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The CD
New CD of “Hope” for South Africa
LCMS World Relief and Human Care has released a CD featuring vocalist Erin Bode with the “Themba Girls,” a girls school choir of young
South Africans. Proceeds from the recording will benefit the Themba Trust, the nonprofit
foundation that operates the school and other educational and youth development
programs serving South Africa’s rural poor.
“We want to shed light on the plight of these girls
and raise awareness of a faith-based organization that is doing great things in
the midst of one of the world’s most difficult situations,” said Rev. Matthew Harrison,
executive director of LCMS World Relief and Human, the mercy arm of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS).
This inspiring CD includes Zulu sacred songs and beloved
American hymns “Go My Children With My Blessing” and “Were You There”. It features
original songs penned by Bode and the band while they were in Themba.
To help capture a week Bode calls “amazing” and “life
changing,” the CD is sprinkled with sound bites: Trustee Reinhild Niebuhr introducing
each of the Themba Girls by name, church bells ringing, birds chirping. Also on
the CD is a music video shot in South Africa that shows breathtaking scenery and
beautiful music—and friendships—in the making.
“We wanted to give people the opportunity to feel what
we felt, to share this wonderful experience with these beautiful and amazing girls,”
Bode said.
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Since 1989, LCMS World Relief and Human Care has provided
grants to the foundation whose name, “Themba,” (pronounced TEM-bah) means “hope”
in the language of the Zulu, the predominant South African tribe in the area served
by the foundation.
Harrison conceived the idea of introducing Bode to
the “Themba Girls” when he was in South Africa and heard the students sing. Their
pure, joyful music made the LCMS World Relief and Human Care director think of Bode,
a popular artist who has recorded two CDs and performs internationally.
Themba is based in a village southeast of Johannesburg
in a country with great poverty and limited education opportunities. HIV/AIDS turns
children into orphans.
You, too, can help bring hope to South African youth
when you request the CD, "The Themba Girls with the Erin Bode Group." Click on the
"Please Donate" button at the left of this page today!
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Track Titles:
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1. Introduction (0:46)
by Reinhild Niebuhr
2. Njengendluzela (3:42) Unknown
The Themba Girls, vocals
See translated song
3. The Story (4:34) Erin Bode & Adam Maness
Erin Bode, lead vocals; Senzy Khumalo,
vocals Adam Maness, guitar and Wurlitzer piano; Syd Rodway, double bass Derrek
Phillips, drums and percussion
4. Our Father Who Art In Heaven (2:52)
Traditional
Nokuthula Nkosi, lead vocals; Senzy Khumalo,
lead vocals; The Themba Girls, vocals
5. Were You There (2:56) Traditional Spiritual
Arranged by The Erin Bode Group
Erin Bode, lead vocals; The Themba Girls,
vocals; Adam Maness, guitar and Wurlitzer
piano; Syd Rodway, double bass
Derrek Phillips, drums and percussion
6. I Give All The Praise (2:55) Traditional
Senzy Khumalo, lead vocals
The Themba Girls, vocals
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7. The Glory Manger (5:23) Traditional
Spiritual
Erin Bode, lead vocals; Senzy Khumalo,
vocals; Slindile Mtshali, vocals; Adam Maness,
guitar and Wurlitzer piano; Syd Rodway,
double bass; Derrek Phillips, drums and
percussion
8. The Blood Of Jesus (2:05) Traditional
Senzy Khumalo, lead vocals
The Themba Girls, vocals
9. The Sun Has Gone Down (3:20)
Norwegian Folk Tune
Arranged by the Erin Bode Group
Erin Bode, lead vocals; Senzy Khumalo,
lead vocals; The Themba Girls, vocals
Adam Maness, guitar; Syd Rodway, double
bass; Derrek Phillips, drums and percussion
10. Na Ni Themba (1:54) Traditional
The Themba Girls, vocals and dancing
11. Slee's Song (0:52) Slindile Mtshali
Slindile Mtshali, lead vocals
The Themba Girls, vocals; Syd Rodway,
double bass; Derrek Phillips, drums and
percussion
12. Go My Children With My Blessing (3:50)
Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda
Tune: Traditional Welsh Melody
Erin Bode, lead vocals; Senzy Khumalo, lead
vocals; Adam Maness, guitar
Lyrics © 1983 Concordia Publishing House
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