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We believe that the holy act of singing together shapes faith, heals brokenness, transforms lives, and renews peace.

Our mission is to encourage, promote, and enliven congregational singing in the United States and Canada.

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Mar 14, 2024

Celebrate and Explore the First 100 Years

For more than 100 years, The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada has promoted and advocated for congregational song. Please join us for a Zoom gathering on Monday, April 29, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm ET, to explore that history and to celebrate the recently published A Calling and A Community: The Hymn […]

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Dec 15, 2023

NEW COLLECTION OF HYMNS AND SONGS BY WOMEN

The Women’s Sacred Music Project has collaborated with The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada to produce Resounding Voices, a new ecumenical and interfaith collection of hymns and songs that highlights and celebrates the creative work of women. The Women’s Sacred Music Project was founded in 1995 by musician Lisa Neufeld Thomas and […]

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Our Latest Blogs

Mar 25, 2024

THE REST OF THE STORY – Easter Sunday: Resurrection of the Lord, Year B

March 31, 2024 Revised Common Lectionary Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Mark 16:1-8 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 (24) Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 John 20:1-9 or Mark 16:1-7 For more than thirty years, newscaster Paul […]

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Mar 18, 2024

ARE YOU THE KING? – Passion/Palm Sunday, Year B; Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, Year B (RC)

March 24, 2024 Revised Common Lectionary (Palms) and (Passion) Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16 Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1 – 15:47 or Mark 15:1-39 (40-47) Lectionary for Mass (RC) Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16 Isaiah 50:4-7 Psalm 228-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 (2a) Philippians 2:6-11 Mark (14:1-72) 15:1-39 (40-47) On […]

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