Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), Gissela Kroll & Nicole Levoy & Ashlyn Levoy
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015035A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people. 01:06 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today. 01:09 Thank you for joining us as you do each and everyday. 01:12 Thank you for your love and your prayers 01:14 and financial support of 3ABN, 01:16 as we endeavor to take this great gospel 01:19 of the kingdom into all the world. 01:21 Today we have a special treat. 01:23 Now I like doing interviews, 01:25 as many of you know and I hope I do, 01:26 because I have done over ten thousand of them. 01:28 But some of them are special. Today is going to be special. 01:31 I'll tell you why, 01:32 because we have some young people with us. 01:34 They don't mind being called kids. 01:36 Sometimes people say, you shouldn't call older folk. 01:39 They don't like the word kids, they are children. 01:41 But you know what? 01:42 We have a choir today. Kids in Tune, and I love it. 01:46 Wonderful choir, we are going to meet the director, 01:48 some of the parents, some of the children singing 01:51 and so this is going to be a great day. 01:53 Call your friends, your enemies, everybody, 01:54 tell them to tune in to 3ABN Today. 01:56 God has something special just for you 01:59 and for your neighbors all around the world. 02:02 Thank you for tuning in 02:04 from literally around the world. 02:06 God bless you. 02:07 Today, we have a special guest. 02:09 Speaking from around the world, I brought that up for a reason, 02:12 originally from the great nation of Brazil. 02:16 We have Gissela Kroll right? Yes. 02:19 And tell us a little bit, 02:20 where you are from originally in Brazil. 02:23 I am from the south of Brazil, a city called Porto Alegre. 02:26 I was born and raised there and moved to the States 02:30 when I was 19 years old, 02:32 which was just a couple of weeks ago. 02:34 All right. 02:35 Well I'll believe it, if you want me to. 02:37 It's fine with me, 02:38 but, you are the choir director of the choir. 02:42 And where is your choir located? 02:45 Nashville, Tennessee. 02:46 We are from the Madison Campus Church. 02:48 Okay. 02:49 That's my daughter and her family 02:51 they are a home church now. 02:52 They live in Hindersonville, 02:53 my daughter Melody and some of the kids attended 02:56 the Madison School there. 02:59 Great school and even academy, I think last year. 03:02 So that's a great place, 03:04 it's a great church, great environment. 03:06 But you have some guests. 03:07 What I am going to do, 03:08 instead of me introducing the guests. 03:10 I'm going to have you introduce them. 03:11 Okay. 03:12 I have right by me Ashlyn Levoy 03:15 and her mom or sister you would say Nicole Levoy. 03:20 Ashlyn and Nicole, thank you for being in. 03:23 Now you're all originally from Nashville area? 03:26 We are from that area, yes. 03:28 Okay, good. Now you sing in the choir. 03:31 Are you now the older choir 03:33 that's called Teens in Tune, right? 03:36 We like that for sure. 03:37 So we're going to find out about the choir 03:39 and then you're going to get 03:41 to hear them sing in just a little bit, 03:42 but we want to find out a little bit more about them. 03:44 What prompted you to start a church choir? 03:48 I know schools have choirs and all of that, 03:50 but why a church choir? 03:54 Not in a million years I thought 03:56 that I would conduct a Church kids' choir. 03:59 I love kids but I never thought about a kids' choir. 04:02 I have done music myself, you know, 04:05 since I was a little girl and choirs and groups 04:08 had quite extensive recording opportunity 04:12 and live opportunity and it was really something 04:19 that I have always done 04:20 and I have been passionate about. 04:22 When I think about it, 04:24 I think music is what kept me out of trouble 04:28 and it has kept me close to Christ. 04:31 And I've developed a true passion 04:34 for worshipping Him and sharing my heart out 04:38 in the Gospel with everyone through music. 04:41 So I'm in Nashville now, 04:43 I moved from Brazil to California 04:45 and then to Nashville and got married. 04:47 You haven't picked up that accent yet. 04:49 Oh, I know. 04:52 I was now married and thinking about starting a family 04:55 and thought to myself, 04:58 what is it that has kept me doing music at church 05:04 and wanting to worship God through my music, 05:06 and has kept me passionate about Him 05:09 and well it's music but I started 05:12 when I was nine years old in a kids choir 05:15 and that's how it began for me and I wanted to give the kids 05:19 from my church and my own children 05:21 that same opportunity, 05:23 to have a children's choir to be a part of 05:25 and teach them to worship God, and how awesome it is, 05:30 through music at an early age. 05:34 We started the choir with about 25 people, 05:39 25 kids and we grew. 05:43 We have a picture of our first performance 05:45 right there. 05:46 Ashlyn is over there, 05:47 she is about six years old or so, 05:51 and we every year we have grown, 05:56 and we are now at almost 80 children. 06:00 Wow, that's great. 06:02 But the ages, like, 06:04 the ages for the choir are four to twelve 06:07 and I didn't want to let them go 06:09 'cause they were turning twelve and they had always been there 06:13 so we created Teens in Tune 06:15 which is just a smaller version of the choir 06:20 so that they could continue to be in the choir until they, 06:23 or after high school. 