I used to make videos explaining how to get started in nursing home ministry, how to help them prepare for holidays and other important subjects. But over the last three years, I thought it might be far more helpful to simply show what we do. This week, I delved into my memory banks and pulled out a fun, yet entirely scriptural Sunday school song. Residents at long-term care facilities do love the old hymns, but they also love to laugh, and this song provided both as much Biblical content as any hymn along with an easy to sing, happy and joyful melody. I hope you will be blessed and that you sing Silver and Gold along with my Life Care friends. Have a blessed Saturday everybody and why not try walking, leaping and praising God today?
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I enjoyed the song, Pastor Pete. When my wife and I started nursing home ministry, we learned as we went. The good news is the residents didn’t seem to mind, but were happy for the fellowship.
Amen! With God’s helpbI have learned more from some of the residents than they have from me.
That is great song Pete 🎵 👌
It is one of my favourite stories from Acts, it is so infectious.
God bless you in your ministry brother 🙏
As an old Sunday school teacher I remember this song and jumping and leaping with the kids! Thank you for the memory! Blessings to you!
Thanks for your input, Sue. I actually never went to Sunday school, though I had a catechism class at one point. I learned this fun chorus in a church where we youth outnumbered older folks and we had a blast singing it, and I never realized it was a “Sunday School Song!” You should have seen the smiles on the residents’ faces yesterday, especially those who had never heard it before. (About 60%)
I used to take my Sunday school classes to nursing homes at Christmas and Easter times. My favorite visit was playing a game with Resurrection Eggs that told the Easter story. It was kind of like Bingo. When I asked, “Who has a number one egg?” many enthusiastically raised their hands, and then one person read about the event in the egg. I think, for many, it was their first time hearing the gospel story. The residents loved the songs we sang too.
What a great idea! I will keep that on my memory shelf for the future!