As we all know by now, music is one of the last memories to be lost.\u00a0 I meet with a small group of residents in a memory care facility and have found that the following songs, scriptures and prayer are remembered by most of the participants.\u00a0 Whether you are looking for “church service” material or just want to add to the arsenal of activities you can pull out at anytime, the following are tried and true. After sharing the following with the group, one lady said with all sincerity, “Please write those words down for me, they are beautiful.” You can easily find the words online or in a hymnal.<\/p>\n
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16 ESV).<\/p>\n
sing “Blessed Assurance”, “Jesus Loves Me”, and “Nothing But the Blood”.<\/p>\n
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father\u2019s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. \u00a0<\/sup>If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there<\/i> you may be also.”\u00a0 (John 14:1-3 Easy to Read Version).<\/p>\n sing “Amazing Grace”.<\/p>\n Recite “The Lord\u2019s Prayer”.<\/p>\n sing “How Great Thou Art” and “In the Garden”.<\/p>\n “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.\u00a0 In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will set your path straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6 NAS).<\/p>\n sing “I\u2019ll Fly Away “and “The Doxology”.<\/p>\n Especially for Easter<\/b><\/p>\n sing “He Lives”, “The Old Rugged Cross” and\u00a0 “Because He Lives”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we all know by now, music is one of the last memories to be lost.\u00a0 I meet with a small group of residents in a memory care facility and have found that the following songs, scriptures and prayer are remembered by most of the participants.\u00a0 Whether you are looking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[132,165,186,238,247],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-quote","tag-easter-service-for-alzheimers-disease-patients","tag-hymns","tag-lords-prayer","tag-scriptures","tag-spiritual-activities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4cxZR-5f","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}