06:26 And, I honestly can tell you that 06:29 my dream for my children and all these kids 06:33 from the choir is that, 06:36 they will have the words that they sing engraved 06:39 in their hearts, and carry it through their whole lives 06:43 and who knows maybe when they are an adult 06:45 they will have a children's choir 06:47 in their own church and continue the cycle. 06:50 Absolutely, and I think what you just said 06:52 so important is what we put in right now, 06:55 because the social media, 06:56 especially in the last 10-15 years 06:59 our children are exposed to so much more 07:02 than they would have been when we were. 07:04 And I am much older than you, 07:06 but even your generation, mom over here on the end. 07:10 Natalie, you know, 07:12 Ashlyn is exposed to a lot more stuff 07:14 so it's important that we as Christians 07:17 present Jesus to our kids and, 07:21 so that they get really experience 07:24 the love of Jesus Christ. 07:26 This does it, it draws people together too. 07:28 But it's not always easy somebody says, 07:30 I want to go start a choir, but it's not always that easy. 07:33 I mean you just say that people just sign up quickly to join 07:37 or did you kind of have to really promote it? 07:40 I think that because of what you said, 07:43 it became easy. 07:45 Parents were desperate for, 07:48 and they still are desperate for their children 07:50 to have the right influence, a good influence. 07:54 To have a good choice of music to listen to, 07:56 and television to, program to watch 08:00 that they jump right onboard 08:02 and I had just the right people, 08:03 the right leadership and the church support, 08:06 so it was actually easy. 08:11 And then we have Ashlyn here who has been there 08:14 from the beginning and I like to know if my goal, 08:20 if my vision is, if my dream is actually coming true. 08:26 We can ask her. 08:27 Exactly. All right. 08:28 Tell us a little bit, 08:30 how many years you have been in this choir now? 08:32 Like... 08:33 Almost eight. Yeah. 08:35 Eight years, wow. 08:36 Now you are telling me you are 19, 08:38 you must have started that at a really young age. 08:41 I know she was just kidding 08:42 but she doesn't look much older than me. 08:43 So you have been in this a number of years. 08:45 Yeah. 08:46 And how has that affected you? 08:48 I started when I was about six when it first began. 08:51 And then, I just about turned 12 08:55 and I didn't really want to leave 08:57 so we started Teens in Tune. 08:59 And so I started experimenting 09:00 with like harmonies with my friends and.... 09:03 Really. 09:04 We started singing songs for our school concerts 09:07 and then last summer, 09:09 my sister and I made our own CD. 09:12 Praise the Lord. 09:13 With our songs that we wrote 09:14 because our choir 'cause we were really shy 09:17 when we were little but then I was, 09:19 my sister wasn't. 09:22 Yeah. 09:23 That's wonderful, 09:24 so we will have to get you with Kid's Time. 09:26 I don't know if you all have sang for Miss Brandy yet 09:28 but if not we need to get that CD to her, 09:30 get you involved in Kids Time program 09:34 that we have here on 3ABN. 09:35 Nicole tell us a little bit as a mother, 09:38 you heard about the choir, were you excited 09:40 when you first heard about it or has it developed? 09:43 Your excitement and love for this, 09:45 it developed over the years? 09:47 It's definitely grown, 09:49 but I will say I was excited from the beginning, 09:52 it's great to have a ministry within your own church 09:55 where your whole family can really be involved, 09:58 and we have four children in our family 10:01 and this fall we will put her little brother 10:04 in the children's choir. 10:05 So, all of them will have gone through. 10:08 And it's such a blessing to me 10:11 because they come home and the songs that they sing 10:14 are the songs that I want to hear them singing. 10:17 And, I agree with you Gisella, 10:19 when you made the comment about 10:20 having those words engraved on their hearts, 10:22 because ultimately that is what we are battling for, 10:26 is heart's that belong to Jesus. 10:29 And, so I love that. 10:31 So this has been actually a tool for you, 10:33 it has actually been a help 10:35 and our motto has always been here at 3 ABN, 10:37 "Counteract to Counterfeit", 10:39 but to literally bring Jesus to these kids through music. 10:45 My grandchildren, young as they are, 10:47 I think Fay's seven and Jonah, eight, 10:50 I did a couple of CD's of kids songs 10:53 and I hear them singing them. 10:55 Parents say, oh, we are hearing them 10:56 up in the room singing these songs. 10:58 Well, I am like you and I'd much rather hear them 11:01 singing songs about Jesus than some songs 11:03 they have heard some entertainers in the world... 11:05 Yes. 11:06 Singing about. 11:07 So that's been a, you know, a great inspiration. 11:11 The Lord blessed you and you said, 11:13 you know what, I want to do something to help others. 11:16 And, if I could encourage our viewers today, 11:18 if each one of us, we are only here 11:20 for a short time on planet earth, 11:22 and just what Gissella has been talking about. 11:24 Something that blessed her when she was young, 11:27 she decided, you know what, 11:28 I am not going to keep this to myself. 11:30 Music has had a great impact on me, 11:31 it has drawn me closer to Jesus. 11:34 But I want to do something to help others. 11:36 We started out at 25 and now we are up to around 80. 