Last week the counselor and I met to discuss the music for the program. I am a firm believer, that inspiration comes when you ask for it....especially when it comes to the primary program. This is the culmination of hard work for almost a year! The children and the leaders and the presidency have all taught the children the concepts and I have taught them the songs.
Heavenly Father wants us to be successful with this! He wants the parents to feel the spirit, to be enlightened and to have the children feel the spirit also. He wants us to have our hearts touched!
We said a prayer and then started talking about the concepts. Then we laughed and discussed and cried. The spirit was so strong!
I love what we are doing this year. (For that matter, I loved what we did last year and the year before....but, I digress!) We are taking parts of the talks children gave and having them repeat certain sections. It won't be by classes necessarily this year. It's brilliant and it is working for our primary program! The music just flowed...the inspiration came.
One talk, in particular, a boy talks about how his mom sang "I know my Father Lives" to his brother. As he speaks, his father will begin to play (amazing pianist!) and his mother ( an amazing singer) will begin to softly sing the song.
We have several young children who are great singers. They are going to sing a song together. I am really excited about them singing! They are amazing!
I will have a child play one of the songs while the children sing. I will have my son play the flute again. I will have my other son play the cello and we will have a violinist. I will cry as those sweet little voices use sign language and words to sing their testimonies.
I am lucky, as I have until November for our primary program. Plenty of time to get ourselves ready, right?!?!?!? Is there ever enough time?
Anyway, for those of you getting ready....good luck! For those of you done....congrats and relax!
OH Jenna, I wanted to do sooooo much more with mine. All I did was hurry and finish it so it was simple enouph for a new president to understand. I am excited about a few parts though. Sounds like your will be amazing! Wish I could be there for it!
ReplyDeleteI don't care who you are, I'm pretty sure that everyone would agree that the Primary programs are the highlight of the year. It sounds like yours will be spectacular. Prepared with the spirit and shared by the kiddos - you can't get much better than that. I wish I could be there for it too!
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