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Learn MoreAs we prepare to celebrate The Hymn Society’s centennial during 2022, we are sponsoring a webinar series for 2021 – 2022 entitled, “The World Sings,” featuring expert voices on congregational singing around the globe.
Learn MoreAs part of The Hymn Society’s centennial celebration (1922 – 2022), and in preparation for our centennial conference in July 2022, we are planning a monthly online interview series, “100 Years of Song.” We will feature nine Hymn Society leaders speaking about their own stories and interest in congregational song, their experience in and service to The Hymn Society, the contributions of our organization and our members to singing communities, and issues that are facing us today.
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Become a Member TodayJul 29, 2021
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is conducting a competition for a theologically rich hymn or song text for congregational singing that highlights the role of the organ in accompanying, leading, empowering, and enlivening congregational song. The hymn should be ecumenical in nature. This search is for a text, whether written for […]
Read moreJul 27, 2021
The 2022 Hymn Society Annual Conference will be an international event that will celebrate the centennial of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. The conference will be held in Washington, D.C. from July 17-21, 2022, and the theme will be “Sing the World God Imagines.” At each conference we hold between 30 […]
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October 3, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary Job 1:1; 2:1-10 or Genesis 2:18-24 Psalm 26 or Psalm 8 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Genesis 2:18-24 Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 (see 5) Hebrews 2:9-11 Mark 10:2-12 (13-16) Marriage practices have varied considerably throughout history. Even today there are striking differences among the […]
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September 26, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 or Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Psalm 124 or Psalm 19:7-14 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Numbers 11:25-29 Psalm 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 (9a) James 5:1-6 Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 The disciples of Jesus just can’t catch a break. Immediately before […]
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