The Gift of Our Friends
from The Gift of Our Friends
from The Gift of Our Friends
from The Gift of Our Friends
from The Gift of Our Friends
With songs for the entire liturgical year, school year and devotional milestones like first Communion, this collection from Jack Miffleton delivers a collection of songs dedicated to helping young souls take those important early steps in their walk with Christ. These songs are a gift to all who minister to children and will prove valuable for prayer, faith formation classes, youth liturgy, assemblies or really any time children gather to sing and pray.
Reflective of the different developmental stages in a child’s life, this collection of songs includes simple, repetitive, playful songs for younger audiences as well as more traditional, challenging songs for early adolescents. Influences include children’s prayers from Africa, England, Japan and Israel, while several songs also feature Scripture-based texts. Highlights include “Jambo, Yesu!,” a call and response-type song based on an African prayer; sung meal blessings for every season of the year and “Hurt No Living Thing,” which is based on a poem by the great English poet Christina Rossetti.