Every Sunday morning when the sermon begins, I duck out of the sanctuary, walk down the hall to the nursery, and start singing.
It’s just a few minutes with toddlers, preschoolers, and their teachers, but we’re doing something important.
We’re worshiping God together as a faith family, both young and old. And we’re learning, from the youngest age, that church is a place to sing with each other.
Even with kids who aren’t quite old enough to find their singing voices, we’re still worshipping God, and we’re still learning that church is a singing place.
Something happened a few weeks ago that really bought home why I sing with the little kids – even on Sundays when not one child is old enough to sing along.
One of the toddlers kept looking at me, clearly wanting a specific song.
I tried “Jesus Loves Me” – nope, that wasn’t it.
Then I tried “Hallelu-Hallelu-Hallelujah (Praise Ye the Lord).” His face lit up and he moved his body to the song.
“More!” he asked, using the sign language that so many parents these days teach their little ones. “More! More!”
So we sang the song again and again (and again!), praising God together with our voices, our bodies, our hearts.
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