Church Family Sings

by Anne E. Streaty Wimberly

The Church Family Sings is an invitation to church school teachers and leaders to explore creative uses of music in the church school. It invites them to envision and practice ways of approaching Christian Education through music. Anne Streaty Wimberly presents ways to enhance church school participats' understanding and expression of Christian faith through creative musical participation. She provides opportunities for teachers and leaders to reflect on what they are already doing, musically, in the church school and to broaden their creative expertise. She gives numerous concrete and practical approaches for developing musical activities that promote creative participation, mediate community formation and cultural affirmation, engage people in storytelling and story-listening, and foster greater knowledge of church traditions. The Church Family * Contains practical, concrete ideas for using music in the classroom * Crosses age-level boundaries; is not just for children's teachers * Includes ppractical ideas which can be used by any teacher * Helps teachers who want to use music in the classroom but do not know where to start

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Anne E. Streaty Wimberly is Outreach Programs Executive Director, Youth HOPe-Builders Academy; Co-Director, Connecting with Hope Innovation Hub, Black Millennials Initiative; Doctor of Ministry Cohort Leader; Christian Education Professor Emerita; Interdenominational Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia.