Students will recite portions of Luke from memory Feb. 23 at 2 p.m with the Hillsdale Memorization Club. Courtesy | Facebook

The Hillsdale Memorization club will host a memory recitation of the Gospel of Luke Feb. 23 at 2 p.m.

The event will take place in the Mauck Solarium, and 24 students will participate in the recitation.

Junior Miriam Ritchey said there is a deep history of public Scriptural recitation in the church. 

“I hope people will come to the recitation as it will provide an opportunity to hear the Gospel in the same manner much of the early church, which has sadly been lost to much of our culture today,” Ritchey said.

Until now, club members have focused on memorizing various poems, passages, and speeches and delivering them individually. The upcoming Luke recitation constitutes the first concerted effort by the club to share a lengthy narrative.

“I have wanted to host a recitation that required the collaboration of individuals which would produce a recitation of a longer narrative,” Ritchey said. “I was amazed by the response of the campus and am excited to be part of the recitation.”

Sophomore Ellery Toman said memorization is best done in community.

“Just as the process of memorization is easiest when done with others, so too the fruits of memorization are best when enjoyed together,” Toman said.

Club members also see the upcoming recitation as an expression of the unity of the church, both at large and on campus, that can be enjoyed through Scripture.

“As a Christian college, we see Scripture as a means of uniting our common faith on campus,” Ritchey said.