DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY SONGS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR A YOUTH PRAISE TEAM? THEIR AGES RANGE FROM 8 TO 16. I NEED SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF EASY TO TEACH AND REALLY GET SERVICE OFF TO A GOOD START.
Here’s a list of praise and worship songs that are appropriate for a
children's/youth choir to sing that I know of (if I think of any more, I'll post them)
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The lyrics to many of these can be found at:
~ Black Gospel Lyrics Ministry I
http://disc.server.com/Indices/190185.html************************************
And a few of the chords to these songs can be found on the songlist here and also at:
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http://www.earnestandroline.com/music.html*************************************
You can purchase sheet music to several children's / youth choir songs at
http://www.ntimemusic.comhttp://www.dekays.comhttp://www.sheetmusicplus.com *****************************************
Many of these songs you can request from your local gospel radio station, purchase the albums, or download them from Kazaa (I recommend Kazaalite - it has no pop-up ads, and no spyware).
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Here's an url link to a praise and worship article that Joe Pace wrote that details what praise and worship is about and how to prepare yourself, your praise team, and the congregation for it:
http://www.joepace.org/gospelindustryarticle.html ******************************************
~ “Thank You Lord” (Mississippi Children’s Choir)
~ “Anybody Here” (Deitrick Haddon & Unity of Praise)
~ "How Excellent" (Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago -- not the same as "Perfect Praise" this is from the album, "Growing Up" )
~ “El Shaddai” (Rodney Posey)
~ “We Worship Thee” (Gary Mayes & Nu Era)
~ “Holy Lord” (Danny Eason & The Abundant Life Youth Crusade Choir)
~ “My Everything” (G.M.W.A. Youth Mass Choir)
~ “Emmanuel” (Norman Hutchins)
~ “God of Mercy” (Inner City Mass Choir)
~ “All We Have” (Mississippi Children’s Choir)
~ “Yes To Your Will” (T.M. Mass Youth Choir)
~ “This Is Your Hour” (T.M. Mass Youth Choir)
~ “Worship The Lord” (G.M.W.A. Youth Mass Choir)
~ “I Will Not Be Afraid Anymore” (National Youth N Praise Mass Choir)
~ “Enter His Gates” (National Youth N Praise Mass Choir)
~ “I’m Holding On” (National Youth N Praise Mass Choir)
~ “Psalms 34” (Youth For Christ)
~ “We Worship You Oh Lord" (Youth For Christ)
~ "I Just Want To Thank You" (Youth For Christ)
~ “Come Thou Almighty King” (Timothy Wright)
~ “Lord You Are Good” (Israel & New Breed)
~ “Lift The Savior Up” (Olanda Draper and Joe Pace)
~ “Worthy To Be Praised” (G.M.W.A. Youth Mass Choir)
~ “I Will Dwell” (G.M.W.A. Youth Mass Choir)
~ “This Is The Day” (Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago)
~ “Lift The Savior Up” (GMWA Youth Mas Choir)
~ “Hosanna” (Kirk Franklin)
~ "Who Is Like The Lord" (Israel & New Breed)
~ “In The Sanctuary” (Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers)
~ “Victory Chant” (Donnie McClurkin & Shout Praises Kids Gospel)
~ “Lord I Lift Your Name On High” (Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago)
~ “Shabach” (Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago)
~ "Let Us Go Into The House" (Joe Pace)
~ "This Is The Day" (Joe Pace)
~ "Highest Praise" (Joe Pace)
~ "Just Want To Praise You" (Maurette Brwon-Clark)
~ "I Love You Lord" (Sandtown)
~ "Come On Zion" (Bishop Larry Trotter)
~ "I Love You (Lord Today)" (Edwin Hawkins & Wal Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago)
~ "We've Got The Victory" (Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir)
~ "Oh Lord We Praise You" (Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir)
~ "This Is The Day" (Traditional)
~ "I Will Enter His Gates/ He Has Made Me Glad" (Traditional)
~ "Oh How I Love Jesus" (hymn)
~ "Praise Him All Ye Little Children" (hymn)
~ "Praise Him" (is goes, praise Him (2x), praise him in the morning, praise Him in the noon day...ect.)
~ You might want to check out albums by Tyscot Gospel Kids Presents
(there's many volumes, but there are pretty good songs that have been revamped to appeal to a kid's choir,
my recommendations are: "Sunday Praise", "Action Songs", "Worship Songs". Many of the songs are geared towards ages 3-9, but a few of the songs can be sung by a youth choir..plus each album comes with a a split trax).
~ You might also want to check out the albums, "Shout Praises Kids Gosepl Vol. 1 & 2" great praise and worship songs on there, many are taken from popular gospel songs out today, and there's a split trax available.
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Here's a list of albums (the name of the album are below the artists) that have great songs for a children's / youth choir (some may be out-of-print or hard to find):
~ Mississippi Children's Choir
* "Children of The King"
* "A New Creation"
* "When All Of God's Children Get Together"
~ Youth For Christ
* "Higher"
~ T.M. Mass Youth Choir
* "There's Not A Friend"
* "Send Your Annointing"
* "He's Been Good"
~ GMWA Youth Mass Choir
* "Win The World For Christ"
* "I Never Shall Forget"
* "Come Bless The Lord"
* "Lift The Savior Up"
* "Live From Philidelphia"
* "Live From New Orleans 2000"
* "New Orleans 2000" (a different album than the one listed above)
* " Live From Minneapolis"
* "The Best Of GMWA Youth Mass Choir Vol. 1"
~ Walt Whitman & The Soul Children of Chicago
* "Live From The Opera House"
* "We Are One"
* "Live and Blessed"
* "This Is The Day"
* "Growing Up"
* "Generation X"
~ National Youth N Praise Mass Choir
* "National Youth N Praise Mass Choir"
~ Cathedral Children's Choir
(you can buy the cd and sheet music from ntimemusic.com )
~ Danny Eason & The Abundant Youth Cathedral Crusade Choir
* "A New Beginning" (I think that's the title)
~ Arizona Youth Mass Choir
* "Eddie James Presents: Arizona Youth Mass Choir"
~ Tyscot Gospel Kids Presents
~ Shout Praises Kids Gospel
* "Shout Praises Kids Gospel Vol. 1"
* "Shout Praises Kids Gospel Vol. 2"
that's all that I can think of at the moment.
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Here's a list of online retailers that you can check to see if these albums are availabe:
* Amazon.com
* BN.com
* Walmart.com
* Bestbuy.com
* Circuitcity.com
* Bizrate.com
Hope that all this information helps you.
