Welcome to our hymn sing!
“The Lord will command his loving kindness in the daytime,
and in the night his song shall be with me.”
Psalm 42:8
For “littles” and “young at heart”
Prayer of Thanks
(Feel free to say each line and have your child repeat
what you say or say it as you pray together.)
Thank you God for the world so sweet,
Thank you God for the food we eat,
Thank you God for the birds that sing,
Thank you God for everything! Amen
If You’re Happy and You Know It
LYRICS
- If you’re happy and you know it, say amen.
If you’re happy and you know it, say amen.
If you’re happy and you know it then your life will surely show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, say amen. - If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it then your life will surely show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. - If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it then your life will surely show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet. - If you’re happy and you know it, do all three – Amen!
If you’re happy and you know it do all three – Amen!
If you’re happy and you know it then your life will surely show it,
If you’re happy and you know it do all three- Amen!!
Repeat entire song
Holy, Holy, Holy
(1826)
And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!” – Revelation 4:8
Hymn Background:
Reginald Heber was born April 21, 1783, to a minister and his wife in an English village. After a happy childhood and a good education in the village school, he enrolled at Oxford where he excelled in poetry and became fast friends with Sir Walter Scott. Following graduation, he succeeded his father as vicar in his family’s parish, and for sixteen years he faithfully served his flock.
His love of poetry naturally gave him a keen and growing interest in hymnody. He sought to lift the literary quality of hymns, and he also dreamed of publishing a collection of high quality hymns corresponding to the church year for use by liturgical churches. But the Bishop of London wouldn’t go along with it and Heber’s plans were canceled.
He continued writing hymns for his own church and it was during the sixteen years in the obscure parish of Hodnet that Heber wrote all 57 of his hymns, including ones that encouraged missionaries to take the gospel to faraway places like Greenland and India. He felt that God was calling him to be a missionary in 1822, when at age 40, he was appointed to oversee the Church of England’s ministries in India.
Arriving in Calcutta, he set out on a 16-month tour of his diocese visiting mission stations across India. In April of 1826 while in the village of Trichinopoly, he preached to a large crowd in the hot sun, and afterward plunged into a pool of cool water. He suffered a stroke and drowned.It was after his death that his widow, finding his 57 hymns in a trunk, succeeded in publishing his Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Service of the Church Year. In this volume was this hymn based on Revelation 4:8-11 – “Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.”
Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
Holy, Holy, Holy
LYRICS:
1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
2. Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee;
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
God ever living, through eternity.
3. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Though the darkness hide thee,
Though the sinful human eye thy glory may not see;
Only thou art holy; There is none beside thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.
All My Hope On God is Founded
LYRICS
1. All my hope on God is founded, who does still my trust renew.
Safe through change and chance God guides me, ever faithful, ever true.
God unknown, God alone, seeks to claim my heart as home.
2. Human pride and earthly glory, sword and crown betray our trust;
Though with care and toil we build them, tower and temple fall to dust.
But God’s power, hour by hour, is my temple and my tower.
3. But in every time and season, out of love’s abundant store,
God sustains the whole creation fount of life forevermore.
We who share earth and air count on God’s unfailing care.
I’ve Got the Joy, Joy, Joy
LYRICS
1. I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart,
Down in my heart, down in my heart;
I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart
Down in my heart to stay.
Refrain:
And I’m so happy, so very happy,
I’ve got the love of Jesus in my heart.
And I’m so happy, so very happy,
I’ve got the love of Jesus in my heart.
2. I’ve got the love of Jesus, love of Jesus down in my heart,
Down in my heart, down in my heart;
I’ve got the love of Jesus, love of Jesus
Down in my heart to stay.
Refrain
3. I’ve got the peace that passes understanding down in my heart,
Down in my heart, down in my heart;
I’ve got the peace that passes understanding
Down in my heart to stay.
Refrain
One Comment
Oh thank you, thank you, thank you Kim. I didn’t realize “I’ve Got the Joy Joy, Joy” wasn’t in our hymnal. Thanks for finding and sharing it. I believe, through life’s challenges we need to count our blessings and be more “joy” focused. Your music helps with that.
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