INDEX
GRACE
Addam’s Family Be God’s Guest Cecilia Chariots Of Fire Coca-Cola Come and Dine Doxology Flintstones Humpty Dumpty Indiana Jones Jaws Jingle Bells Johnny Appleseed Jump On It Kokomo Mickey Mouse Club Mission: Impossible Oompa-Loompa Rock Around The Clock Shrek Superman Thank You Lord Thanks Be To God Time To Eat Again
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(to the tune of the “Addam’s Family” theme song) Ba-Da-Da-Duh (snap snap) Ba-Da-Da-Duh (snap snap) Ba-Da-Da-Duh. Ba-Da-Da-Duh. Ba-Da-Da-Duh. (snap snap)
Addam’s Family
Be present at our table, Lord Be here and everywhere adored These mercies bless and grant that we May strengthened for Thy service be Amen (snap snap) Amen (snap snap Amen. Amen. Amen (snap snap)
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Be God’s Guest
(to the tune of “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast)
Be God’s guest Be God’s guest Try His food It is the best As we gather ‘round His table Praise His name above the rest We give thanks We give praise We will serve Him all our days Be God’s guest Be God’s guest Be God’s guest
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(to the tune of the hit Simon & Garfunkel song “Cecilia”)
Cecilia
O-oh Jesus Thanks for this great food Your blessings always amaze me O-oh Jesus I’m down on my knees I’m begging You Please bless this food A-a-men A-a-a-a-a-men A-a-a A-a-a A-a-amen
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(to the tune of the “Chariots Of Fire” theme song)
Chariots Of Fire*
All praise to the Father All praise to the Son All praise to the Spirit All Three-In-One A-a-a-a-a-a-a-amen A-a-a-a-a-a-amen A-a-a-a-a-a-a-amen A-a-a-amen
*The clinging of silverware and extremely slow motion dramatic running are an absolute must
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(to the tune of the late 20th century Coca-Cola theme song)
Coca-Cola
The sun will always shine The birds will always sing As long as there is God There’s always the Real Thing Jesus came to Earth to die for our sins So now we thank you Lord as this meal begins Do-do-do-do-do do-do-do-do-do AMEN! Do-do-do-do-do Jesus is the Real Thing!
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Come And Dine
Come and dine, the Master calleth Come and dine There is plenty at God’s Table all the time He who fed the multitude Turned the water into wine to the hungry calleth now Come and dine
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Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise Him all creatures here below Praise Him above, ye Heavenly Host Praise Father, Son & Holy Ghost Amen
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(to the tune of the “Flintstones” theme song)
The Flintstones
God is Great and God is Good And so we thank God for our food! Bah-duh-ba-da-buh! Hey! God is Great and God is Good And so we thank God for our food! Bah-duh-ba-da-buh! Hey! Amen A-a-a-a-a-a-men Hey! Amen A-a-a-a-a-a-men Hey! God is Great and God is Good And so we thank God for our (WHAT?) We thank God for our (WHO?) We thank God for our food Bah-duh-ba-da-buh! Hey!
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Humpty Dumpty
Be present at our table Lord Be here and everywhere adored Huh, ain’t that funky now? Hump-ty Dump, Hump-Hump-ty Dump UH-HUH Hump-ty Dump, Hump-Hump-ty Dump God is great and God is good And so we thank God for our food Huh, ain’t that funky now? Hump-ty Dump, Hump-Hump-ty Dump UH-HUH Hump-ty Dump, Hump-Hump-ty Dump Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Huh, ain’t that funky now? Hump-ty Dump, Hump-Hump-ty Dump UH-HUH Hump-ty Dump, Hump-Hump-ty Dump
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(to the tune of the “Indiana Jones” theme song)
Indiana Jones
Thank you Jesus For this food It was really Really good, good, good! Thank you Jesus For this food A-a-ah A-a-ah A-a-ah A-a-men
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Jaws
(to the tune of the “Jaws” theme song)
God is God is God is great and God is good and So we thank God For our food. A-a-a-men A-a-a-men A-a-a-men
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Jingle Bells
(to the tune of the wonderful Christmas favorite “Jingle Bells”)
Constantly, constantly Blessed again am I Food and drink abundantly Are set before my eyes Certainly, certainly I will give You praise Lord, I want to live with You And serve You all my days
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Johnny Appleseed
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oh The Lord is good to me And so I thank the Lord For giving me the things I need The sun, and the rain, and the appleseed The Lord is good to me. Amen Amen Amen, Amen, Amen Ahhhhhh-men
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Jump On It
(to the tune of the “Jump On It” while dancing)
Praise God For the food That we eat Praise Jesus! Go Jesus! Yeah Jesus! Love Jesus! Praise God For the friends That we meet Praise Jesus! Go Jesus! Yeah Jesus! Love Jesus! Amen A-a-men A-a-men Praise Jesus! Go Jesus! Yeah Jesus! Love Jesus!
