Helpful Websites

International Partner Organizations

The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada has established collaborative relationships with other organizations around the world that share our mission to encourage, promote, and enliven congregational...

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Hymnology Archive

The Hymnology Archive, which is edited by Chris Fenner at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is a great resource to find information regarding hymnody. Content is indexed by Author,...

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Environmental Justice

Here is a short (not comprehensive) list of resources to find hymns and songs concerning creation, creation-care, ecological justice, and more.       Calvin Institute of Christian Worship...

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The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology: Past, Present, and Future

Carlton R. Young, FHS gave a Plenary Address at our Annual Conference in 2015 all about his work at the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. He went into great detail...

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Hymns for Armistice Day – Resound Worship

Resound Worship ran a competition in the first part of 2018 to find a new hymn of peace to mark 100 years since Armistice Day and the end of...

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Hope Publishing Hymn Search

The Hope Publishing Online Hymnody search contains over 3500 hymns and texts indexed and searchable in several ways. This resource indexes many contemporary hymns by writers such as Brian...

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Music That Makes Community

Music that Makes Community is an organization dedicated to renewing the practice of singing together in the oral tradition. This organization holds 4 annual workshops in different areas of...

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“History of Hymns” Articles

This site, published by the Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church, includes a wealth of resources for music and hymn planning, including lectionary hymns, worship planning resources, liturgies,...

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Break Into Song

A series of free, “how-to” videos to give church leaders the confidence to teach new songs and integrate them creatively in worship. Created and Produced by Hymn Society member Hilary Seraph Donaldson,...

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Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology

Introduction The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology is the public launch of the ‘impossible task’ – the replacement for the Dictionary of Hymnology produced by John Julian in 1892, with a supplement in 1907....

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