This is one of my very favorites. I can hardly wait to do this with the children. The hardest part of the song is learning and remembering the words "apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists and so forth" so I made this the fastest part of the song. You may have to start slowly to learn the rhythm of those words but by having to learn it really fast, the children will have those words embedded in their brains.
Start by reminding the children what a scale is. Sing the C scale. Then show them how the melody begins by climbing up that scale. Then demonstrate the actions by walking your hands on your lap. As they sing the first line they will "walk" their hands on their laps, keeping the beat with the "half note", ie; we - lieve - same - za - ist - prim - church. By going upward very slowly you accentuate the fun of going downward quickly. On the word "namely" you do a drum roll on your lap. Then you sing that last sentence by patting your lap as if you were running with the words. You are actually keeping the beat with the eighth notes as you do this. This is the part that eventually you want to be able to do as quickly as you can.
The optional way to do this is to just stand as you sing the first line. Slowly walk the half notes as you sing the first line. Then do a drum roll on their legs as they sing "namely". Then on the last line they lightly "jog" along with the eight notes as they sing that last line. You can do an ending on "and so forth" just like you did in the Fifth Article of Faith Song.
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