Worship Musician September 2019

KIDS WORSHIP PLAY IT AGAIN…PARENTS AND KIDS WORSHIPPING TOGETHER | By Yancy I believe in the power of music to help make We need to help parents realize that they are There is power when a kid worships. Their the message you’re teaching kids stick. It’s examples to their kids. Waiting till you get to worship can impact families in ways that one of the most important things you can use church to worship isn’t enough. It’s important we can’t even imagine. I can recount many in your classrooms to engage others but also to worship in front of your kids, in the car or conversations with parents where they were guarantee what was taught will replay in their at home. blown away realizing their child knew and sang thoughts Monday-Saturday. some of the same worship songs that they sing Look at these verses in Psalm 145:3-7: Coming off the season of VBS you can see the impact those songs may have made not just on the child attending VBS but their whole family. Behind each of those precious children is a family, filled with brothers and sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and Mom and Dad. The harvest is ripe. With each child that goes home from your church singing the songs they learned they are able to proclaim the Gospel to those in their life. Imagine the conversations that can be started: a discussion here, a memory there. A verse shared, a Bible story retold. The songs you sing help plant the messages of God’s everlasting love into those kids and their families. Lord, you are great. You are really when you consider the fact that you can make a playlist on Spotify and Apple music of the songs you are doing in your ministry. This those universal hits (We Believe, Good Good Father, Who You Say I Am) that cross both worthy of praise. No one can completely understand age and denominational lines is important. Having your kids sing songs that your adult how great you are. Parents will praise your works to congregation also sings will help generations connect with each other. Find ways to their children. They will tell about your mighty encourage and equip parents to be the spiritual leaders in their family like what we see in Psalm acts. They will speak about your glorious 22:27-28, 30-31 says: “From the four corners of the earth people are majesty. I will spend time thinking about coming to their senses, are running back to God. Long-lost families are falling on their faces your miracles. They will speak about the powerful and wonderful things you do. I will talk about the great things you before him… Our children and their children will get in on this as the word is passed along from parent to child. Babies not yet conceived will hear the good news — that God does what he have done. We are living in some fantastic modern times in “big church”. That’s why singing some of They will celebrate your great says.” (MSG) goodness. They will sing with joy about your Make the message stick. It’s as simple as helping the songs you sing get played again holy acts. playlist could change monthly, quarterly or and again. Build a playlist and share it with beyond. You can share and link to this resource I love how these verses show us the importance families. You can help the scripture you’ve absolutely free. No need to license songs and of parents teaching and showing their kids how planted in their hearts to get watered so it takes masters to make your own CD mixtape. No to worship. If you are a parent then think about root and grows. need to have CD’s copied or even buy CD’s in that and start demonstrating this to your own bulk to giveaway. Creating and sharing playlists kids at home. But, even in this ministry we are allows you to send the music you’re singing in doing to lead kids in worship we are spiritual class home with the kids and families in your parents to the kids in this ministry. I believe congregation so they can play it again and if we take this instruction from Psalm 145 to again. The music as it’s played helps reinforce heart your kid’s ministry worship can go to new the messages you’re teaching. As families places you’ve never been. Be an example in gather in their cars and listen as they go from all you do: words and deed. Show and teach home to school to the store to soccer on the others how to worship the living and true God roads of life, you are helping parents to live out that we serve. Deuteronomy 6:7 September 2019 Yancy Yancy is a worship leader and songwriter for kids that travels the globe doing family concerts and training worship leaders. Every week her songs are used in thousands of churches around the world. Yancy has a passion to serve the Church which is why she created “Heartbeat”, a five lesson curriculum series to teach kids the heart of worship while exploring David’s life. She lives with her husband and sons in Nashville, TN. ©2019 Yancy Ministries, Inc. YancyMinistries.com Subscribe for Free... 71

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