LOSE YOUR LIFE TO SAVE IT – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 17, Year A; Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 3, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 3:1-15 or Jeremiah 15:15-21 Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b or Psalm 26:1-8 Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Jeremiah 20:7-9 Psalm...


THE ROCK – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 16, Year A; Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

August 27, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 1:8-2:10 or Isaiah 51:1-6 Psalm 124 or Psalm 138 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah 22:19-23 Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3,...


Writing the Church’s Song 2023

The Center for Congregational Song will be sponsoring Writing the Church’s Song, a three-day writing retreat for beginner and intermediate hymn writers that will be held in Richmond, Virginia,...


GREAT AGAIN? – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 15, Year A; Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

August 20, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Genesis 45:1-15 or Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 Psalm 133 or Psalm 67 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28   Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah...


STEP OUT IN FAITH – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 14, Year A; Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

August 13, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 or 1 Kings 19:9-18 Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b or Psalm 85:8-13 Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33 Lectionary for Mass (RC) 1...


Call for Sectionals – 2024 Conference

The Hymn Society is seeking proposals for sectionals (breakout sessions) to be presented at the next Annual Conference to be held July 14-17, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference...


EICHER AND MONTEIRO HONORED BY THE HYMN SOCIETY

For Immediate Release July 26, 2023 David E. Eicher and Simei Monteiro have been honored as Fellows of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada for outstanding...


THANKFULNESS AND ABUNDANCE – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 13, Year A; Transfiguration of the Lord, Year A (RC)

August 6, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Genesis 32:22-31 or Isaiah 55:1-5 Psalm 17:1-7, 15 or Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21   Lectionary for Mass (RC) Daniel 7:9-10,...


A WISE AND DISCERNING MIND – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 12, Year A; Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

July 30, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Genesis 29:15-28 or 1 Kings 3:5-12 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128 or Psalm 119:129-136 Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52   Lectionary for...


SINNERS AND SAINTS – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 11, Year A; Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

July 23, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Genesis 28:10-19a or Isaiah 44:6-8 Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 or Psalm 86:11-17 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Wisdom 12:13, 16-19...