I LOVE PRIMARY!! I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I just absolutely 100% adore primary. I love the kids, the lessons and the music!
It was my turn for Sharing Time today which meant I got to sit up front facing all the kids for the entire time. This is really a treat because I can make eye contact with them, see them interact with their teachers and the other kids in their classes and I get to see their faces light up as they sing.
I often get choked up when we sing songs in primary because the Spirit is so strong there. Today we had a man from our ward substituting one of the classes and I watched him get red-eyed and teary over and over again as we sang today. It must have been such a treat for him to be in there with us today to feel the Spirit and hear those words. It was just plain sweet.
**Do you get choked up when you sing at church?
Do you love primary?
Thoughts??**
Do you love primary?
Thoughts??**
21 comments:
I love the song If the Savior Stood Beside Me. It gives me goose bumps. Its message is so powerful, that I had our young women work on learning it for a month.
I taught the pre-K age group for Sunday School the three years we lived in Texas and I choked up all the time - their honesty, their inquisitiveness - I love it all about that age group!
I love that you have free reign to document the goodness that is Primary! And I love how much you love it -- you are obviously meant to be in Primary now. I love it as well. The best thing about being Primary pianist was being in front of the kids all the time and able to observe their faces and interactions with each other and their teachers. I would frequently get chills as I played. You're right, there is nothing like singing in Primary!
i love primary. i love hearing those kids sing. i truly do miss being with primary kids on sunday. those are the things we remember as we grow up- the songs we learn, the testimonies of our leaders, but most of all, the love we felt. i am so incredibly grateful for my primary leaders when i was a kid and SOOO thankful for the ones kellen has.
I do love Primary...however, I have a huge class this year and it is wearing me out! Singing time is the best!
Funny story, a boy in my class just found out who his school teacher was, and thought it was me (same last name) and he was so excited about it, until his parents told him it was a different Brown. Made my day that he likes me that much, he'd be excited to have me for his school teacher too. :)
I MISS PRIMARY!!! I was shocked to discover how much I loved being a Primary teacher because I am much more naturally skilled at relating to jr. high & high school kids. I am currently in Young Women and when they practice their song, which they'll sing in Sacrament mtg. next week, I get teary-eyed. Any traces of silliness and obnoxiousness disappear when they sing and their valiant spirits just SHINE.
Sunday is a good day :)
I have always been scared of being called to primary. Seeing it through your eyes has changed my perspective.
I LOVE Primary too! I'm not working in Primary at the moment, but wish they would let me just sit in on sharing time--without thinking I'm weird. The song "If the Savior Stood Beside Me" is definitely a favorite for me. My little boy told me about this song that he loves to sing in Primary and asked me to find it for him on the cd the Primary had given us---so we could listen to it in the car. It made me cry to hear it. So beautiful---and I love that my children love it and feel the spirit when they sing it. There's nothing quite like Primary. I'm so thankful for it.
I love the primary so much too! I love the things that I learn from those kids. Everything is just so simple and easy. Sometimes we forget that the Gospel is so simple. Its nice to have those kids remind us of that.
I get completely choked up by the primary songs. I was the primary president the whole 5 years we were trying to get pregnant with Evie, and those songs just tore at my heartstrings, and brough so so much comfort. Tears would stream down my cheeks on the good days, and on the other days, I would have to leave the room and break out into an "ugly cry".
I think the slide show idea is GENIUS! Kids love to see pictures of themselves, this is a great idea!
I LOVE primary! I feel so spiritually uplifted every week. Some days can be wild and crazy, but consistently, I will feel the Spirit and tear up sometime during primary. It's the best place to be!!!! This slideshow idea has got me thinking.
I don't want to say I was reluctant to go back to primary because I really do love it, but the first week back was definitely a transition. Now of course I know why I'm there. I love it and the kids, and yes I always get chocked up singing the songs.
Wow your program is early. I don't think ours is for another month or so.
I love that you enjoy primary so much. There is definitly a special spirit there and hearing the kids sing chokes me up all the time (esp. "If the Savior Stood Beside Me". I can't even sing that one, it makes me too emotional.
Having leaders in primary who LOVE it, is so important!! We are dealing with teachers who just don't have their hearts in it and it is so frustrating. It makes me sad for the kids. Our primary needs more people with your attitude!! I love it!
Oh- how I miss Primary! It is such a treat when the practice song in RS is a primary one!
Yes, I love primary. I was in there for about 8 years. Now I'm in YW and love that, too. I guess you just love where ever the Lord puts you, huh? I love that the church is the same where ever you go, too!
It seems so weird to have the camera at church.
I love the primary songs and hymns. I get choked up all the time.
I am freaking out because I have to do sharing time in 2 weeks! I haven't done one in years! Since you love it so much why don't you come and do mine? Plus I think you would enjoy doing it more than me.
That is so sweet about the man getting teary eyed all through primary. So cute.
Ohhhhh...Primary Music! Some of my most tender spiritual experiences are associated with the beautiful music of Primary. Sweet, beautiful music touches the sould like nothing else can.
I remember the first day I heard children singing "We Are As The Armies of Helaman..." I still get chills just thinking about the words.
My favorite calling in Primary is Chorister!!!
You are blessed to be in Primary and your Primary is blessed to have YOU.
The best places to serve are Primary and/or Young Women, hands down!
It took me awhile to love Primary. I've been in the presidency since May and well the first month I think I had to wrong attitude and just missed RS so much. But since I changed my attitude I love it. I get so much out of it every week. I had to do sharing time this week too, it was fun.
I love primary music the kids are so sweet.
I was in primary for years and loved learning all those songs with the kids. There are just those times when they sing with such spirit that it does bring tears to your eyes.
I'm in RS now which has been a nice change for me..sometimes I can hear the primary kids singing though and it just tugs at my heart.
primary sounds sooo foreign to me. I don't think I ever went, and when I did, I was too young to remember... SO I don't know....but you are awesome.
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