IN LIFE AND IN DEATH – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 20, Year A; Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 24, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 16:2-15 or Jonah 3:10 – 4:11 Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 or Psalm 145:1-8 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Isaiah 55:6-9...


A “THING” FOR FORGIVENESS – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 19, Year A; Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 17, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 14:19-31 or Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21 or Psalm 103:(1-7) 8-13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35   Lectionary for Mass...


FAMILY FEUD – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 18, Year A; Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (RC)

September 10, 2023 Revised Common Lectionary Exodus 12:1-14 or Ezekiel 33:7-11 Psalm 149 or Psalm 119:33-40 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Ezekiel 33:7-9 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7,...


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...