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(to the tune of the hit Beach Boy’s song “Kokomo”)
Kokomo
Alpha, Omega, ooh I wanna thank Ya For the food on our table Makes us strong and able The hands that prepared it And the friends that shared it Up at Rainbow Trail Where faith grows fast and then we let it show Thank God we love You so-o-o Praise God for Ra-a-ainbow
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Mickey Mouse Club
(to the tune of the “Mickey Mouse Club” theme song while clapping)
G-R-A C-I-O U-S G-O-D! Gracious God! THANK YOU GOD! Gracious God! THANK YOU GOD! Thank you for the food that we’ve received Come along Join our song With Christ’s community! G-R-A C-I-O U-S G-O-D!
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Mission: Impossible
(to the tune of the “Mission: Impossible” theme song)
God is Great and God is God and So we Thank God for our food Thank you _____. Thank you _____. Thank you God. Amen.
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Oompa Loompa
(to the tune of the “Oompa Loompa” song from “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory”)
God is God is Goo-ood and Great We thank Him for the food on our plates By His hand are we-ee all fed We thank Him for our da-ai-ly bread Amen Amen A-a-a-men
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Rock Around The Clock
(to the tune of the classic song “Rock Around The Clock”)
God is great God is good And so we thank Him for our food We’re gonna thank Him in the morning, noon, and night We’re gonna thank our God ‘Cause He’s outta sight Amen (ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch) Amen (ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch) Amen!
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Shrek
(to the tune of “I’m A Believer” from “Shrek” originally performed by the Monkees)
I thought camp food was only good in movies Meant for someone else but not for me I should’ve trusted God Ba-duh-ba-duh That’s the way it seems Ba-duh-ba-duh Praise God for the good food of my dreams God is good Ba-duh-duh-da-duh-duh I’m a believer! Da-duh-da-duh-duh The food was too Ba-duh-duh-da-duh-duh Praise God for this meal! Da-duh-da-duh-duh God is good! Whee-oooh-whoo I’m a believer I’m a believer A-a-men!
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(to the tune of the “Superman” theme song while flying)
Superman
Thank you God For giving us food! Thank you God For giving us food! For the food that we eat! For the friends that we meet! Thank you God! For giving us food!
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Thank You Lord*
(JUMP!)
Thank you, Lord for this great meal! Thank you, Lord for this great meal! Thank you, Lord for this great meal! Right where we are! (clap, clap) Alleluia, Praise the Lord Alleluia, Praise the Lord Alleluia, Praise the Lord Right where we are! (clap, clap) REPEAT
*Not A Good Grace To Be Sung During The Season Of Lent
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Thanks Be To God
(RHYTHM: PAT – CLAP – SNAP – CLAP - REPEAT)
Thanks be to God the Father Almighty Thanks be to God who came to this Earth Thanks be to God the Spriit Eternal Thanks be to God Forever Amen
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Time To Eat Again
(to the tune of the classic song “On The Road Again”)
It’s time to eat again I thank the Lord it’s time to eat again My favorite times are sharing meals with my friends I thank the Lord It’s time to eat again
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