NEW COLLECTION OF HYMNS AND SONGS BY WOMEN

The Women’s Sacred Music Project has collaborated with The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada to produce Resounding Voices, a new ecumenical and interfaith collection of hymns...


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,...


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...


Spring Conversation: Canada and The Hymn Society May 2-3, 2023

Canadian members of The Hymn Society, and folks interested in congregational song in the Canadian context, are warmly invited to a series of online Zoom conversations hosted by Hilary...


Search for a Hymn or Song Text: “Land, Language, and Liberation”

The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is conducting a search for a theologically rich hymn or song text for congregational singing that engages one or more...


SIX NEW FELLOWS HONORED BY THE HYMN SOCIETY

Six persons have been honored as Fellows of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada for outstanding leadership and significant contributions in encouraging, promoting, and enlivening congregational...


Free Webinar: Singing with Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Please join us on Tuesday, August 23, at 2:00 p.m. ET, when Kate Williams will be leading a free webinar, “Singing with Survivors of Sexual Abuse.” The world and...


Verandas

by Mel Bringle, FHS A poem honoring the 100th anniversary of The Hymn Society In the beginning, they met on Miss Perkins’ veranda each May, with rhythmic regularity. A...


THE HYMN SOCIETY IS INVITING YOU TO COME AND SING

The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is inviting you to come and sing at three upcoming public events. As it celebrates its one hundredth anniversary during...