Once you hear this beautiful new hymn, you’ll love it! Holy Places is simple, yet filled with a powerful message about various holy places in our lives. Teach it using these Holy Places Primary singing time ideas to help children connect with its message.
These Holy Places singing time ideas are designed to help make this beautiful new hymn meaningful, memorable, and easy to teach! Whether you’re brand new to singing time or have been leading music for years!
If you can’t decide which activity to choose below, try the paper plate actions! You’ve probably never used paper plates in singing time like this activity before!
Also make sure to check out these other Holy Places singing time ideas as well (click on the link to jump to that section):
This information comes from the Church’s website About the Hymns.
In 2019 author and composer Sherrie Manwill Boren felt drawn to Doctrine and Covenants 87:8, in which the Lord commands His children to “stand … in holy places.” Sister Boren wanted to write a song that would teach not only how to recognize a holy place, but also how to make a place holy. She jotted down some ideas but then needed to set the project aside. A few months later, she awoke early one morning with words and music running through her mind, and by sunrise her first draft was complete.
Sister Boren recalls: “Less than a year later, we all saw our temples and chapels close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Without our dedicated buildings, it suddenly became vitally important to have additional holy places in our lives, especially our homes and our hearts.” This hymn reminds us to purify ourselves as we await the time when the Savior will return to make the world “holy, clean, and new.”
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Find the sheet music to Holy Places on the Church’s website. The lyrics describe 3 distinct places we can find holy places:
The temple is a holy place Where heaven touches earth—A rev’rent place, a hallowed space, Where we do the Savior’s work.
CHORUS: I’ll stand in holy places With a heart that’s firm and true, Until Christ returns and makes all the world Holy, clean, and new.
A home can be a holy place learn of God above—A prayerful place to seek His face, Where we grow in faith and love.
CHORUS
My heart can be a holy place When all around is dim—A peaceful place of hope and grace, Where the Spirit shines within.
CHORUS
You may also want to check out the sing along video for Holy Places. It’s a great way for you to easily become more familiar with it or to show to your Primary during singing time.
Find Holy Places lyrics in a printable flip chart format so you can easily post the words in your Primary!
Or this Holy Places flip chart with pictures is also available to download:
These printables are also filed on the Resource Library page under Song Title > Holy Places.
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Your Primary will quickly come to love this new hymn! Try this Holy Places singing time idea that features simple paper plate actions!
Chelsea shared on the Primary Music Leader’s FB group an idea that utilizes 3 different rhythm and movement items for each verse including:
This handbell chart plays the melody and only requires the 8-note basic set. Make sure to check out more details for using handbells in singing time.
These printables are filed on the Resource Library page under Song Title > Holy Places.
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Janeen shared on the Primary Music Leader’s FB group an idea that creates hand motions using pool noodles. Clever!
Check out Sharla Dance’s video for teaching Holy Places (about 3:14 into the video) using a squiggle map:
Kim shared a video on the Primary Music Leader’s FB group simplified signs for teaching Holy Places. Also make sure to check out my post for more helpful tips for teaching sign language in singing time!
How are you teaching Holy Places in singing time? Leave a comment with your suggestions and ideas!
These printables are filed on my Resource Library page under Song Title > Holy Places.
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4 thoughts on “Holy Places Primary Singing Time Ideas”
Hi Camille,
So I printed out the pictures and words to “Build an Ark” and there are 6 pages that have incorrect words and phrases. I’m not sure if it was a really old version you had up? But do you happen to have an updated version to print?
Hi Tanya!
I just double checked the Resource Library and the Flip Chart pages and they are all up-to-date. If I missed updating it somewhere else, let me know.
~Camille
I appreciate the many ideas I have found on your website over the years. They have been very helpful. I have just one concern. I came to this page to find ideas to help me teach the song Holy Places. Most of the ideas you suggest here are found in the private primary music leaders FB group. Not all of us choose to use FB. It’s disappointing when we pay a monthly fee to use your website that you continually refer us to FB.
Hi Terri!
Thank you for your feedback and insight. The content on my website is available free of charge to anyone who visits, and I occasionally link to discussions in the Facebook group because there are often additional ideas shared there that some music leaders may find useful. My paid content rarely (if ever) directly links to the Facebook page, although I may implement ideas that others have shared there.
My intention to link to the FB group isn’t to direct people away from the website, but rather to point them to additional resources when available. But I truly appreciate your perspective and will keep it in mind as I create future content. Thanks again!
~Camille