Resource Reviews - Music     Spring 1998

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RESOUCE REVIEWS

    Along with puppets and craft books, VBS music is one of your best resources - at a great price! I highly recommend buying all the VBS music - regardless of what VBS you utilize. It is like the puppets and craft books in that if you have them - you will use them . . . often!


Space Mission Bible Camp
Sing and Play Blast Off
Publisher - Group Publishing
$4.99 - Leaders Manual, $19.99 - Lyrics Transparencies
$9.99 - Preschool audiocassette, $10.99 - audiocassette
$12.99 - Music and Clip Art CD, $19.99 - music video

    There are 9 preschool songs and 13 elementary age songs - some of the familiar songs your kids already know like, "I Will Praise You" and "Great Is The Lord" as well as new songs written by Mary Rice Hopkins. There are lots of motions for each song to help kids remember the songs and to just have fun!

  • Favorite Features
    • excellent variety of action and worship songs
    • motions for songs
    • songs reinforce the application
    • split track music

    I highly recommend these music resources as kids and adults alike will love the songs and will be able to even better learn and remember the application because of it. Well done Group!


SonLight Island
Publisher - Gospel Light Publishing
$19.99 - reproducible cassette or CD, $4.99 - Music Songbook

    There are 11 new songs in this resource written especially for Gospel Light - several by Rob Evans. There are lots of motions for the songs and "Before All Time" has the American Sign Language for the song.

  • Favorite Features
    • reproducible
    • excellent variety of action and worship songs
    • motions for songs
    • songs reinforce application
    • split track music

    I especially like "If We Turn" as it has a powerful message that we do not need to "stay stuck in our sin . . . if we turn and come home to the Lord He will forgive us"! I highly recommend these music resources - everyone will love them and learn from them. Well done Gospel Light!


Passport to the Holy Land
Publisher - David C. Cook
$2.99 - split track CD or cassette, $5.99 - songbook

    This resource includes 6 new songs that kids and adults will like!

  • Favorite Features
    • variety of songs
    • split track
    • reinforce application

    I recommend these music resources as a good addition to your children's ministry. Nicely done David C. Cook!


God's Kids Pray - H.O.P.E. World Tour
Publisher - Augsburg Fortress
$2.49 - Songbook, $19.99 - CD, $2.29 - cassette

    This resource has 13 songs - some familiar ones your kids already know like "Standin' in the Need of Prayer" as well as new songs like "All Around The World". These songs have lots of motions and even include several in other languages - which kids should like!

  • Favorite Features
    • variety of action and worship songs
    • motions for songs
    • reinforce the application of the lessons
    • split track music
    • some songs include other languages

    I highly recommend these music resources as everyone will like and learn from them. Well done Augsburg!


Hooked on Jesus
Fishin' Mission Music
Publisher - Standard Publishing
$1.09 - songbook, $1.49 - pass-along cassette, $9.99 - cassette,
$15.99 - split-track cassette, $19.99 - split track CD,
$9.99 - music video

    There are 12 songs in this resource - some of the familiar ones your kids already know like, "I AM A 'C' " and new ones like "Hooked On Jesus" and "Beatitude Attitude".

  • Favorite Features
    • variety of songs
    • motions for songs
    • reinforce application
    • split track music

    I highly recommend these music resources as everyone will like and learn from them. Well done Standard!


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