2021 Hymn Tune Search Winner

The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is pleased to announce the winner of its 2021 Hymn Tune Search. Of the 213 entries submitted, the committee chose...


Centennial Collection Nominations Request

As part of The Hymn Society’s centennial celebration in 2022, we are curating a collection of congregational hymns, songs, and choruses that will launch us into our second century....


ABUNDANCE – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 12, Year B; Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (RC)

July 25, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 2 Samuel 11:1-15 or 2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 14 or Psalm 145:10-18 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21     Lectionary for Mass (RC) 2...


THE SHEPHERD, GENTLE AND FIERCE – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 11, Year B; Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (RC)

July 18, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 2 Samuel 7:1-14a or Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 89:20-37 or Psalm 23 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56     Lectionary for Mass (RC) Jeremiah...


BLESSED AND CHOSEN – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 10, Year B; Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (RC)

July 11, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 or Amos 7:7-15 Psalm 24 or Psalm 85:8-13 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Amos 7:12-15 Psalm...


PROPHETS AND HOLIDAYS – Sixth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 9, Year B; Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (RC)

July 4, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 or Ezekiel 2:1-5 Psalm 48 or Psalm 123 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Mark 6:1-13 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Ezekiel 2:2-5...


A TALE OF TWO HEALINGS – Fifth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 8, Year B; Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (RC)

June 27, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 or Lamentations 3:22-33 or Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 Psalm 130 or Psalm 30 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5:21-43...


QUESTIONS – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 7, Year B; Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (RC

June 20, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23) 32-39 or Job 38:1-11 Psalm 9:9-20 or Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Mark 4:35-41   Lectionary for...


HOW DOES GOD’S GARDEN GROW? – Third Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 6, Year B; Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (RC)

June 13, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 1 Samuel 15:34 – 16:13 or Ezekiel 17:22-24 Psalm 20 or Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13), 14-17 Mark 4:26-34   Lectionary...


WHO IS MY FAMILY? – Second Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 5, Year B; Body and Blood of Christ, Year B (RC)

June 6, 2021 Revised Common Lectionary 1 Samuel 8:4-11 (12-15), 16-20 (11:14-15) or Genesis 3:8-15 Psalm 138 or Psalm 130 2 Corinthians 4:13 – 5:1 Mark 3:20-35 Lectionary for...