Now that we’re almost done with the 2013-14 school year, I thought I’d share our list of memory work. Since we’ve memorized Bible verses and Luther’s Small Catechism in the past, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to memorize hymns from Lutheran Service Book instead. We will have learned 23 hymns when we’re done with school at the end of next week…there were a few hymns that took us two weeks to memorize. We also didn’t memorize every verse of every hymn. I tried to follow the liturgical year for the most part, throwing a few personal favorites in here and there (although, not the ones I like so much, that the children memorized them long ago!).
- Earth and All Stars–#817 (The quintessential Lutheran day school opening service hymn)
- Lift High the Cross–#837
- I Am Jesus’ Little Lamb–#740
- Christ the Lord of Hosts, Unshaken–#521 (St. Michael and All Angels)
- Lord God, to Thee we Give all Praise–#522 (St. Michael and All Angels)
- Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word–#655
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God–#656 (Reformation Day)
- For All the Saints–#677 (All Saints’ Day)
- Come, Ye Thankful People, Come–#892 (Thanksgiving)
Advent/Christmas/Epiphany
- Prepare the Royal Highway–#343
- Savior of the Nations, Come–#332
- As with Gladness Men of Old–#397
- Songs of Thankfulness and Praise–#394
- The Church’s One Foundation–#644
Lent/Easter
- Alleluia, Song of Gladness–#417 (Transfiguration Day, so not technically Lent yet, but kind of the unofficial beginning of Lent)
- Christ, the Life of All the Living–#420
- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded–#449
- Lamb of God, Pure and Holy–#434
- All Glory, Laud, and Honor–#442
- Go to Dark Gethsemane–#436
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives–#461
- Built on the Rock–#645
- Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise–#917 (A closing hymn to close out our year)
This was a fun and different approach to memory work…I hope that in the future, my children will appreciate having committed so many hymns to memory!’