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...


RELEASING FEAR – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 14, Year C; Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

August 10, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Isaiah 1:1, 10-21 or Genesis 15:1-6 Psalm 50 or Psalm 33:12-22 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Wisdom 18:6-9 Psalm...


Call for Sectionals – 2026 Conference

The Hymn Society is seeking proposals for sectionals (breakout sessions) to be presented at the next Annual Conference to be held July 19-22, 2026, in Princeton, New Jersey. The...


Call for Applicants for the McElrath-Eskew Research Fund

The Hymn Society is currently accepting applications for the McElrath-Eskew Research Fund. Research grants of up to $500 can be awarded for use towards a variety of research-related expenses....


RICH TOWARD GOD – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 13, Year C; Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (RC)

August 3, 2025 Revised Common Lectionary Hosea 11:1-11 or Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 or Psalm 49:1-12 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Ecclesiastes 1:2;...