11:39 Who knows if you come in a year or two 11:41 how many we are going to have. 11:43 We may have to have many choirs, 11:45 and start separating them. 11:46 But we are going to talk a little bit later 11:48 on about the goals and objectives 11:51 and reaching community 11:52 and in fact reaching the world because today, 11:55 literally people can watch this and you can say 11:57 hi, to your friends in Portuguese pretty soon 11:59 if you want because, or whenever you want 12:01 'cause they are watching in Brazil of course, 12:03 and around the world. 12:04 So what a great idea and I am hoping 12:07 that other folk in other churches 12:09 around the world will say, 12:10 you know what thank you for that inspiration. 12:13 We want to do something to help our young people 12:15 to keep them constantly in the line of fire for Jesus. 12:19 Yes. All right. 12:20 Keep them where the message is continually going to them. 12:25 And I love to see young people just like yourself. 12:27 How old are you now? 12:29 I'll be 14. 12:31 All right, nearly 14 years old. 12:33 So you've got a little time you can stay with the choir 12:36 but you know probably, 12:37 when you get 21 she is going to be saying, 12:39 well I think we'll extend this now, 12:41 and should the terry you'll be 40 and there will be, 12:45 well, we'll extend this choir a little bit 12:47 as we want Ashlyn to stay and be a member of it, 12:51 but what a great thing to do. 12:54 Now you have a CD and it says Kids in Tune, 12:58 Thankful. 13:00 Thankful Heart. 13:01 Thankful Heart, isn't that wonderful? 13:02 And, even have a song book and a little bit later 13:06 what we'll do is we'll put an address up on the screen 13:08 and if people want to contact you 13:11 about any of this we always ask the folk, 13:14 contact any time other than Sabbath hours, 13:17 Friday evening sundown till Sabbath evening sundown. 13:20 But, if you are interested in this, 13:22 maybe you have questions for Gisella, 13:24 maybe that you want their to choir to come 13:26 and sing and I don't know if they can go 13:28 all around the world, but we'll leave that up to her. 13:31 And, the mom's and dad's 13:33 and all the rest of the choir members. 13:34 But this is, I am so thankful that you came today 13:38 and you are sharing some of the music with us. 13:40 We are going to go to the song, 13:41 is there anything else you want to talk about 13:44 before we actually go to the first song. 13:46 And what's the name of the first song? 13:48 You will be able to hear only 20 some of our kids today, 13:52 because we couldn't bring all 80 of them. 13:55 In this first song, it's called Servants' Prayer. 13:58 It's an original composition of mine and Billy Smiley, 14:02 a person who helped us produce this album. 14:04 But the words of this song were inspired 14:08 by the one desire I have in my heart for my children, 14:12 and for all these children here, 14:14 which is to be servants of the Lord. 14:17 So this is a prayer that they will be singing. 14:19 It's a prayer, all right. 14:20 And, we're going to hear that 14:22 and of course we're going to have to say 14:23 goodbye right now to Nicole and Ashlyn 14:26 because right after this we're going to meet 14:28 more people from the choir. 14:30 So right now, a Servant's Prayer. 14:56 Make me a servant 14:59 That listens when I fall 15:05 Humble in spirit 15:08 Always waiting for your call 15:15 Make me a servant 15:19 That listens to your voice 15:24 Help me be wiser 15:27 So I make a perfect choice 15:33 So we lift our hands and honor you 15:38 Trusting in your words 15:43 You are worthy of our praises 15:47 You're in everything we do 15:52 Servant's heart is waiting 15:57 To come and worship you 16:10 Make me a servant 16:14 That listens when I fall 16:20 Humble in spirit 16:22 Always waiting for your call 16:28 So we lift our hands and honor you 16:33 Trusting in your words 16:38 You are worthy of our praises 16:42 You're in everything we do 16:48 Servant's heart is waiting 16:52 To come and worship you 17:00 Servant's heart is waiting 17:04 To come and worship you 17:28 Amen. 17:29 Thank you very much Kids in Tune, 17:31 this was really great. 17:32 You want to contact them, 17:34 we'll put up an address in a little bit 17:36 where you can contact them 17:37 but again I'm talking to Gisella Kroll 17:40 and you are the director 17:42 and founder and maybe a co-founder 17:44 but you're going to introduce, 17:46 we have two more guests, introduce us to them. 17:48 Yes, so we spoke before about 17:51 how the choir began eight years ago. 17:54 And this lady Faith Martin, she was there on that meeting, 17:58 and she has been my right and left hand since, 18:02 she's choir coordinator and co-founder. 18:04 And this is Samantha Martin, her daughter. 18:07 Hi. Samantha. 18:08 Hi. And choir member. 18:09 How are you? Good. 18:11 Thank you for coming today. 18:12 Is this your first time to 3ABN? 18:14 Yes, sir. 18:15 All right, so you're here 18:17 and we're glad that you're here. 18:18 I love to see your smiling face. 18:20 I saw it a while ago, 18:21 even before you sat down and I said, 18:23 I bet you that girl is a lot of fun to be around 18:26 'cause she is happy in the Lord. 18:28 And that's what we like to see, young people happy in the Lord. 18:32 Again we're talking, Faith and your part. 18:37 You're a co-founder. 18:38 Yes. 18:39 Okay so you guys got together and tell me a little bit 18:41 how that transpired 18:42 and how you got to where you are. 18:44 Well, I actually was a new member 18:46 at Madison Campus Church and someone got up 18:49 and said something about a children's choir. 