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Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah CWM RHONDDA Designed

Teaching Steps Hymn Score Author and Composer

Dramatic Reading Groing in Grace, a division of

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1 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah CWM RHONDDA Designed for children in grades 1-6, contents include: Teaching Steps Hymn Score Author and Composer Information Hymn Activities Percussion Accompaniment Dramatic Reading Groing in Grace, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc groing-in-gracecom (877) Peake Road, Building 800 Macon, GA Hymn Discovery Series 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

In an age of terror alerts and insecurity, our orld can seem like a ilderness This timeless hymn conveys the same sense of urgency today as it did hen it as ritten over 260 years ago These ords are a

sent home, suggest that parents and children ork on the puzzle together Author/Composer Word Search Read the stories and solve the ord search to learn about the author and composer A Hymn/Bible Story

2 In an age of terror alerts and insecurity, our orld can seem like a ilderness This timeless hymn conveys the same sense of urgency today as it did hen it as ritten over 260 years ago These ords are a prayer for guidance and a confession of our dependence upon God in uncertain times KIDPages Use these pages: With children ho arrive early In a small learning group As a take-home page If a page is sent home, suggest that parents and children ork on the puzzle together Author/Composer Word Search Read the stories and solve the ord search to learn about the author and composer A Hymn/Bible Story Connection Have children read the story and circle the correct ords on the Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Hymn Sheet Hymn Scramble Guide children to look up the Bible passages and unscramble and match hymn ords on the Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Hymn Sheet Match the Meaning Use this page to help children learn the meaning of key ords Accompaniment Perform this chart ith Boomhackers, bells, or Orff instruments Reproduce this page for each player Bring the parts in one at a time, beginning ith the bottom tuned percussion part, then add the unpitched percussion, then the melody Dramatic Reading Enlist and rehearse to readers to present this dramatic reading before singing the hymn Author/Composer Word Search Ansers: D S R D A D U V G C O P S E L R A R H F O G W R H L Y R C J R K O D L C I O X H O W E E Y S A B U Y K R Y D T L L E O K T R L I G N O S R T K C A B E S R O H P E N V D M S E L A W S M I E V I W Q E R S S T A H D N R J G N A S C S S H E R M M H E O S C L E R K Y D F N L A G E Z S H J O Q L N L E W Y K P L U I V M E M I X G O S P E L O M Q Hymn Scramble Ansers: 1 pilgrim 2 bread of heaven 3 crystal fountain fire and cloudy pillar Meaningful Matches Ansers: barren/empty bear/carry bid/ask crystal/clear current/fast-moving ater doth/does fountain/spring of ater pilgrim/spiritual traveler pillar/upright column subside/become less selling/getting bigger tread/alk verge/edge hence/here 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

3 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 33 1 Guide me, O Thou great Je ho vah, pil grim through this 2 O pen no the crys tal foun tain, hence the heal ing 3 When I tread the verge of Jor dan, bid my anx ious bar ren land; I am eak, but Thou art might y; stream doth flo; let the fire and cloud y pil lar fears sub side: bear me through the sell ing cur rent, hold me ith Thy poer ful hand; Bread of heav en, Bread of heav en, lead me all my jour ney through; strong De liv erer, strong De liv erer, land me safe on Ca naan s side; songs of prais es, songs of prais es feed me till I ant no more, feed me till I ant no more be Thou still my strength and shield, be Thou still my strength and shield I ill ev er give to Thee, I ill ev er give to Thee WORDS: William Williams, 175; trans st 1, Peter Williams, 1771 CWM RHONDDA (Ex 13:21-22; 16:11-17; 17:1-7) MUSIC: John Hughes, 1907 Higher key, No Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

Author/Composer Word Search The highlighted ords in the stories are used in this ord search Find and

called the seet singer of Wales For forty-three years he traveled thousands of miles on horseback,

hymns has been translated into over 70 languages Williams never left his beloved Wales, but his hymn

boy in the coal mines, spending long hours opening and closing doors for miners Hughes eventually orked

deacon and song leader Hughes composed the hymn tune CWM RHONDDA, (pronounced koom rhan-tha) for a

(1717-1791) Author John Hughes (1873-1932) Composer D S R D A D U V G C O P S E L R A R H F O G W R H L

