Monday, December 15, 2008

Away in a Manger Update


Recently, I wrote about the preschoolers here knowing all the words to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" but none of the words to "Away in a Manger." (click here to read it)

Well, here is a happy update:

Last week, one of our preschool classes went "Christmas Caroling" to the offices around the church building. When they got to my office and kind of clumped around my door, their teacher said, "Are you ready to sing the special song we learned for Pastor Andy?"

"Ye-e-e-e-s," they said in that drawn-out way that little kids do when they are saying something all together. They were very excited. Some of them were actually hopping up and down!

And then they sang for me ... you guessed it ... the first verse of "Away in a Manger."

It was wonderful. I was very moved, both by the kids singing and by the thoughtfulness of the teachers, Liza and Debbie, who had heard my comment the week before and made it a point to take the time to teach their kids Away in a Manger. It was such a beautiful gesture, not soon forgotten.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dare I say, "Priceless"!

Merry Christmas!

Joseph

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful gift! And what a great learning experience for the kids - that the best gifts come from the heart.

Diana

Anonymous said...

Yes, but which tune: Mueller or Cradle Song? Much more impressive if it was Cradle Song...

DogBlogger said...

Awwww.... that is so cool!