18:52 And I started asking around, 18:53 what about this children's choir. 18:55 My daughter sings constantly, 18:56 she sings herself to sleep at night. 18:58 I want to be in this children's choir. 19:00 And it turned out that at the time 19:01 they did not have a children's choir. 19:03 But hold on, 'cause Gisella is going, 19:06 wants to start a children's choir 19:08 so within a couple of months Gisella got in touch with me 19:11 and she said I'm ready to start 19:12 and we had a couple of other helpers 19:13 and we sat down and decided 19:15 what we wanted to do and really just, 19:18 it was such a ministry that children loved. 19:21 It grew very fast from the few small, 19:25 the 20 we started with to 80 now. 19:29 That sounds like too good a choir and too big a choir 19:32 to just sing in church for those at church. 19:34 How do you reach people outside the church walls? 19:38 Our church ministry outgrew, like you said, 19:41 and we could only reach the people 19:43 who were in the sanctuary or viewing online. 19:47 And I was ready, Danny, to do some recording again. 19:51 I had done that quite a bit at earlier age 19:54 and I wanted to go back and record a solo album. 19:58 And I clearly heard the voice of God telling me one night, 20:03 saying, you are going to record, Gisella, 20:05 but this is not for you. 20:07 This is for the kids, and Tidings ended up 20:09 writing an article on how that happened. 20:11 But we wanted to have something 20:15 so that we could share with people all over. 20:19 I had gotten six or seven phone calls 20:22 during that first few years on the choir. 20:26 Of people from other churches saying 20:28 we have the kids but how do we sing the songs 20:31 that you are singing, can you help us and I couldn't 20:34 because I would arrange the songs 20:36 and we had live musicians play at church for us. 20:39 And the smaller churches did not have that capability 20:41 so that's how this whole thing came about. 20:46 We can have a CD, we can share with everybody. 20:49 We can provide a curriculum for other churches, 20:52 smaller churches that would like to have a choir 20:56 but cannot do that yet. 20:58 And, we just basically wanted to get this CD 21:01 on people's cars and, 21:03 so that kids could be singing and praising something, 21:06 music that's relevant to them today 21:09 and that's how it grew. 21:12 The idea of the CD grew and now we are able to share 21:16 with our community and Faith can share about 21:19 how we do that. 21:21 So one of the main things we love to do 21:23 with the choir is community outreach, 21:25 we love to share our children's love 21:28 for Jesus through their music. 21:31 So we now have a CD 21:33 where we're going to take this CD. 21:35 We went to Opryland Mills, a shopping centre, 21:40 and here you see our children got up on stage 21:43 and sung to the shoppers as they went by. 21:46 And, many shoppers stopped 21:48 in the middle of their shopping, 21:49 listened to the songs, and we had CDs of our music 21:52 that we were able to share with these children. 21:54 We had some free MP3 giveaways and information 21:58 on how they could contact us. 21:59 That was a great outreach. 22:00 That's great, you could get on that stage. 22:02 I have been there many times 22:04 and usually you are hearing a lot of other music 22:07 but not a kid's choir like this. 22:09 'Cause sometimes I, Samantha, 22:11 don't tell but I like going to that Aquarium Restaurant 22:13 just right across from that, 22:15 that's a pretty nice place to go to. 22:17 Yes. 22:18 All that, it's beautiful. And I'm sorry. 22:21 One thing we do several times a year 22:23 is go to area nursing homes or assisted living 22:26 and we do a performance. 22:27 Generally around a holiday, Christmas, 22:29 Easter and the kids sing. 22:31 And, then they have time after the concert to go out 22:34 and give hugs to these elderly people. 22:37 And, I have walked out into the little chapel 22:39 where we had been singing 22:40 and you just see joy on the older people's face. 22:43 They haven't, may be haven't seen their family members, 22:45 may be haven't seen their grandchildren 22:46 in a long time. 22:49 In addition to that our outreach reaches further 22:51 and now we are partnering with Asian Aid 22:54 in helping to sponsor an orphanage, 22:56 the Sunrise Orphanage in India. 22:59 And our children are involved 23:00 in helping to raise funds for that orphanage. 23:03 The children are involved too. 23:04 Yes. 23:05 All right, Samantha, how does that affect you? 23:08 How are you involved in this? 23:09 Well, see I was, I used to be in an orphanage and- - 23:15 You were? Yes. 23:16 Where? China. 23:18 China, okay. 23:20 Until my family adopted me and gave me a chance. 23:25 And, it just feels good to know that just while 23:28 we can give other kids like me a chance. 23:32 Wow. By helping. 23:33 That's wonderful and I don't know 23:35 any better ministry doing a better job. 23:38 We've worked with Asian Aid and, 23:40 from almost the very beginning, many, many years ago. 23:43 What an incredible, I have been to India 23:44 and a number of the places, 23:46 Bangladesh, seen the orphanages 23:48 and been there and bring children 23:50 off the streets and give them a bed 23:53 for the first time in their life 23:54 and the little girls they get the dolls 23:57 and you know their personal items 23:59 and little boys get a little ball or a truck and, 24:02 you know, to see the difference in them. 24:05 They build the schools and of course the, 24:06 one day schools, one day churches and all of this. 24:09 We are involved in that too. 24:11 So, Asian Aid, thank you so much 24:14 for working with these folk, 24:15 because what an incredible ministry. 