H P E N V D M S E L A W S M I E V I W Q E R S S T A H D N R J G N A S C S S H E R M M H E O S C L E R K

4 Author/Composer Word Search The highlighted ords in the stories are used in this ord search Find and circle the ords They are hidden forard, backard, up, don, or diagonally William Williams has been called the seet singer of Wales For forty-three years he traveled thousands of miles on horseback, preaching and singing the gospel in the Welsh language Williams as a poerful preacher and rote over 800 hymns has been translated into over 70 languages Williams never left his beloved Wales, but his hymn has influenced Christians all over the orld John Hughes as born in Wales By age 12, he orked as a door boy in the coal mines, spending long hours opening and closing doors for miners Hughes eventually orked his ay up to clerk for a mine in Rhondda Valley He belonged to Salem Baptist Chapel, here he as a deacon and song leader Hughes composed the hymn tune CWM RHONDDA, (pronounced koom rhan-tha) for a singing festival CWM RHONDDA means Rhondda Valley, hich as a mining valley in Wales William Williams ( ) Author John Hughes ( ) Composer D S R D A D U V G C O P S E L R A R H F O G W R H L Y R C J R K O D L C I O X H O W E E Y S A B U Y K R Y D T L L E O K T R L I G N O S R T K C A B E S R O H P E N V D M S E L A W S M I E V I W Q E R S S T A H D N R J G N A S C S S H E R M M H E O S C L E R K Y D F N L A G E Z S H J O Q L N L E W Y K P L U I V M E M I X G O S P E L O M Q 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

A Hymn/Bible Story Connection Read the story belo The red ords appear in the hymn text Find and circle them in the Hymn Sheet is based on a Bible story about Moses and the children of Israel God

that fell from the sky, as if from heaven!

5 A Hymn/Bible Story Connection Read the story belo The red ords appear in the hymn text Find and circle them in the Hymn Sheet is based on a Bible story about Moses and the children of Israel God asked Moses to lead His people out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land in Canaan Moses led God s pilgrim people through a barren land in the ilderness God fed them ith manna, a type of bread that fell from the sky, as if from heaven! God led the children ith a special cloud in the sky during the day and a pillar of fire at night One time, Moses created a fountain of crystal-clear ater by hitting a rock ith his staff The hymn compares our Christian life ith the journey of the children of Israel We are pilgrims on a faith journey ith Jesus God s Word is our Bread of heaven, and Jesus is our fountain of Living Water God s Spirit and Word guide us, just as the fire and cloudy pillar led the people in the ilderness Finally, our promised land on Canaan s side is heaven, here e ill live ith God and sing our songs of praises forever! 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

6 Unscramble each ord or phrase Find and underline the phrase in the hymn sheet Look up the Bible references to read more about the pictures Exodus 12:51 ligmirp Hymn Scramble Exodus 17:6 lytsarc natunoif dareb Exodus 16:1-16 Exodus 13:20-22 rife dolyuc fo dna ehvnae rilpal 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

1 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren

hand; Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, feed me till I ant no

verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside: bear me through

praise, songs of praises I ill ever give to Thee, I ill ever

the healing stream doth flo; let the fire and cloudy pillar

Deliverer, be Thou still my strength and shield, be Thou still

7 1 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land; I am eak, but Thou art mighty; hold me ith Thy poerful hand; Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, feed me till I ant no more, feed me till I ant no more O Thou 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside: bear me through the selling current, land me safe on Canaan s side; songs of praise, songs of praises I ill ever give to Thee, I ill ever give to Thee GuIde Me, 2 Open no the crystal fountain, hence the healing stream doth flo; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through; strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer, be Thou still my strength and shield, be Thou still my strength and shield Great Jehovah Hymn Sheet 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

8 HYMN WORD barren bear bid crystal current doth fountain pilgrim pillar subside selling tread verge Meaningful Matches Dra a line beteen the matching symbols in the columns to discover the meaning of each of the ords from "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" MEANING spiritual traveler empty clear spring of ater here does upright column alk edge ask become less carry getting bigger hence fast-moving ater 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

the melody, using Orff instruments, Choirchimes, resonator bells, or Boomhackers, and unpitched percussion instruments

9 Glockenspiel Alto Xylophone Alto Metallophone Bass Xylophone Finger Cymbals Claves Accompaniment & b & b & b & b ã ã q = 92 S Œ Ó S Œ S S S S S S Œ Ó S Œ S S S S S S Œ Ó S Œ S S S S S S Œ Ó S Œ Ó Lead children to play the patterns to accompany the melody, using Orff instruments, Choirchimes, resonator bells, or Boomhackers, and unpitched percussion instruments Orff instrument assignments are suggested Play the first to measures eight times 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

10 Dramatic Reading READER 1: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah READER 2: Guide me READER 1: Sho me Your ays, O Lord READER 2: Teach me Your paths READER 1 and 2: Guide me in Your truth, and teach me READER 1: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah READER 2: O Thou Great Jehovah READER 1: Ho great You are, O Holy Lord READER 2: There is none like You READER 1 and 2: There is no God but You READER 1: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah READER 2: Sho me READER 1: Teach me READER 2: I ill praise You forever READER 1 and 2: Songs of praises I ill ever sing to Thee 2017 Celebrating Grace, Inc All rights reserved

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