Mega City - learn about heroes from the Bible
 * Treasure Quest - learn about the life of Jesus
 * Winter Extreme - learn from the teachings of Jesus
 * Adventures In Science - learn about miraculous events of the Bible
 * Shipwrecked - learn about valuable lessons from the life of Paul
 * Berry Blast Theme Park - learn to master joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, and love


 * Super Sports Spectacular - learn about the Apostles of Christ, and find out how to play on God’s team
 * Journey Below The Earth - learn to apply the Bible to your life
 * Zooplosion - learn Bible Stories through the eyes of the animals in the Bible and see how God always provides
 * Starlight Station - learn about the life of Joseph
 * Spy Chase - learn about some real prophets, like Isaiah, Elijah, and others
 * To The Depths - learn how God wants us to live by studying passages from the book of James
 * Kingdom Tales - learn to develop the noble character God wants everyone to have


 * Dr. Tomorrow's Robot Repair Shop - learn to live for God
 * Center Stage - learn how to make worship a part of our everyday lives
 * Ten Hut - learn lessons from the life of Joshua on courage, helping others and following God
 * The Great Skybridge Showdown - learn how to follow God's plan for your life and how to obey God in all you do
 * Upsidedown Town - learn how when we don't live as God wants, we live life upside down
 * Entourage - learn how to choose good friends and how to be a good friend
 * City Streets - learn about important moments from the life of Abram in the Bible


 * Dojo - learn the principles of discipline, self-respect, confidence, respect, endurance, integrity, loyalty, and leadership
 * Roanoke Jones - learn from some of the Bible's greatest detective stories
 * Professor Playtime's Christmas Shop of Wonders - learn about the true meaning of Christmas
 * Allaso Ranch - learn about getting away and getting to know God
 * Under The Big Top - learn from some of the Bible's most interesting characters
 * The Great Race - learn what the Bible has to say about not giving up through the story of Nehemiah
 * Power Up - learn from Psalm 101 how to live a life completely powered up


 * The Good News - learn about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus
 * Port Of Call - learn where, when, how, and why we should spread the message of Jesus to everyone
 * The Game Show - learn the answers to some of the biggest questions that were asked in the Old Testament
 * Altitude - learn lessons from the Beatitudes in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount
 * Make Things Industries - learn about people in the Bible who started out as unimportant, but became great when used by God
 * Epic - learn about worship, obedience, being prepared, boldness, courage, peace, salvation, and the importance of a good attitude during difficult circumstances