SINGING TIME. “JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM” song visuals. Children
SONG VISUALS:
“Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam”
(Children’s Songbook, p. 60)
DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:
. 32 visuals (color/black-and-white/cue cards) pdf
. Fun Ways to Use Song Visuals pdf
USE SONG VISUALS FOR ANY LANGUAGE – Just add the words on the cue cards provided.
LYRICS & MUSIC FOR THE SONG
“JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM”
TO MAKE AND USE: Mount cue cards on the back of each poster that matches with the song verse.
FOUR WAYS TO GRAB SONG VISUALS AND SINGING
Happily
1.Jesus wants me for a sunbeam,
To shine for him each day;
In ev’ry way try to please him,
At home, at school, at play.
A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.
A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
I’ll be a sunbeam for him.
2.Jesus wants me to be loving
And kind to all I see,
Showing how pleasant and happy
His little one can be.
A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.
A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
I’ll be a sunbeam for him.
Words: Nellie Talbot
Music: Edwin O. Excell, 1851–1921
IDEAS TO PRESENT THIS SONG:
1. Talk about heaven and how “some say heaven is far away,” yet it is very close to us when we pray.
2. Talk about how Jesus gathered the children around Him and blessed them when He was in Jerusalem and also when He visited the Nephites in America.
• See: “Jesus Blesses the Nephite Children” (November 2012 Friend) – A retelling of the story of Christ blessing the Nephite children.
• See: “Jesus Christ Blesses the Children” (June 2009 Friend) – A rebus story about Jesus Christ blessing the Nephite children.
• See: Coloring page: “Jesus Christ Blesses the Little Children” (January 2013 Friend)
• See: Video: Book of Mormon Stories, “Chapter 44: Jesus Christ Blesses the Children”
3. Talk about how we can pray in our homes and in our chapels and anytime, anywhere and Heavenly Father and Jesus and the Holy Ghost can be there to guide us.
