Prepare
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The Process for Preparing to Recite
- Decide if you want to do an individual recitation or a group recitation
- Decide on a passage and Bible version to recite
- Team up to form a recitation discipleship group with someone who has recited before
- Practice out loud!
- Conduct a study of the passage. See chapter 7 of the Art of Reciting Scripture for a guideline
- Use The Bible Project to help understand the context
- Use a Bible memory app like “Verses”
- Determine the Tone, Tempo, Inflections, and Body language
- Pratice onstage in the location where you will be reciting
- Refer to similar recitations in the recitation Video archive
- Show up early
- Rehearse with your “on-book” person
- Complete the pre-recitation checklist (see chapter 11 of the Art of Reciting Scripture)
- Ask someone to video record the recitation
- As an experienced reciter, you may want to come along side somebody else to disciple them through the recitation preparation process
- Do the same recitation at another venue. If you recited at a Sunday Service, maybe you’d like to recite to a Sunday school class, or a soup kitchen, to a small group ministry, at another church. Even at family camp
- Select your next passage, gather a team, and start afresh with a new passage
