{"id":468,"date":"2010-08-26T19:03:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T01:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/?p=468"},"modified":"2011-03-12T21:07:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T03:07:15","slug":"5-musical-ways-to-memorize-scripture-seeds-family-worship-review-and-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/5-musical-ways-to-memorize-scripture-seeds-family-worship-review-and-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Musical Ways to Memorize Scripture: Seeds Family Worship Review and Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/logo_hm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-472\" title=\"Seeds Family Worship\" src=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/logo_hm1.jpg\" alt=\"Seeds Family Worship Logo\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/logo_hm1.jpg 288w, https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/logo_hm1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re anything like me, you might have trouble memorizing Scripture. \u00a0And if you&#8217;re anything like me, you know that when something is put to music it is much easier to memorize. \u00a0I have a great resource to share with you! Lyrics straight out of Scripture + pretty great music = <a title=\"Seeds Family Worship | About\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedsfamilyworship.net\/about\/\">Seeds Family Worship<\/a>! \u00a0By the way, at the end of this post there is a link to a free mp3 download of one of their songs and a way to win a whole album, so read on!<\/p>\n<p>I had heard about Seeds Family Worship and wanted to check them out for a while. \u00a0I spent some time listening through all of the songs from Seeds (<a title=\"Seeds Family Worship | Listen Online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedsfamilyworship.net\/media_listen.php\" target=\"_blank\">listen to all their music online for free here<\/a>) and I must say that overall I absolutely love what they have to offer. \u00a0And not only the music, but they&#8217;re excellent word of mouth outreach as well. \u00a0Seeds Family Worship currently offers five albums filled with Scripture put to music.<\/p>\n<h3>What I love:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The fact that (99% of) all of the lyrics are taken straight out of Scripture<\/li>\n<li>Most of the songs are extremely easy to sing<\/li>\n<li>The vast variety of styles that they use (everything from rock to pop to bluegrass to African influences; even a little R&amp;B on \u201cBe Still\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>How each album has a specific theme<\/li>\n<li>How some of the songs have very unique chord progressions in the melodies (If God is For us, for one)<\/li>\n<li>You basically always get buy one, get one free with your purchase, so you can pass the music along to a friend or another family!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What I don&#8217;t love so much (being picky, because there isn\u2019t a whole lot not to love!):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Some of the melodies get a little bit complex.\u00a0 I have great confidence in children\u2019s ability to learn music, but some songs might take longer than others<\/li>\n<li>One song is titled \u201cHey Man\u201d and adds the words \u201cHey Man\u201d to the lyrics.\u00a0 If the rest of the lyrics weren\u2019t straight out of each Bible verse used, this wouldn\u2019t have bothered me, but it stood out very quickly as weaker than the rest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Worth the Time and Money<\/h3>\n<p>Overall, Seeds Family Worship is awesome music with can\u2019t-go-wrong lyrics that are great for helping kids (and grown-ups!) memorize Scripture.\u00a0 Many of the songs use a repeated phrase in the chorus that makes it even more helpful to memorize the words.\u00a0 I really love this resource and will be investing in it.\u00a0 The other awesome thing about Seeds is that they were gracious enough to give me (and all readers of I am an Offering) a 20% discount!\u00a0 Simply use the code IAMANOFFERING <a title=\"Seeds Family Worship | Store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedsmusicstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">over at their webstore<\/a> and receive 20% off your purchase.\u00a0 But, if you\u2019d rather get something for free\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Free Download and Album Giveaway!<\/h3>\n<p>Seeds graciously offered to give a free mp3 download to anybody reading this, so head on over.\u00a0 The song is called \u201cFollow Me,\u201d based from Matthew 16:24-25 and Jesus\u2019 call to his first disciples.\u00a0 It starts out with a talking drum solo and has a great African-influenced, reggae flair to it.\u00a0 I\u2019d also like to give away a copy of their first album, \u201cSeeds of Courage.\u201d\u00a0 To win, simply comment below that you\u2019d like to win.\u00a0 I\u2019d love it if you\u2019d tweet out this post or share it on Facebook as well to let people know they can win.<\/p>\n<p>(disclosure: Seeds Family Worship provided the opportunity to download the .mp3 for free.\u00a0 I am personally providing the winning album by purchasing Seeds of Courage and giving away my second copy.\u00a0 If you do click through and use the coupon code, enough purchases will let me win another free album from them.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:50px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/5-musical-ways-to-memorize-scripture-seeds-family-worship-review-and-giveaway\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"595\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read my review of Seeds Family Worship, download a free .mp3 and enter for an opportunity to win an entire album!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-worship-leaders"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1612,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions\/1612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}