Rev. Thoma has put together this wonderful little book to help parents and their kids understand why we do what we do in worship.
Rev. Thoma has put together this wonderful little book to help parents and their kids understand why we do what we do in worship.
This is a nice book that illustrates verbally and visually some of the symbols that a person will usually see in Church.
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soteThe droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote,And bathed every veyne in swich licour,Of which vertu engendred is the flour;Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breethInspired hath in every holt and heethThe tendre croppes, and the yonge sonneHath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne,And smale fowles maken …
“Do you want me to read it?” Before me sat half a dozen middle schoolers, watching with that wide-eyed curiosity and amazement that I know will be hidden in only a few short years. They watched and giggled and nodded their heads, some of them even cheering me on. They had already heard me read …
This hymnal is a great resource for families with children or even adults looking for a smaller liturgical resource.