24:17 Yes. 24:18 they have created this ministry called Kids for Kids 24:21 and our children really, you know, 24:24 it brought a different meaning to just singing-- 24:27 Absolutely. 24:29 Not that it's just singing but, 24:31 they are just helping people outside of themselves 24:33 and thinking of others and it's a great outreach. 24:37 So, what are your plans? 24:39 You seem like you keep expanding and Jesus said, 24:44 "Go ye into all the world." 24:45 And, one of the ways of course, you have done that already, 24:47 that CD, these things can travel, 24:49 I'm sure you're probably doing stuff 24:51 on either iTunes or on YouTube or somewhere like that, right? 24:56 And, isn't social media amazing today? 25:00 Yes. Yes. 25:01 The outreach. 25:03 I actually had someone text my cell phone 25:07 from Kansas, "Where can I get your CD?" 25:10 And I'm like, where do they get number. 25:12 I don't even know. 25:13 So I texted him back and I said, you can get it, 25:15 you can download it from this place. 25:17 And in texting back and forth this lady, 25:19 she was a lady that was planning her Easter Sunday 25:22 service at church, 25:24 she had heard one of our songs on YouTube 25:26 and she wanted to get our composition of, 25:29 I think, it was A Wonderful Cross. 25:31 And at the end I said, so how did you get my number, 25:33 she said, I can't even remember, 25:36 somehow on the internet I got your church's number 25:38 and I called and they gave me your cell phone number. 25:41 So we've reached that person, not even knowing. 25:45 It's been nice, Danny, that way, we've helped... 25:49 You know, because our denomination 25:50 it's easier for people to learn about our project 25:54 or our choir in our church. 25:56 But we've had several people 25:58 from other denominations wanting our music 26:01 for their VBS program or for their choir 26:04 and it's all through social media. 26:06 Speaking of that, your Servant's Prayer, 26:09 you wrote that. 26:11 Did you write anymore songs? 26:12 There is one more in the project, 26:14 but it was my first time producing a kid's album 26:19 and working with kids. 26:21 We hope to record another one 26:22 and we'll have more original compositions 26:25 and some of the songs that the kids write actually. 26:28 Yeah, that's wonderful. 26:29 And I was going to ask you how you choose your songs? 26:34 We choose our songs, how do we choose our songs. 26:38 Yeah, do you get together as little group 26:40 or somebody hears the song and says, wow, I like this song 26:43 or, you know, what usually happens on that? 26:46 'Cause it's always interesting to me is, 26:47 you do a CD, there is millions of songs out there, 26:51 you pick ten. 26:53 Something must have triggered those ten. 26:54 I believe that the way we've begun our selection 26:58 was from the response 27:00 we were getting from the church. 27:02 Okay. 27:03 Now, we would sing it at church and we loved that song 27:06 you know and we would say, okay then that's a good one. 27:10 And then thinking about the church service as a whole 27:13 because we sing at church 27:15 in the worship service, how can we enhance that. 27:19 So we're like, we need songs about the cross, 27:22 we need songs about being thankful. 27:26 And that's how we picked them. 27:29 And you have which, is unusual 27:31 for a lot of kids' choirs, 27:32 you actually have song books too, right? 27:33 And the track. 27:35 And tracks, that goes with the CDs? 27:38 So hey, you're a singer, you are a choir, 27:41 you want to be a choir 27:43 and maybe you're just in a small church. 27:45 Wouldn't this be a great idea? 27:46 You can get the sound tracks, 27:48 you can sing with those and you got the sheet music, 27:51 if you got a piano player. 27:53 You know this is great. 27:54 I looked it over a while ago, and I love it. 27:58 To me, all of these are tools to get the Gospel. 28:01 Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world." 28:04 Every one of us should raise their hands. 28:06 I asked the questions when I went to the churches, 28:08 how many ye's are out here? 28:09 People are hesitant, I say everybody 28:11 should raise their hand. 28:12 Go ye, it didn't just say, go Mark Fenley, 28:14 go Doug Bachelor, you know go Nanny Shelton. 28:17 It says, go ye. 28:18 All of us, and you've chosen to do that. 28:21 You, as a group, and as a choir 28:22 and these young people, you are giving them a mission 28:26 and a ministry that they'll never forget. 28:29 And, I am so thankful for that. 28:31 And, Samantha, you like singing apparently right, 28:33 that's why you are in the choir. 28:35 Yes Sir. Yeah? 28:36 Do you play any instruments too? 28:38 Yes, I play piano, saxophone-- What? 28:42 Recorder and I want to learn guitar. 28:45 Oh my, my. All those instruments. 28:47 How old are you? 28:48 Oh, and I do voice too, and I am eleven. 28:51 Eleven. 28:52 I love it. Absolutely love it. 28:55 I like what you said about giving them a ministry. 29:02 Faith, you will remember a couple of people 29:04 that have joined our choir, 29:06 they're not even from any church. 29:08 They are neighbors. 29:11 Of kids that go to our church and they have come to our choir 29:15 and practices and performances and literally... 29:19 a CD is great. 