Open Our Hearts

Each track on this CD is designed to lead the children through a period of meditation from beginning to end. The meditators listen to the music and scripture, join in the song and the mantra and continue repeating this sacred word silently throughout the timed silence which begins after the sounding of three chimes. Similarly, the chimes sound again to signal the end of the meditation. The children then join in the final song.

It is recommended that children meditate in silence for one minute for each year of chronological age, eg. 5 minutes for 5-6 year old children. This CD has 5 minutes of silent meditation period built in. Beginning meditators may need to build up to the maximum time, so you may like to start with a shorter period and increase the length of the silence over time.  To facilitate this, this CD has a 'fast finish' option.

How To Use The CD

Each track on this CD is designed to lead the children through a period of meditation from beginning to end.  The meditators listen to the music and scripture, join in the song and the mantra and continue repeating this sacred word silently throughout the timed silence which begins after the sounding of three chimes.  Similarly, the chimes sound again to signal the end of meditation.  The children then join in the final song.  Please note that in keeping with Christian Meditation tradition, the meditations on this CD begin and end with music but the actual meditation time is silent. 

CD also contains pdfs of song lyrics and sheet music of songs

CD Format
Tracks 1-6:  Music, Scripture, Song (Open Our Hearts) Mantra, Chimes, Silence, Chimes, Song (Jesus My Friend)

    Track 1    Scripture - I Will Never Forget You (Is 49:14-16)
    Track 2    Scripture - Let Your Light Shine (Matt 5:14-16)
    Track 3    Scripture - She Gave All She Had (LK 21:1-4)
    Track 4    Scripture - The Spirit Prays For Us (Rom 8:26-27)
    Track 5    Scripture - Let the Children Come (Mark 10:13-16)
    Track 6    Scripture - It Was Very God (Based on Gen 1)
    Track 7:  Instrumental music for you to choose your own scripture
   Track 8:  Is the 'Fast Finish' option. To shorten the period of silence, simply select this track when necessary. The chimes will sound to bring the silence to an end and the final song will play.

Listen to the below audio sample of Track 1.