Children’s Worship Music

There’s a lot of music out there, but it always feels like a challenge to find songs that your kids will actually sing along with. Lots of people have different purposes when selecting music. My purpose is simple. I want kids to worship Jesus. Worship can be fast and jumpy or worship can be soft and slow, but I just want kids to worship. Heres the criteria I use when selecting songs: 1. Simple words: if your

Sunday School began in the 1700’s and has been an integral part of childhood ever since. At the beginning of this movement, poor children with no education learned how to read at church schools on Sundays. Of course, Sunday’s schooling centered on religious education and over time, it became the primary crux of the church’s Sunday functions. One important evolution of this movement was the development of Sunday School songs. These tunes were useful for reinforcing Bible

It’s been about three weeks since I asked readers to pick the most important hymns we should be teaching to the next generation. There was so many good suggestions from Facebook that I launched a poll here on the website to sort out the best. The results have been steadily coming in and a consensus is growing. Click here if you still want to participate in that selection. Here are the clear front runners as chosen by

This past fall, the group Go Fish released their 6th album for kids.  The name of the album is Kickin’ It Old School, and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it.   As soon as I downloaded it from ITunes, I knew I wasn’t going to be disappointed. The general idea for this album was to take old classic hymns and refashion the music into something kids and parents today would enjoy listening to it.  Added

Last week I posted a question on Facebook about your favorite classic hymns. The idea was to find out which of these songs are most important to pass on to the next generation. It was a spirited conversation and readers named nearly 50 different songs! There were some clear leaders, but I didn’t have enough of a consensus for the post I wanted to write.  This post is your chance to settle the question. Please vote below

I had high expectations when I first heard about the Easter DVD collection from God’s Kids Worship. So far, everything they’ve sent me has been very impressive. In fact, their modern worship kids music has become my default music for kids church. After previewing the Big Basket of Easter Songs, my respect for Bob Singleton has only grown. This DVD is really going to help kids ministry leaders. It’s the easiest way yet to provide an excellent

If you have been following on their Facebook page, you know that Seeds Family Worship is now recording their 6th CD titled “Seeds of Courage.” This is an exciting new collection of character songs that point back to Jesus Christ. Like all their music, the lyrics are directly from the Bible. When you pre-order this album, they are offering a cool bonus. You order now and they’ll ship you a Christmas card with a code to download the

I loved this post from Tim Challies today where he recommends some solid Christian music for kids. Among others, he lists some of my favorites. These include Seeds Family Worship and Sovereign Grace Music. Some Christian Music Is Not Good What makes his post so great is the example of bad worship music. I’ll just post the video and let you say what’s wrong with this song. Click here to leave a comment. Now, I don’t want to

Last summer, we did a VBS program from the Go Fish Guys at my church. It was a great experience and we enjoyed the music that went along with it. One of my favorites was a song called the Ten Commandment Boogie. It’s part of our large selection of free resources that teach the 10 commandments for kids. It’s basically a kid friendly paraphrase of the 10 commandments in song form. This is a version of the ten

I am a big fan of music.  I do have one criteria when it comes to the music I choose to listen to though – it has to be good.  That criteria applies to my kids’ music as well.  If they want to listen to bad music when they are by themselves, that’s fine.  But, if we’re all going to listen to it together, it has to be good.    I love to listen to music of all

You’ve probably heard the saying, “He couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.” Well, I’m here to tell you that I’m not even qualified to carry the bucket.  I have a child with a similar lack of musical giftedness though, so I can still understand how my Heavenly Father can enjoy listening to me sing even when it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me. I have another son who, although young, definitely seems to have

I’ve been a fan of the Sovereign Grace kids music for a few years and really enjoyed their first and second CDs. In fact, we used some of the songs for the worship music in our kids ministry programs. We’ve also handed them out as family worship resources for parents. So, I was excited today to get an email about their latest project. It’s called “Walking with the Wise” and contains 13 songs inspired by the book

Here is a collection of simple songs for children that talk about families. We first uploaded these to use with our Bible Lessons about Joseph and his family. These might be especially helpful for preschool Sunday school songs. These songs were collected from several sources around the Internet. If you have another to share leave it in the comment section below. You can [print_link] this page directly or download these songs as a PDF file. God Made Families

Here are several simple songs about God’s creation that children can sing at church. They can be used with a Sunday School lesson about creation or in children’s church. These might be especially helpful for preschool Sunday school songs. These songs were collected from several sources around the Internet. If you have another to share leave it in the comment section below. God Made Me and All of You sing to the tune of “London Bridge” God

I’ve listened to quite a selection of Scripture cd’s over the past 30 years, but haven’t found any I like better than the Hide the Word cd’s put out by Mark Altrogge, senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Indiana, Pennsylvania and writer of such great songs for worship as “I Stand in Awe” and “I’m Forever Grateful.” From Mark’s Forever Grateful Music website: “Hide the Word combines the power of music with the power of repetition