Christmas Musicals for Church
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1 FOREWORD Something's Fishy! is a flexible collection of children's songs that can be used separately or together as a 20-minute musical about God's great big world. If performed as a musical, the rhyming dialog can be spoken by as few or as many voices as you desire, or may be used as spoken introductions to the songs when used individually. Ruth Elaine Schram is a veteran writer of music for adult, youth, and children's voices for church, school, and more. Her zest for life, sense of humor, outstanding musicianship, and endless fountain of creativity springs from her deep and abiding faith and love of people. This new collection is yet another reflection of her fresh and childlike interest in God's great big world, and her desire to share it with young minds and many more. -The Publisher DISCUSSION TOPICS Use these "starter questions" for discussions about each song during rehearsals to deepen your children's choir's understanding and experience as they learn and perform the songs contained in this collection. Something Fishy's Going On 1. Have you ever been to the ocean? Did you see any sea creatures in the water or on the beach? 2. Have you ever been snorkeling or scuba diving? What sea creatures did you see? 3. Have you ever been in a glass-bottom boat or submarine? What interesting sea creatures did you see? 4. If you could design a new sea creature, what would it look like? What would it do? What would its purpose be? So Big 1. Have you ever looked through a telescope? What did you see? 2. Have you ever gone fishing / deep sea fishing? 3. How many planets can you name / identify? Constellations? 4. Do you know any verses in the Bible that talk about space or the objects we find in space? (Gen. 1:1, Gen. 1:14-19; Ps. 8:3-4; Ps. 104:1-3; Ps. 121:2; Ps. 136:1-9; Ps. 148:1-5, and many more) Seeds and Soil and Such 1. This parable is found in Matthew 13:1 - 23. Have you read, heard, or studied this parable before? 2. Do you know what the fruits of the Spirit are? (Gal. 5:22-23; love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.) 3. Have you ever grown a seed into a plant or helped tend a garden? What is involved in making something grow and keeping it healthy? 4. How can we use the example of sowing seeds and growing fruits in our spiritual lives? Whatever the Weather 1. Do thunderstorms scare you? What do you do when a storm comes? How do you stay safe? 2. What does it mean that God is in control? What scripture verses can we find that assure us God is in control, no matter what happens? (Ps. 46:1-3; Rom. 8:28; Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 41:10) 3. What is your favorite season and why? 4. Would our world be the same without the change of seasons? What would it be like? What does the change of seasons do for the planet? Could we survive without them? Birds and Bugs, Worms and Slugs 1. What is your favorite animal or creature that God created / designed? 2. What is your least favorite creature that God created / designed? Can you think of a purpose it might have? 3. What Bible verses refer to our value from God's perspective? (Ps. 8:5-8; James 1:18; Gen. 1:26-27) 4. God created the world to live in harmony. How can we help take care of God's world and God's creatures? For Preview Only