Passport Postcards are short, engaging country introductions designed specifically for kids. Each postcard highlights a country’s culture, people, geography, and spiritual needs in an age-appropriate and accessible format. Rather than overwhelming children with information, the postcards create small but meaningful moments of global awareness and prayer.

Passport Postcards:

Expose kids to the world God loves
Inspire curiosity and compassion
Build a foundation for lifelong Great Commission thinking
Help children begin praying intentionally for people around the world

Practical Ways to Use Passport Postcards During Class Time

Passport Postcards are intentionally flexible. Here are several simple ways churches can use them during weekly programming.

1. Start Class with a “Nation of the Week”

Use the Passport Postcards as an opening activity before worship, Bible lesson time, or small groups. A leader can:

Introduce the country
Show where it is on the map
Read through key facts
Highlight prayer needs
Lead a short prayer together

This creates a consistent missions rhythm without disrupting your current schedule.

2. Use in conjunction with Passport Prayer Cards

As you learn about each country and pray together in the classroom, encourage kids to pray during week by sending them home with the corresponding prayer card for that country. Every continent has a set of easy to print 5×7 Prayer Cards for each country. These cards can also be shared via email or newsletter for parents to print at home.

3. Use with a Passport Classroom Map

Passport Maps (available separately in our Passport Resource Hub) are a fantastic visual companion to the postcards.

Maps are available in:

Black and white
Full color

A classroom map can become an interactive missions display throughout the year.

Ideas include:

Adding stickers to countries already covered
Using string or pins to track progress
Highlighting current prayer countries
Allowing kids to color countries as they are introduced
Creating continent-by-continent goals

Children love visual progress, and the map helps make the world feel more tangible and connected.

Individual Maps for Kids

Some churches may also choose to give each child their own map to track progress personally.

This can:

Map of Africa with countries outlined and stickers to mark countries on the map — Kids Map of Africa

Reinforce learning at home
Encourage family discussion
Help children remember countries covered in class
Build excitement and ownership

Kids can:

Color countries
Place stickers
Mark prayer countries
Track continents completed

Over time, their maps become a visual reminder of their growing understanding of God’s world.

You can find printable maps for kids and for the classroom in our Passport Resource Hub.

Using the Passport Booklets

Another excellent companion resource is the Passport booklet. These small “passport-style” books allow children to track their journey through the nations.

Each time a country is introduced and prayed for, children can receive:

A stamp
A sticker
A mark in their passport

The goal is to fill their passport over the course of the year. Kids absolutely love this!

It creates:

Anticipation
Participation
Ownership
A sense of progression
Excitement about returning each week

And yes — it can even help encourage consistent attendance. Children become invested in completing their journey through the nations.

Best Use Recommendation

Passport booklets work especially well with:

Consistent weekly groups
Midweek programs
Ongoing children’s ministry classes
Homeschool co-ops
Discipleship-focused environments

For highly transient attendance situations (like large summer programs or one-time events), churches may prefer using only the classroom map system. Many ministries choose to use both:

A large classroom map
Individual passport booklets for each child

Together, they create a highly engaging and memorable experience.

Two Different Ways to Navigate Through Countries

Passport provides two prayer list options to help leaders organize their journey through the nations.

1. Alphabetical List

A simple A–Z approach that is easy to follow and organize.

2. Geographic Progression

A continent-by-continent, region-by-region pathway that moves naturally across neighboring countries.

Some leaders enjoy the simplicity of alphabetical order.
Others prefer the storytelling feel of moving geographically through regions.

Either method works beautifully — leaders can simply choose the approach that feels most natural for their ministry setting.

You Choose!

Whether you have 5 minutes or 30 minutes, Passport Postcards are an engaging, easy to use resource to expose kids to the nations and inspire them to develop a spiritual practice of praying for people all over the world!

Check out our Resource Hub for all of the resources mentioned above!

Practical Ways to Use Passport Postcards