Guidance
Recitation allows all of us to contribute to delivering the Gospel message. Financial consultants, biochemists, architects, and stay-at-home parents all have a voice. We provide guidance for new reciters as well as those with experience.
Videos
View our extensive collection of recitation videos and guides that help you to use the videos to explore God’s Word
Perspectives
"Scripture recitation is so much more than Scripture reading. Instead of concentrating on the book I was able to concentrate on God and his people."
Another confidence-booster for me was ‘over-memorizing‘ the passage. Being very prepared takes a lot of the nervousness out of public speaking.“
“The most lasting three minutes I ever prepared for. Recite on stage once and the Word dwells in you for life”
"Reciting Scripture is like breathing the Bible. Your lungs fill up with the truth and you share completely from your heart."
"It was reciting, in that it was word-for-word, but as I got to know it, I became more the person speaking as he would ordinarily speak, and not just repeating words by rote."
"Recitation is about God being at work in the reciter, changing me and preparing me to be a vessel to carry His word out to others."
“Practicing the memorization discipline is a barometer of my spiritual health. Reviewing a passage over and over reveals meaning one might not have discovered.”
"I put myself in the speaker's voice and feel the force of the words, from the exhortation of Moses in Deuteronomy 30 to the vitriol of the crowds in Luke 23 to the boldness of Stephen in Acts 7."
Committing my baptismal passage (Titus 3:3-7) to memory has been a beautiful experience. It’s like a gift that keeps on giving because it’s always there in my mind as a reminder of how God brought me out of the darkness into the light.
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Get Started Reciting!
Recitation allows every member of the congregation to contribute to the church family. If you have been on the sidelines too long, or if you would love to get closer to the Word, you owe it to us all to get started on this intense and rewarding journey to reciting Scripture.
By Heart
the Art of Reciting Scripture
A rich resource that speaks directly to people who are either planning, or considering, to recite Scripture. The emphasis is on using a recitation event as the springboard for discipleship, basing the preparation process on the activities of a discipleship group. This book teaches the importance of honest communication in presenting Scriptural truth as easily as exhaling the next breath.
the Art of Leading Scripture Reciters
A guidebook for those who have enjoyed the recitation journey and now have a heart to lead others on that journey. Leading within the context of a Recitation Discipleship Group, this book is complete with dozens of example compositions and ideas. It provides the discipleship basis of a recitation group from Bible Study to onstage rehearsals to technical considerations.
