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We believe that the holy act of singing together shapes faith, heals brokenness, transforms lives, and renews peace.

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Jul 26, 2024

Call for Sectionals – 2025 Conference

The Hymn Society is seeking proposals for sectionals (breakout sessions) to be presented at the next Annual Conference to be held July 13-16, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. The conference theme is “We Believe: Faith, Community, and the Holy Act of Singing.” At each conference we hold between 30 and 40 breakout sessions which are chosen […]

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Jun 13, 2024

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON THE NICENE CREED

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has issued an invitation to write, compose, and/or arrange a version of the Nicene Creed. The year 2025 will mark 1700 years since the gathering of the first Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. The 6th World Conference of the Faith and Order of the WCC will be held in Egypt […]

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Our Latest Blogs

Nov 25, 2024

PROMISE – First Sunday of Advent, Year C

December 1, 2024 Revised Common Lectionary Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 (1b) 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Sometimes, encouraging words can be the hardest to hear. When you’ve just received a cancer diagnosis, your spouse has asked for a […]

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Nov 18, 2024

WHAT IS TRUTH? – Reign of Christ / Christ the King, Year B

November 24, 2024 Revised Common Lectionary 2 Samuel 23:1-7 or Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Psalm 132:1-12 (13-18) or Psalm 93 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37 Lectionary for Mass (RC) Daniel 7:13-14 Psalm 93:1, 1-2, 3 (1a) Revelation 1:5-8 John 18:33b–37 For many months before the recent presidential election in the U.S., voters weighed the positions and considered […]

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