Object: Write out some sentences in which you greet the children of your congregation by reading to them a melody which you simply make up as you go along.

(The following is a sample of what you might use after the children are seated, and before you address them in song.) "Good morning children of St. Mark Church, and may God bless you on such a beautiful day. I thank the Lord for your joy and love which he gave you to share with your mothers and fathers and all of your friends. I praise God for our beautiful place to worship and for all of his gifts of food and energy and sunlight and rain. I pray to Jesus that we will have a wonderful time together this morning, and that the Spirit of God will go with you all this day so that your happiness will be a blessing to all that meet you where…