WEALTH AND GOD’S FAVOR – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 21, Year C; Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

September 28, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 or Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 or Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Amos...


HEAR THIS – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 20, Year C; Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

September 21, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 or Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 79:1-9 or Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113:1-2,...


LIFTED UP – Holy Cross Exaltation of the Holy Cross (RC)

September 14, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Numbers 21:4b-9 Psalm 98:1-5 or Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 John 3:13-17 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Numbers 21:4b-9 Psalm 78:1-2, 34-35, 36-37,...


Thank You to Our 2024 Donors

Because of your generosity, The Hymn Society continues to enliven congregational song and nurture the next generation of hymn leaders and creators. The list below includes the names of...


Hymn Search Winners: “God the Creator”

Congratulations to winners of The Hymn Society’s search for a text on God the Creator. First place was awarded to Carol Meier’s text “Creating Word” and second place to...


CONSIDER THE COST – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 18, Year C; Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

September 7, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Jeremiah 18:1-11 or Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 or Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Wisdom 9:13-18b Psalm 90:3-4,...


CHOOSING YOUR SEAT – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 17, Year C; Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

August 31, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Jeremiah 2:4-13 or Proverbs 25:6-7 Psalm 81:1, 10-16 or Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Sirach 3:17-18,...


Online Course: Streams of Congregational Song

“It’s a Lot More Complicated than Traditional versus Contemporary” Course Information Join C. Michael Hawn, FHS, for an eight-session exploration that challenges the simplistic “traditional versus contemporary” divide in...


THE NARROW DOOR – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 16, Year C; Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

August 24, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Jeremiah 1:4-10 or Isaiah 58:9b-14 Psalm 71:1-6 or Psalm 103:1-8 Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah 66:18-21 Psalm 117:1,2 (Mk...


DIVISION – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 15, Year C; Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

August 17, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Isaiah 5:1-7 or Jeremiah 23:23-29 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 or Psalm 82 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:40-56 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 Psalm...