29:20 Yeah, you can listen to it in the car. 29:22 We have our own songs that we sing 29:24 and we can provide a curriculum for other churches 29:28 and that's great but at the end of the day 29:30 it is an evangelistic tool, 29:32 it is the opportunity that we have, 29:35 like we had at Opry Mills, 29:36 just to hand a CD in the hand of a child that 29:39 might have never heard a Christian song before. 29:43 And that to me is priceless 29:47 and it's wonderful to be able to do. 29:49 And we couldn't do that before. 29:51 Wonderful. 29:52 I think it's about time we go to another song. 29:54 What do you think? Yes. 29:55 And this time you are going to get 29:57 to be blessed by listening to Amazing Grace. 30:19 Amazing grace! 30:24 How sweet the sound 30:28 That saved a wretch like me 30:36 I once was lost 30:40 But now I am found 30:45 Was blind, but now I see 30:53 It's such amazing grace 30:57 It's such amazing mercy 31:01 It's such amazing love for me 31:10 It's such amazing grace 31:14 It's such amazing grace 31:19 It's such amazing love for me 31:28 Through many dangers 31:31 Toils and snares 31:36 I have already come 31:44 'Twas grace that 31:47 Brought me safe thus far 31:52 And grace will lead me home. 32:01 It's such amazing grace 32:05 It's such amazing grace 32:09 It's such amazing love for me 32:18 It's such amazing grace 32:22 It's such amazing grace 32:26 It's such amazing love for me 32:34 It's such amazing grace 32:39 It's such amazing mercy 32:43 It's such amazing love for me 32:54 Amazing grace! 32:58 How sweet the sound 33:08 Amen. Thank you, choir. 33:10 And again I am back with Gisella 33:14 and we have some more guests. 33:16 Yes. 33:18 Meet Keith DiDomenico and Angelina. 33:23 Keith works at our church as a Bible worker, 33:25 but they-- him and his family, 33:28 I mean him and his wife 33:30 are actually a huge support to our choir. 33:32 His wife Bettina actually did design 33:36 the whole cover for us and our art. 33:38 And she does a great job and Keith helps us 33:41 with whatever we need. 33:43 He's great. 33:44 And so is Angelina to have in the choir. 33:46 Angelina, it's good to have you here. 33:48 Are you on television a lot? 33:51 No, actually this is my first time. 33:52 Oh, it's your first time. 33:53 All right well, you look really sweet. 33:56 I see that you love Jesus. Am I right? 33:58 Yes. 33:59 And you got a great church and I am so thankful that 34:03 you got mom and daddy that love Jesus too. 34:05 And you are surrounded by a lot of folk 34:07 who love Jesus 'cause that will help you 34:10 when you are growing up, in the years to come. 34:12 So we are thankful that you are here today. 34:14 But we want to talk to dad now for a few minutes. 34:17 Keith tell us a little bit about a Bible worker. 34:19 What's it? 34:20 What do you do there and what area, 34:22 and the Madison area, is that where you-- 34:25 Yeah, in the Madison area, yeah. 34:27 Just doing a lot of work with people 34:30 that I meet through connections in the church, 34:33 and that are searching for the Lord. 34:35 It's beautiful to be on the frontline. 34:37 It's beautiful to be working with people 34:39 that are hungering and thirsting for the Lord. 34:42 All right. You know, it's wonderful. 34:44 Yeah, so that's what you get to do? 34:46 Yes On a full time basis, is out there, 34:48 but you have another love and that's this choir. 34:52 I see that. 34:53 I talked to them earlier and I saw that 34:55 he is just totally supportive of this choir. 34:58 Excited I'm sure, has to do with your own children. 35:01 Being involved also. 35:03 But tell us a little bit of how you work with the choir? 35:07 Well, I'll say that, you know, 35:09 when we were first coming into the Nashville area, 35:12 we were looking, we had Angelina 35:14 and we were looking for a place where we could raise her. 35:17 And, just the fact that the Madison Campus Church 35:20 had so many different things going on for the children. 35:23 And then when I found out that 35:25 they had a children's choir that was it 35:26 that sealed the deal. 35:27 I was like oh yeah, this is where 35:29 I want her to be able to minister 35:30 for the Lord in many ways 35:31 and this is a beautiful way to do it. 35:34 Do you see an outreach? 35:36 Are you involved, since you have connections 35:39 outside the church so to speak. 35:42 Can you use any of that with this choir 35:44 because you were talking about, we've been talking about, 35:47 you want to get this, the CDs, 35:49 you want to get this music out, far and wide as you can. 35:52 Yeah, we have, we have a big vision, 35:55 you know, it's always to have a big vision. 35:57 Of course. 35:58 And, we would love to see 36:00 all of the children in our Adventist schools 36:02 that would be 38,000. 36:05 That's wonderful, we have so many. 36:06 Absolutely, yeah. 38,000. 36:09 To have a copy of this CD, as well as, 36:13 we would love that any child that comes to the hospitals 36:17 and is admitted, 36:18 that we would give them this CD as a gift, 36:21 just to help them in their recovery. 36:23 Wouldn't that be wonderful? 36:24 Absolutely. What a ministry. 36:27 And that's what I love about it, it's not just music, 36:29 you know, there is a lot of music out there 36:31 but this ministry for the soul. 36:33 And I am so thankful of your vision 36:36 because many times we just sing in our choir 36:39 and no one outside those walls of the church, 36:42 as we talked about earlier, gets blessed. 36:44 But in your case, joining hands with like believers, 36:48 those catching the vision. 36:50 What an incredible ministry that 36:52 you can go out not only into the local communities 36:55 but around the world, and then your goal of reaching. 