God is Real in Red Hill

This is a story about how God brings people together from all walks of life and uses them to build His kingdom on earth.

When Mzo Bayeni began work as a life skills educator in Red Hill two years ago, he needed a way to call children to order when it was time to be quiet and listen. So he came up with a call-and-response routine that goes like this (call in lower case, response in caps):

Red Hill … KIDS CLUB!

Red Hill … KIDS CLUB!

God is … REAL! In Red … HILL!

God is … REAL! In Red … HILL!

Fast-forward to March of this year, when a team from Rolling Hills Community Church in Nashville came to work in Red Hill for a week. One of the team members, Brett James, is a professional songwriter with a string of No. 1 hits to his credit, including co-writing the Carrie Underwood blockbuster, Jesus Take the Wheel.

After Brett heard the chant, he showed up the next day with his guitar and a catchy tune he had written:  “Jesus loves me in Red Hill … And I want to do His will … For God is real … in Red Hill …God is real … in Red Hill.” Then he took it a step further: After returning home to Nashville, he recorded the song with an infectious Caribbean-inspired keyboard backing and sent it back to us as an mp3 file.

The kids absolutely love it. They walk around singing it all the time, and it’s a regular part of our praise-and-worship segment at the afternoon Kids Club. Here’s a big shout-out to Mzo and Brett (that’s him on the left in the photo) for allowing God to use them in blessing the Red Hill community.