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ISBN 978-1-59255-216-0 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Preface and Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 INDEXES Leading Group Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Index of Copyright Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Music Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Index of Authors, Composers, and Arrangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Pronunciation Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Index of Songs with Signing or Motions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Capo Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Signing Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Key to Music Terms, Symbols, and Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Signing Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Index of Songs with Vocal Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 SONGS WITH SONG NOTES Index of Songs with Instrumental Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Hello Index of Songs in Other Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Index of Songs with Non-Western Roots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Praise and Thanksgiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-53 Scripture Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Index of First Lines and Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Know Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-64 Old Testament Songs..........................................65-79 Advent/Waiting for the Messiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-86 Christmas/Birth of Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87-106 Epiphany/Ministry and Teaching of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107-121 Lent/Suffering and Death of Christ ............................122-128 Easter/Resurrection of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129-136 Ascension and Reign of Christ ................................137-141 Pentecost and the Holy Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142-146 The Growth of the New Testament Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-148 New Creation .............................................149-151 Grow Confession and Forgiveness ..................................152-159 Prayer....................................................160-174 Listening to God’s Word. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175-179 Baptism ..................................................180-182 Lord’s Supper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183-184 Our Walk with God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185-220 Show Dedication and Offering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221-229 Parting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230-234 Being the Churchin the World ...............................235-249 Preface Shout for joy to the LORD,all the earth. More About Sing With Me Worship the LORDwith gladness; Sing With Meis connected to a curriculum for children that follows a long line come before him with joyful songs. of church school curricula incorporating music to help children learn. Walk Know that the LORDis God. With Me,aSunday school curriculum launched in 2004 by Faith Alive It is he who made us, and we are his; Christian Resources, uses hundreds of songs throughout its materials for chil- we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. dren in preschool through grade 8, and Sing With Mefollows up by compiling Enter his gates with thanksgiving many of those songs—and more—into a single song. This leader’s edition and his courts with praise; includes full accompaniments, information on the songs, ideas for their use, give thanks to him and praise his name. signing, motions, and instrumental parts. A children’s edition published in For the LORDis good and his love endures forever; 2006 includes simplified arrangements of these songs. Sing With Meis there- his faithfulness continues through all generations. fore a great resource not only for Sunday school but also for congregational —Psalm 100 worship, Christian day schools, home schools, families, and even young piano students. Sing With Meis an invitation to sing with children not because you need to Approximately half of the song is made up of a wide range of songs from fill time or preparefor a program or even because you’ve always done so—but the various age levels of the Walk With Mecurriculum, including “God’s Not