36:58 How can we help, how can we here at 3ABN, 37:00 our viewers. 37:02 That's a big goal, but you know what, 37:05 we serve a bigger God. 37:06 Amen. 37:08 So how can we help get 38,000 CD's 37:12 to every student in all of our schools? 37:15 How do we do that? 37:16 Our viewers love to help, they love to support. 37:20 Can they write you and find out? 37:23 Yes. Okay. 37:24 We've called, I remember, 37:26 when this project first came about 37:29 and we dreamed about this. 37:33 It was very little things that inspired us to think that. 37:37 For instance I remember Keith telling me 37:40 that he was driving the car 37:42 and there was a couple girls in the back of his car, 37:45 Angelina and another friend, practicing the songs and... 37:49 you can say it better than that I am, but you felt. 37:55 You know, it's just the voice of children, 37:59 singing for the Lord. 38:01 You know, and when you get two of them together 38:03 and it's in the stereo. 38:05 You know, I'm like Lord, you could take me now. 38:08 You know, because I feel like 38:09 this is part of what heaven would be like. 38:11 And I certainly, I want to be there 38:13 if heaven is going to be a lot like this. 38:16 You know... 38:17 So, so I didn't even have children 38:20 when this choir began. 38:22 Okay. 38:23 And now I have three of my own. 38:24 Wow, all right. 38:25 The oldest one is-- 38:27 She told me earlier that she was nineteen. 38:29 But I'm starting to get that... 38:30 A little bit older than that now. 38:33 So, my oldest one is in the choir 38:36 and I am hearing her practice these songs 38:40 and I hear her little sister who is having a little trouble 38:44 with her speech trying to sing these songs. 38:47 And now she wants to sing Amazing Grace, 38:50 before bed, every night. 38:52 And That's a simple vision but I envisioned 38:58 all the kids in our schools having that. 39:01 You know having that experience 39:03 of putting a CD in their car and being able to worship. 39:07 When we called a D&AD, 39:10 how many students do in the North-American division 39:13 and here when I was 17 years old... 39:18 We did something similar. 39:20 My choir in Brazil recorded a CD 39:23 and every child in our state got a copy of our CD. 39:29 This is 10 years later, I am in the shopping mall, 39:32 I'm visiting my family there eating ice-cream with my mom 39:36 and this gentleman comes towards me 39:40 and said, "Gisella", I said "Yeah, hi. 39:44 Who are you?" 39:45 He said, "My name is Hermes, 39:47 I went to school with you during fourth grade. 39:53 But years later I get this CD 39:55 and I see a picture of you there. 39:57 And I was telling everybody I know this girl 39:59 and nobody believed me 40:01 but I just wanted to tell you that it has blessed me. 40:04 It has blessed in my walk with Christ", 40:06 and I want us to do the same for children 40:11 that are out there in our schools in hospitals. 40:15 I don't know and around the world. 40:18 It's going to happen 40:19 when we're going to get word out to our folk 40:21 because in a little bit 40:22 we are going to put up the address 40:23 and they will be able to contact you 40:25 and find out how they can be a part of this 40:27 and we would encourage you to do so. 40:31 You know I wanted to talk to Angelina 40:33 for just a moment. 40:34 And now you sing, right, in the choir? 40:37 Do you play any instruments yet? 40:39 I play piano and recorder. 40:42 Recorder and piano. 40:44 Now that takes a lot of time. Doesn't it? 40:46 Do you enjoy it? Yes. 40:49 Which you enjoy the most, 40:50 singing or playing the instruments? 40:53 Probably singing. 40:54 Really? Okay. 40:56 Maybe when you get a little older, 40:58 you'll do a solo album too, as well as the choir. 41:02 But you are getting some good experience right now. 41:04 And I wanted to ask you too about playing instruments. 41:08 Do you have a goal of maybe playing 41:10 a few more as you get older 41:11 or you think you just stick to those two? 41:13 May be violin and the harp. 41:15 I love it. Absolutely. 41:17 I am so thankful. 41:18 We have a church school here 41:19 that only has like 33 students, totally. 41:24 But in our older grades up to like tenth grade. 41:29 Every student plays instruments, every student, 41:32 and they all play numerous instruments. 41:34 Like some of them play four, five and six instruments 41:37 and they do them well. 41:38 And just see those kids and when we have meetings 41:41 and graduations and they travel. 41:43 They've gone down to your area, 41:44 they have traveled up to, Sunnydale Academy and do music. 41:48 And it's so amazing to see all of these young people, 41:52 who were not long ago, her age, 41:54 now they are 14, 15 and 16 years old, 41:57 using their talents for the Lord, 41:59 traveling hundreds of miles. 42:00 They may go to Michigan and may go, 42:02 you know all over, singing for the Lord 42:05 and to see of them, play a bass, 42:07 and bass fiddle, set it down 42:09 and pretty soon the next one is playing clarinet, 42:11 next time playing a guitar and I say, you know, 42:14 how wonderful this is for these students. 42:16 You see, I think it is wonderful 42:18 and I love to be a part of that now. 42:21 When I was growing up we didn't have those opportunities. 42:23 I didn't have those opportunities in Brazil 42:26 so I love it that these children do 42:29 and there is other people out there 42:31 that don't have the same opportunities 42:33 as we do in America. 42:35 And through social media we got contacted 42:39 by the first Adventist school in the country of Mongolia. 