If used with sharing time you could use cards with each letter to spell reverence and have the children hold each card as they give the poem.

 

R:         Reverence is true respect

            For Jesus whom we love.

            And for this chapel where we meet

            To worship him above.

 

E:         Each child should come in quietly

            No push, nor jump, nor run,

     But be polite and orderly

     Until the meetings done.

 

V:         Very softly we should speak

     And yet distinct and clear

     The soft sweet tones of children

     Our Savior likes to hear.

 

E:         Every child should fold his arms

            And while the prayer is said

            Should close his eyes and listen

            And always bow his head.

 

R:         Remember, little children,

            Be courteous and true,

            Be kind to one another

     For, this is reverence too

 

E:         Enter here with happy thoughts

            But don’t be rough and loud

            For Jesus loves a smiling face

     But not a noisy crowd.

 

N:        Neat and tidy we should be

            With faces shining bright

            And if our thoughts are clean and pure

     We’ll always do what’s right.

 

C:         Cleanliness is reverence

            Let’s try in all we do

            To keep the chapel neat and clean

            Now and the whole week through.

 

E:         Everyone should reverent be

            In every act and word

            When we are in the Savior’s house,

            The chapel of the Lord.