because God has invited us to sing. God commands us to sing. The Psalms are Dead,” “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho,” “Praise to the Infant King,” filled with invitations to sing and worship (Ps. 95, 96, and 98 come readily to “Amigos de Cristo,” “Every Move I Make,” “Angels We Have Heard on High,” mind). And what greater reason to sing than that “the LORDis good and his “One, Two, Three, Jesus Loves Me,” and many others. Tohelp connect this love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations” song to Walk With Me,we have chosen to use the categories used in the cur- (Ps.100:5). riculum: Hello, Know, Grow,and Show.Hellois the opening or gathering time, In the Psalms singing is most often associated with praise, but the psalmists Knowfocuses on teaching God’sstoryfrom creation to re-creation, Growis also utter prayers and laments. Similarly, within this collection you will find about our growing relationship to God, and Showis about taking the gospel songs of praise, songs to sing just for the joy of singing and moving, songs that message out into the world. You will also find subsections that correlate with are prayers, and songs that address the hurts that even children experience. the elements of a worship service. (For more information on Walk With Me, In the Psalms singing is intertwined with testimonies to God’s greatness call 1-800-333-8300 or visit www.FaithAliveResources.org.) and faithfulness, recitations of the things God has done throughout history. Though this leader’s edition is filled with useful ideas, be sure to make your In the notes to these songs you will often find suggestions for discussing the own efforts to be creative. Play around with different percussive sounds and song lyrics and connecting them with our daily living. As a song leader or rhythms till you find a sound you like. Work with children in finding ways to teacher, make use of opportunities whenever possible to share your own express the lyrics and mood of songs through art or movement. There is no faithstory. right or wrong expression if it is authentic and honoring to God. When you read psalms of praise, you sometimes sense praise and exuber- ance gushing forth from the psalmist, and you can imagine that energy being Acknowledgments fueled creatively through instruments and dance. You will find plenty of sug- With gratitude to the many people who helped make this edition possible, we gestions for doing just that in the song notes in this . In most cases the instru- thank Kenneth Bos, Scott Boscher, Emily Brink, Kathleen Hart Brumm, Kent mental parts are meant to be playable by children themselves and are there- Hendricks, SherryMerz, Janice Postma, Kathryn Roelofs, Tim TenClay, Greg fore very simple. Scheer,Nancy Vermeer,David Vroege, and the staff at Faith Alive. May God bless you as you extend the invitation to Sing With Me. It should also be noted that some of the song notes in this are excerpted or adapted from previous publications by Faith Alive edited by Emily Brink, to whose superb editorial work I’m greatly indebted. —Joyce Borger, editor 5 Hello | Praise and Thanksgiving Santo, santo, santo, mi corazón/ Holy, Holy, Holy, My Heart Descant (cid:9) (cid:23)(cid:23) ©(cid:17) ,© © © © © – © © ©(cid:17) ,© (cid:9) © © © © © © © © © ©(cid:17) ,© © © –(cid:17) C Em/G Asus Am F L Em7 Am Dm7 G7sus C S(cid:9)pani(cid:23)(cid:23)shS©©an(cid:17)(cid:17) - to©©,L s©©a(cid:17)(cid:17)n - t©©oL, sa©©n - t–o, (cid:189) m©Li c©©or(cid:17)(cid:17) - a©©- (cid:9) ©©(cid:17)(cid:17) © © –– ©(cid:17) ©©L ©©(cid:17) © ©L X EnglishHo - ly, ho - ly, ho - ly, my heart, my sa - be de - cir: san - to e - res Se - ñoXr. Dutch Hei - lig, hei - lig, hei - lig, mijn hart brengt praise to you; you are ho - ly, Lord. French Dieu saint, Dieu saint, Dieu saint, mon coeur, mon U - we Naam; hei - lig bent U, Heer. KoreanGaw - rohk, gaw - rohk, gaw - rohk, nah - ruhl Ju- coeur s’en ré-jouit: tu es saint, mon Dieu. yahng hop-nee-dah; gaw - rohk hash in, Ju-neem. " (cid:23)(cid:23) © © © © © © © © © © © © ©L (cid:189) © © © © " © © © © © © © © © © © © ©©© (cid:9) ©(cid:17) ©, © – © © © © © © ©(cid:17) ©, © © © – G F/C C C7 F G L L L (cid:9) ©©(cid:17)(cid:17) ©© ©© –– (cid:189) L ©©(cid:17)(cid:17) ©© ©©(cid:17)(cid:17) ©© © zón te a - do - ra! Mi cor - a - zón te heart a - dores you! My heart pours out my U de e - re! Van har - te loof ik coeur t’a - do - re. Mon coeur le dit, mon neem - ke drim nee-dah. Nay - ga Ju-neem chan © " © © © © L © © © © © © © (cid:189) © © © © © © © Words and music: Spanish traditional; Eng. tr. Sing! A