42:44 Wow. 42:45 And they are starting a children's choir 42:47 and they asked for our material, 42:49 so that they could sing there. 42:51 And they said, please have your children pray for us 42:56 because you have the freedom to sing 42:58 and to praise God and to worship him. 43:02 We don't, if we are caught doing this 43:04 we could go to jail. 43:06 So I love it, 43:07 that we in America have that freedom 43:10 but we are able to help those who don't. 43:13 Absolutely. 43:14 And we are excited to be headed 43:16 to the General Conference and sing there. 43:18 All right, I heard that-- 43:20 Opening Sabbath, Fourth of July, 43:24 and it would be just an incredible experience 43:27 for our kids' voice to be heard all over the world. 43:31 And we really do hope to inspire 43:34 other churches everywhere 43:37 to start their own choir at church. 43:38 Yes, it's time consuming, it's a lot of work 43:42 and but it's just an incredible opportunity 43:46 to in still Christ in our kids' hearts. 43:50 At a young, at an early age. 43:52 Absolutely, I will be out in the audience 43:54 and I know those kids, I know those folk, 43:56 I have met those folk before. 43:57 Speaking of music and you all singing, 44:00 I think it is time we do another song 44:02 and right now they are going to do for you "El Shaddai". 44:21 El Shaddai, el shaddai 44:25 El-elyon na adonia 44:29 Age to age you're still the same 44:33 By the power of the name 44:36 El Shaddai, el shaddai 44:40 Erkamka na Adonai, 44:44 I will praise and lift you high 44:47 El Shaddai 44:51 Through your love and through the ram 44:55 You saved the son of Abraham 44:59 Through the power of your hand 45:02 You turned the sea into dry land 45:06 To the outcast on her knees 45:09 You were the God who really sees 45:14 And by your might 45:16 You set your children free 45:21 El Shaddai, el shaddai 45:24 El-elyon na adonia 45:29 Age to age you're still the same 45:32 By the power of the name 45:36 El Shaddai, el shaddai 45:39 Erkamka na Adonai, 45:44 I will praise and lift you high 45:47 El Shaddai 46:05 Through the years you've made it clear 46:09 That the time of Christ was near 46:13 Though the people couldn't see 46:16 What messiah ought to be 46:20 Though your word contained the plan 46:24 They just would not understand 46:28 Your most awesome work was done 46:32 Through the frailty of your son 46:37 El Shaddai, el shaddai 46:40 El-elyon na adonia 46:45 Age to age you're still the same 46:48 By the power of the name 46:52 El Shaddai, el shaddai 46:55 Erkamka na Adonai, 47:00 I will praise and lift you high 47:03 El Shaddai 47:13 Amen, what a beautiful song. 47:14 I love all the smiling faces. 47:17 And we are going to try to get in, 47:18 I think we've got time` 47:20 we could maybe do one more song. 47:21 What's our last song, Gisella, and how did you pick it? 47:26 The last song is called The Thankful Heart 47:28 which ended up being the theme of our CD 47:32 and I picked it because I loved the words, 47:36 "Here is my thankful heart Lord offered up in gratitude 47:40 for all you have done for me." 47:41 Oh, wow. 47:42 And that just speaks volume about 47:44 what our kids are doing 47:46 and it's literally what we feel. 47:48 We feel so blessed for everything that 47:49 God has given us. 47:51 The opportunities, the freedom, the blessings 47:54 and this is a song offered to him in gratitude for it. 47:58 Praise the Lord, and then right after this song, 48:00 we are going to put up their address, 48:02 so that the Holy Spirit's impressing, 48:04 you may want to donate. 48:05 And if you want to contact them about the product 48:08 that they have anytime other than Sabbath hours, 48:11 you may do so. 48:12 Right now please listen to Thankful Heart. 48:30 My open hands receive 48:34 Blessings You pour out on me 48:37 Your tender care restores my soul 48:45 Your faithfulness endures 48:49 As mercy covers all my sin 48:52 Your perfect love has made me whole 49:00 Beyond the words I'm searching for 49:04 I long to give You something more 49:09 Here's my thankful heart 49:13 Thankful heart 49:17 Offered up in gratitude 49:21 For all You've done for me 49:24 Here's my thankful heart 49:28 Thankful heart 49:32 Offered up in praise to You 49:43 I'm unworthy of the gift of Your unfailing love 49:50 But You embrace me as I am 49:58 You provide my needs 50:02 And raise a harvest 50:03 From the seeds I sow in vain 50:08 I bless Your Name 50:13 Beyond the words I'm searching for 50:17 I long to give You so much more 50:21 Here's my thankful heart 50:26 Thankful heart 50:30 Offered up in gratitude 50:33 For all You've done for me 50:36 Here's my thankful heart 50:41 Thankful heart 50:45 Offered up in praise to You 50:52 From the raising of the sun 50:55 'Til it's going down 50:59 The name of the Lord be praised 51:06 Here's my thankful heart 51:11 Thankful heart 51:15 Offered up in gratitude 51:18 For all You've done for me 51:21 Here's my thankful heart 51:26 Thankful heart 51:30 Offered up in praise to You 51:37 Offered up in praise to You 51:54 Praise to You 52:07 If you would like to find out more information about 52:09 the Kids in Tune ministry, 52:11 you may write to them at: Kids In Tune 52:14 621 Carol Ann Drive 52:17 In Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072 52:22 That's Kids in Tune 621 Carol Ann Drive 52:26 In Goodlettsville, Tennessee 37072 52:31 You may also call them at area code (615) 613-4045, 52:37 that (615) 613-4045 52:43 Visit them online at kids-intune.com, 52:47 that's kids-intune.com. |
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