Dementia-friendly worship services for 2024: a suggested lineup

Hello dear friends! Thank you for your continued service to elders with dementia. I am honored to continue to create resources to serve their and your needs.

As you probably know, I’ve recorded more than a year’s worth of dementia-friendly video church services on YouTube, and they’re designed to work well year after year.

Although I’ll be updating a few of these videos (and hopefully finding time to create some new ones!), here’s the theme lineup I plan to use for 2024, based on church liturgy and major holidays.

To find a video, simply type the title into my YouTube search each week:

Service Title2024 Sundays
Gifts (Epiphany Sunday)7-Jan
Justice (MLK Day)14-Jan
Water21-Jan
Dignity  (U.S. Black History Month)28-Jan
Treasure (Lunar New Year, Feb 10-16)4-Feb
Love (Valentine’s Day)11-Feb
Ash Wednesday14-Feb
Lent 1 – Repentance18-Feb
Lent 2 – Humility25-Feb
Lent 3 – Charity3-Mar
 Lent 4 – Prayer10-Mar
Lent 5 – Grace17-Mar
Palm Sunday24-Mar
Good Friday29-Mar
Easter Sunday31-Mar
Abide7-Apr
Friendship14-Apr
Beauty OR Creativity (Earth Day)21-Apr
Hope28-Apr
Patience5-May
Mother’s Day12-May
Pentecost (Spirit/breath)19-May
Sacrifice (U.S. Memorial Day)26-May
Peace2-Jun
Hospitality9-Jun
Father’s Day16-Jun
Mercy/Forgiveness23-Jun
Security Citizenship (U.S. Independence Day)30-Jun
Hospitality God Provides7-Jul
Wisdom14-Jul
Laughter21-Jul
Family28-Jul
Change/Transfiguration4-Aug
Golden Rule11-Aug
Faith18-Aug
Compassion (Mother Teresa Birthday)25-Aug
Work (U.S. Labor Day)1-Sep
Season of Creation8-Sep
Courage15-Sep
Community22-Sep
Blessing29-Sep
Loyalty/Faithfulness6-Oct
Discovery (U.S. Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day)13-Oct
Generosity20-Oct
All Saints Day27-Oct
Unity3-Nov
Honor (U.S. Veterans Day)10-Nov
Thanksgiving (U.S.) 17-Nov
Service (Christ the King Sunday)24-Nov
Advent 1: Hope1-Dec
Advent 2: Love8-Dec
Advent 3: Joy15-Dec
Advent 4: Peace22-Dec
Christmas Eve: Light24-Dec
New Year29-Dec

I also have a few more services that can be slotted in whenever it would serve your elders:

Suffering
Lament
God Provides
Celebration of Life/Memorial Service
Communion

Stay tuned for new materials, and once again, thank you for your loving care of elders with dementia!

Peace be with you,

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