New Creation(2001); Dutch tr. Robert DeMoor; Fr. tr. Otto Selles; Korean tr. In Soon Gho; arr. Kathryn Tae Ritsema ©2001, CRC Publications; arr. © 2006, Faith Alive Christian Resources. Hello | Praise and Thanksgiving Words French • This prayer of praise and adoration can be sung in multiple languages, re- Dyou sah[n] (3x),moa[n] keur, moa[n] keur tah-doh-reh. minding us to broaden our concept of “heart” to be corporate and universal. Moa[n] keur leh dee, moa[n] keur se[n] ray-jwee: two ess sah[n], moa[n] Dyou. *For all the final “[n]” sounds; make the “n” sound in your throat, not with Music your tongue. • q=60-76 • The passionate music of this song should be played and sung with expres- Korean sion and feeling. (already present phonetically) • Accompany with keyboard or guitar. Enjoy the octave leaps and arpeggios in the keyboardarrangement. • Once the children are familiar with the song, incorporate a C or B-flat instrument on the descant. Ideas for Use • As a simple song of adoration. • During the Lord’s Supper. • During a Pentecost service, incorporating multiple languages to testify to the universal character of the church. Pronunciation Spanish Sahn-toe, sahn-toe, sahn-toe, mee core-ah-zone tya-doh-rah! Mee core-ah-zone teh sah-beh deh-seer: sahn-tway-res Sayn-your. Dutch High-lich* (3x), mine hart brengt U** deh air-reh! Fun har-teh loaf ik U-weh nahm; high-lich* bent U, Hair. **Pronounce the “ch” not with your voice but in the back of your throat, as for the “ch” in the name Bach. **For “U,” form the letter “e” and shape your mouth like an “o.” Grow | Listening to God’s Word O Open Your Hearts E E Bm7 E L L (cid:23) (cid:9) (cid:23) (cid:6)©® © (cid:6)©©©© © ®© ©©©© ©® (cid:6)©©©© ©® ©©©© (cid:6)©® © (cid:6)©©©© © (cid:9) (cid:6)X(cid:189) ©©, ©©© ©©(cid:6)©©© ® (cid:6)©(cid:189)(cid:17) ,©© (cid:189) ©©©, ©(cid:189) (cid:6),©© ©(cid:189) ©©, (cid:6)©(cid:189)(cid:17) ©©, (cid:189) ,©©© (cid:189)©(cid:6),©© ©(cid:189) ,©© 1 O - pen your hearts, all you who hear this; o - pen your ia, and his love is come to free us. 2 We have come to greet the Sav - ior; we have 3 Je - sus is here; we bow be - fore him. Je - sus is " ©©©(cid:6)© © © © © © © © © © © © " (cid:23) ® ® ® ® ® (cid:23) © © © © © 1, 2 3 E7 Am/E E7 Am Am E Am Bm7 E (cid:9) (cid:6)©©© ©©© © ©© ©©© X©© ©© ©© (cid:17)(cid:17) –(cid:17)©© ©© ©© (cid:6)©©© ©©© ® (cid:197) (cid:9) © ©©© (cid:6)©©© ©©© ––– (cid:6)© © ©©© © © ©©© A(cid:189)l ,- l(cid:189)e ,- l(cid:189)u , (cid:189)- , i(cid:189)a!, (cid:189) , ® i(cid:189)a! , ® ® (cid:6) © ® (cid:6)© ® © hearts to know God’s love. O - pen your hearts to choemree wtioth - winor - sthhiips phliamce.. WJee - hsauvse is choemree tao- " © © © © © © © (cid:17)(cid:17) © ® (cid:197) © © © © © © © © © © © " ® (cid:6)©© © –– ® ® © © © © © Dm E Stanzas (8 times) Refrain (shake) (shake) (cid:9) © ©© © ©© © © © © © © X © (cid:6)©© © Tambourine (cid:23)(cid:23) (cid:17)(cid:17) û û û û (cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:17)(cid:17) û û û û (cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:17)(cid:17) û –(cid:17)___(cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:17)(cid:17) û û û û (cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:17)(cid:17) û –(cid:17)___(cid:17)(cid:17) ® (cid:6) ©© ® ©© ©© ® ©© ® (cid:6)©© hear his mes - sage: Je - sus makes us one. sminogng Ghoids’s ppreaois--pelse;, wchoirl--dtrheyn oisf hhiiss ngraamcee.. Hand drum (cid:23)(cid:23) (cid:17)(cid:17) ® û ® û (cid:17)(cid:17) " ® © ® ® © ® © © © © © © © © © Refrain (faster) Am E/A Am L L (cid:9) ©(cid:17) ©© ©©© © ©© © ©© ©(cid:17) ©© ©©© © ©© © ©© © ©© © ©© © (cid:6)©© © ©© (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , (cid:189) , Praise the Lord, for he has loved us, al - le - lu- " © © © © © © © © © © © © Words and music: Israeli folk song; tr. Carolyn Fritsch (20th c.); arr. Greg Scheer Arr. © 2006, Faith Alive Christian Resources. Grow | Listening to God’s Word Scripture • St. 1—2 Corinthians 6:11-13 • St. 2-3—Revelation 4:11; 5:12 Words • This songtext reminds us to soften our hearts to accept God’s call. • Consider having some of your older creative kids come up with move- ments that fit with the words. Music • q=100 • The melody is vibrant and based on an Israeli folk song. • The sustained E chordlends itself well to a variety of percussion, clapping, stomping, and so on. • Try beginning quite slowly, and gradually increase the tempo through to the end of the refrain after the third stanza. Ideas for Use • Before or after a Scripture reading, prayer, message, and so on. • At the beginning of worship.