The Whole Thing

If you have the time, be sure and watch this (it's 30 minutes). I can guarantee you'll be entertained! The post before this one goes into a little more detail describing it. This unit in our curriculum is about understanding the Old and New Testaments. The objective is that the students will be able to give a one or two sentence description of each testament and how they fit together. Our hope with this song is that we'll be able to record it and then use it from week to week to help the kids get it down. What I love about the song Rocky created is that he used so many songs that are relevant to the kids for the tunes... Sponge Bob Square Pants, Dora the Explorer, The Little Mermaid, and so many more. Not to mention several only the adults would recognize!


The Old Testament in Song from Morning Star Church on Vimeo.

The Old Testament in Song--Short Version

This Sunday was a large group week. We asked Rocky Wing (who was once the 2nd-5th grade director and now is one of our worship pastors) to teach the entire Old Testament. Jared had already done all the research and gave him an outline. We thought a song would be a good method for teaching, so the kids would retain it well. We also gave him the Animaniac's song about the presidents for inspiration. This is the short version of what he came up with. I'll post the full version a little later (as soon as it's done uploading). Enjoy!

In Their Own Words

This weekend and next our church is taking an offering to help pay for the installation costs for our new modular units. Our executive staff thought a good way to help people understand what their money was supporting would be to show some testimonies of our fourth and fifth graders. I had a blast interviewing the kids--I wish we could have used every clip!


Bridge 45 - In Their Own Words from Morning Star Church on Vimeo.